@mention #forum and... %search?

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The discussion revolves around easily linking to another thread within a forum. frold initially suggests implementing a %search feature, but anon61128213 shares an alternative solution using unique tags for frequently linked topics.

frold and ChrisBeach also discuss the idea, with ChrisBeach sharing a related post on canned replies.

Falco points out that this is a duplicate of a previous feature request and shares a workaround using keyboard shortcuts to search and mention a topic. However, ChrisBeach and sam note that this solution does not work on mobile devices.

1

We have @mention and #forum - but if I from a thread will link to another we could have %search or something simular?

Or how do you easily link to another thread…

Any hints… :slight_smile:

2

At the fairphone forum we use unique tags for some topics that get linked to a lot.
You can set up a tag group with a parent tag that only admins and mods can use (we use #staff). That way mods can add new tags to that group without an admin having to set up each individual tag to be used by staff only.

That way we can quickly link to some important guides like #rebootsguide, #blackscreenguide and #gpsguide.

3

Good idea!

:link: Related post

4

Duplicate of https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-about-mentioning-topic-feature/7350?u=falco

TL;DR:

  1. Start writing your reply
  2. Press CTRL-ALT-F
  3. Search for the topic you want to mention
  4. Press up and down arrows to highlight it
  5. Press A to insert it into the composer.
5

Thanks @Falco - but what about on mobile?

6

No solution for mobile yet.