Ability to Flag a Part of a Post

[tophee (Christoph)]

When it comes to reactions to a post other than replying, I also think there is room for improvement:

• Reply as PM
• Reply as new topic
• Like part of a topic

As an admin, I often reply to user posts in private (if only because the post wasn’t intended as a public post in the first place) and I find it counterintuitive every time that I have to go via the flag button.

The reply as new topic issue has already been discussed elsewhere, but I can’t find the topic right now.

As for for liking parts of a post, I was torn, for example with regard to Joshua’s post above:

@jomaxro

While I like the concept of flagging a certain part of the post, I do not in any way like the UI mockup. It makes flagging way too prevalent.

I do not like the idea of flagging parts of a post but if such a function should exist, I agree that the mockup makes it too prominent… To like or not to like, that is the question.

See also this topic on the subject:

Highlight parts of a post that have been quoted in a reply

I’m very interested in a highlighting feature à la medium, though more basic. Could you clarify whether the team has any interest in adding any of the following features into core (whether as PR or from the team itself) and if not, whether you’d be willing to support a plugin in core should it be required: Adding a “Highlight” button next to the “Quote” button. Pressing this button would add a very light yellow background to the selected text. Every time another user presses the button for th…