# Add "select below" and "select above" admin post selection action

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-select-below-and-select-above-admin-post-selection-action/14905>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** rfc, spec\
**Created:** [4월 20, 2014, 7:18오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-select-below-and-select-above-admin-post-selection-action/14905 "2014-04-20T07:18:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [4월 20, 2014, 7:18오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-select-below-and-select-above-admin-post-selection-action/14905/1 "2014-04-20T07:18:14Z")

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It happens a lot that when splitting topics, you more-or-less need to select _all_ posts downstream of a certain post to get a proper split.

This is a pain in the ass in the current admin interface:

- you have to manually walk down all the posts and click them, though “select+replies” helps a bit.
- the selection UI is _crazy_ slow for reasons I don’t fully understand. Like absurdly slow, 1 second wait after each click.

So I suggest we add an “above” and “below” button after “select” to make it easier to select all the posts above or below a certain point in the topic stream:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/2X/f/fe1811843b923146202d35ef0bbb70bba1a42f78.png) 

Warning: @eviltrout said this feature might be hard since the posts you’re selecting may not be loaded in the stream.

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