(Superseded) Add a "+ New Topic" button on every page

[dalerka (Daler)]

This solution doesn’t seem to work. I see no “+ New Topic” button as described in the first post.
@techAPJ could you please update this to work with the current Discourse version?

I also considered Adding header links post vdom upgrade to call the /new-topc API, but that will trigger loading a new page, instead of just loading the Composer.

[dalerka (Daler)]

Ooookay, this simple thing took longer to implement because the following code does not work if put in the </body> section, but does work if put in:
Customize Edit CSS/HTML </head>

Result:

See code

<!--Show "Create" button in the Header (only for authenticated users) -->
<script type="text/discourse-plugin" version="0.4">
    api.decorateWidget('header-buttons:after', helper => {
        if (Discourse.User.current()) {
            const createTopic = function() {
                const Composer = require('discourse/models/composer').default;
                const composerController = Discourse.__container__.lookup('controller:composer');
                composerController.open({ action: Composer.CREATE_TOPIC, draftKey: Composer.DRAFT });
            }
            return helper.h('button#create-new', {
                className: "btn fa fa-plus",
                title: "Create",
                onclick: createTopic
            }, '' );  // ''-this is 'text' for the button, change as needed.
        }
    });
</script>
<style>
    /* Hide the original "+ New Topic" button */
    button#create-topic { 
        display: none;
    }
    /* Larger "Create" button on Desktop */
    button#create-new {
        font-size: x-large;
        height: 39px;
        width: 39px;
        padding: 0;
        color: white;
        border-radius: 50px;
        border: 3px solid white;
    }
    button#create-new:hover {
        border: none;
    }
    /* Smaller "Create" button on Mobile */
    html.mobile-view.mobile-device button#create-new {
        height: 32px;
        width: 32px;
        margin: 3px;
    }
</style>

If someone has a better way, please let me know! Otherwise, style as you wish and enjoy

[bekircem]

@rewphus

#create-topic.btn-default{
width: 63px;
height: 63px;
color: #2196F3; //your color of choice
-webkit-transition: right .5s, bottom .5s, border-radius .5s, text-indent .2s, visibility 1s, width .2s ease, height .5s ease .4s, color .5s, background-color 2s, -webkit-transform .5s;
transition: right .5s, bottom .5s, border-radius .5s, text-indent .2s, visibility 1s, width .2s ease, height .5s ease .4s, color .5s, background-color 2s, transform .5s;
}

#create-topic.btn-default .fa-plus{
color: white;
}

#create-topic.btn-default:hover{
text-indent: 0px;
width: 190px;
color: white;
}

Excellent! How can we show it on the topic page too?

Edit: On the mobile view, fa-plus symbol not centered on the in the circle.

[PaulSTC (Paul)]

The code kindly provided by @dalerka worked for me and I could also modify it to place a custom text-button to the right of the avatar like the original post

See code - all placed in 'head' section

<script type="text/discourse-plugin" version="0.4">
    api.decorateWidget('header-buttons:after', helper => {
        if (Discourse.User.current()) {
            const createTopic = function() {
                const Composer = require('discourse/models/composer').default;
                const composerController = Discourse.__container__.lookup('controller:composer');
                composerController.open({ action: Composer.CREATE_TOPIC, draftKey: Composer.DRAFT });
            }
            
            return helper.h(
                
                'button#newcase', {
                className: "btn btn-text btn-primary create ember-view",
                title: "Add Case",
                onclick: createTopic,}, 'Add Case'  // ''-this is 'text' for the button, change as needed.
            );  
        }
    });
</script>
<style>
    button#newcase {
    float: right;
    max-width:none; /*remove max width*/
    width: auto; /*prevent other widths taking over*/
    height: auto;
    z-index: 1040; /*stays on top of other header*/
    position:relative;
    display:block;
    margin: 6px 9px;
    padding: 6px 12px;
    text-align: center;
    cursor: pointer;
    transition: all .25s;
}
    }
</style>

Gives you:

[Anil_Gupta]

Thanks @dalerka , the topic creation code works for us too.
I have not seen any delay in popping up of writing dialog as reported by other user. It works fine in our testing.

[dakotahnorth]

Thanks for the code! Modified it slightly so that the plus button has the same style as the other buttons.

There must be a better way for me to have done this with classes, but after struggling with it for some time, I broke down and just added the properties directly.

Below are the results …

See code

<!--Show "Create" button in the Header (only for authenticated users) -->
<script type="text/discourse-plugin" version="0.4">
    api.decorateWidget('header-buttons:after', helper => {
        if (Discourse.User.current()) {
            const createTopic = function() {
                const Composer = require('discourse/models/composer').default;
                const composerController = Discourse.__container__.lookup('controller:composer');
                composerController.open({ action: Composer.CREATE_TOPIC, draftKey: Composer.DRAFT });
            }
            return helper.h('button#create-new', {
                className: "btn fa fa-plus",
                title: "Create",
                onclick: createTopic
            }, '' );  // ''-this is 'text' for the button, change as needed.
        }
    });
</script>
<style>
    /* Hide the original "+ New Topic" button */
    button#create-topic { 
        display: none;
    }
    /* Larger "Create" button on Desktop */
    button#create-new {
        margin-top:2px;
        font-size: large;
        height: 38px;
        width: 38px;
        line-height: 40PX;
        padding: 0;
        color: rgb(153, 153, 153);
        opacity: 0.699999988079071;
        background-color: transparent;
    }
    button#create-new:hover {
        
        color: rgb(40, 40, 40);    
        background-color: rgb(233,233,233);
        
    }
    
    /* Smaller "Create" button on Mobile */
    html.mobile-view.mobile-device button#create-new {
        height: 32px;
        width: 32px;
        margin: 3px;
    }
</style>

[erlend_sh (Erlend Sogge Heggen)]

Now maintained as a proper theme component:

(+ New topic) button on all pages

A simple theme component to add the + New Topic button to the header. The button will show on every page - even inside topics. Screenshots: Desktop: [Capture] Mobile: [Capture2] Settings: This component has 3 settings where you can choose the button icon, the button text, and whether or not to hide the default “New topic” button: [Capture3] Credit This is based on @techAPJ’s tutorial here: And on @dalerka’s patch to make things work with newer versions of Discourse here: I on…