Also update topic timer UI for auto-delete replies, auto-close after last post

[tobiaseigen]

@jomaxro

Following the bookmark UI revamp in 2.5.0.beta3 , the Topic Timer UI has been updated to match.

This revamp seems to have missed the topic timer I use most on my Discourse for Teams site - the auto-delete replies topic timer. This is amazingly handy for topics devoted to recurring meetings or procedures/documentation where you want to coordinate in the immediate term but don’t want to keep the replies forever.

I also noticed the “auto-close topic after last post” also has not been updated. It also has a fairly scary functioning in that it sets the timer immediately and warns the topic will be closed momentarily, even before you choose to set the timer. If you X to leave the popup, the timer is already in place and the post will be closed. To prevent this, I reopened the topic timer, switched to a different timer which causes the timer to be removed, then X to leave the popup.

[codinghorror (Jeff Atwood)]

Is this still an issue @tobiaseigen ?

[tobiaseigen]

Yes, it is still an issue. I didn’t see the “The last post in the topic is already …” red warning, but it is definitely the case that if you go to that pulldown and X to leave, it still sets the auto-close topic after last post setting and closes the topic!

And these timers still use the old method to choose the duration, which is not really a big issue and on reflection may even be better because you can set the duration in hours, days, weeks etc.