# Bad user experience when quoting an entire post via toolbar button
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/bad-user-experience-when-quoting-an-entire-post-via-toolbar-button/68773
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [25 augustus 2017 om 13:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bad-user-experience-when-quoting-an-entire-post-via-toolbar-button/68773 "2017-08-25T13:08:15Z")
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### Author:  [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [25 augustus 2017 om 14:04 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bad-user-experience-when-quoting-an-entire-post-via-toolbar-button/68773/5 "2017-08-25T14:04:01Z")
Undo not working was discussed in this topic
> [@Undo (Ctrl/Cmd+Z) doesn't work for Markdown](https://meta.discourse.org/t/undo-ctrl-cmd-z-doesnt-work-for-markdown/51026):
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> You can’t undo (Ctrl/Cmd+Z) Markdown formatting (e.g., bold). Steps to replicate: Start a new topic. Write three words. Highlight the second word and press Ctrl/Cmd+B Press Ctrl/Cmd+Z Expected result: Asterisks would be removed Actual result: Different in different browsers tested (Safari & Chrome on macOS), but not the expected result.
> [@Undo (Ctrl/Cmd+Z) doesn't work for Markdown](https://meta.discourse.org/t/undo-ctrl-cmd-z-doesnt-work-for-markdown/51026/14):
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> There are zero plans to revisit this. Closing this topic because bikeshedding. The native browser form input element behavior is what you get – if you don’t like that, take it up with your friendly neighborhood browser vendor.
The issue is that Discourse’s editor buttons manipulate the `` content directly, so the browser doesn’t know what’s going on and therefore can’t manage the undo history. Changing the editor buttons to use a technique like this, rather than modifying the `` element directly would probably help:
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