# Bookmarking a topic doesn't update the post controls
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmarking-a-topic-doesnt-update-the-post-controls/47246
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [July 13, 2016, 8:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmarking-a-topic-doesnt-update-the-post-controls/47246 "2016-07-13T20:14:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2016, 8:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmarking-a-topic-doesnt-update-the-post-controls/47246/1 "2016-07-13T20:14:19Z")
Not sure when it broke but when you bookmark a topic using the f keyboard shortcut it doesn’t update the UI. Requires a reload of the page to appear.
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### Author:  [@TechnoBear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechnoBear)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2016, 10:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmarking-a-topic-doesnt-update-the-post-controls/47246/2 "2016-07-15T10:32:46Z")
Using b - as listed in the shortcut menu - seems to work correctly for bookmarking (unless I’ve misunderstood the issue).
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2016, 10:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmarking-a-topic-doesnt-update-the-post-controls/47246/3 "2016-07-15T10:45:14Z")
Yeah, b works fine, but f doesn’t. It should update the bookmark icon of the first post of a topic.
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### Author:  [@TechnoBear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechnoBear)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2016, 10:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmarking-a-topic-doesnt-update-the-post-controls/47246/4 "2016-07-15T10:54:28Z")
Ah, sorry. I didn’t even realise f still existed as a shortcut, after the demise of starred topics. 😊
Testing just now (Firefox 47 on Ubuntu Gnome 16.04), it bookmarks the first post but requires a reload for the bookmark to show, as you say. Using it to toggle the bookmark off again produces a “Sorry, an error has occurred” message, although reloading the page reveals that sometimes the bookmark has cleared and sometimes it has not. 😕
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### Author:  [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2016, 10:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmarking-a-topic-doesnt-update-the-post-controls/47246/5 "2016-07-15T10:59:06Z")
Also, you get a non-descriptive error message when you press f too often.
> Sorry, an error has occurred.
The error message for b is a lot better:
> We have a daily limit on how many times that action can be taken. Please wait 56 seconds before trying again.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2017, 5:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmarking-a-topic-doesnt-update-the-post-controls/47246/6 "2017-05-09T17:50:20Z")
> [@zogstrip](#):
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> Yeah, b works fine, but f doesn’t. It should update the bookmark icon of the first post of a topic.
Confirmed, still the case, @eviltrout this looks like an easy fix.
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### Author:  [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2017, 7:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmarking-a-topic-doesnt-update-the-post-controls/47246/7 "2017-05-09T19:44:28Z")
Okay I have two fixes here. One restores the keyboard shortcut, and one shows a better error message if you go over your rate limit:
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/ae15b10cf8c991ec0745a4d843ad243eafc9a4e5](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/ae15b10cf8c991ec0745a4d843ad243eafc9a4e5)
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/a1baf739569841c030ffd15e84045ab5c1755630](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/a1baf739569841c030ffd15e84045ab5c1755630)
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### Author:  [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2017, 7:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmarking-a-topic-doesnt-update-the-post-controls/47246/8 "2017-05-09T19:44:31Z")