Bookmarks in the scroll bar

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A discussion on implementing bookmarks in the scroll bar of Discourse forums is ongoing. Silvanus proposes a feature where bookmarks are visible on the vertical scroll bar, allowing users to click and jump to the bookmarked message. A mockup is provided to illustrate this idea. zogstrip confirms that this feature is being discussed and will be implemented, but no ETA is given. codinghorror suggests other features that could be shown on the timeline, including popular posts and gaps in the conversation. Meanwhile, Canapin mentions an unofficial theme component that achieves this functionality, available for the latest Discourse version.

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Continuing the discussion from Being a Heretic aka Going Back to Pagination?:

I wonder if it would be possible to have some kind of “page marks” be visible on the vertical scroll bar on the right? Or maybe simply bookmarks? A mock up is seen below:

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Of course because there are not enough room for all bookmarks (may happen!) the vertical bar could be divided into, say, 5 chunks and display the latest bookmark in each chunk. When the slider would be on top of the chunk, the bookmark would become invisible.

Main functionality would be to click the bookmark or the text and jump to the bookmarked message.

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FYI: this is something that we’ve been discussing for a while now and will surely get done :wink: No ETA though.

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Other candidates for stuff to show on the timeline:

  • bookmarks (as noted)
  • very popular posts (lots of likes)
  • big gaps in the conversation (6 months later..)
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새 주제를 만들려다가 이 글을 발견했습니다. 이런 기능이 이전에 구현된 적이 있나요? (당연히 급한 건 아닙니다 :P)

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이것에 대한 비공식 테마 컴포넌트가 있습니다. 제가 직접 사용해 보니 마지막 Discourse 버전(3.1.0.beta4)에서 잘 작동했습니다.