# Can we make it more obvious that a topic is solved?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-make-it-more-obvious-that-a-topic-is-solved/58378
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** planned, solved
**Created:** [25 ביוני, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-make-it-more-obvious-that-a-topic-is-solved/58378 "2015-06-25T19:51:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)
#### Post date: [25 ביוני, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-make-it-more-obvious-that-a-topic-is-solved/58378/1 "2015-06-25T19:51:54Z")
For very long instances of Post # 1 in a topic, it’s not immediately obvious it’s already been solved without scrolling down. As a result it would be nice if the notification could be moved to above the content in the post.
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### Author:  [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [25 ביוני, 2015, 7:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-make-it-more-obvious-that-a-topic-is-solved/58378/2 "2015-06-25T19:59:11Z")
> [@Discourse Solved](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-solved/30155/31):
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> could be moved to above the content in the post.
Into the Title?
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### Author:  [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)
#### Post date: [25 ביוני, 2015, 8:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-make-it-more-obvious-that-a-topic-is-solved/58378/3 "2015-06-25T20:02:58Z")
That isn’t a horrible idea, although I’m specifically talking about the location of the current paragraph with the check-box that’s inserted into the post.
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### Author:  [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [25 ביוני, 2015, 8:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-make-it-more-obvious-that-a-topic-is-solved/58378/4 "2015-06-25T20:07:15Z")
> [@Discourse Solved](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-solved/30155/33):
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> the location of the current paragraph with the check-box that’s inserted into the post.
Other than in “post controls”
Where are you thinking? Mock-up?
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### Author:  [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)
#### Post date: [25 ביוני, 2015, 8:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-make-it-more-obvious-that-a-topic-is-solved/58378/5 "2015-06-25T20:14:09Z")
No, I’m not going to make a mockup of something so simple. :slight_smile: I just meant inserting the new “solved” `` element above the post, not below it.
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### Author:  [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [25 ביוני, 2015, 8:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-make-it-more-obvious-that-a-topic-is-solved/58378/6 "2015-06-25T20:23:20Z")
Ah, sorry, I was thinking of the check-square that appears in the “accepted answer” post, not the “solved by” in the OP
That’s in the `topic-after-cooked` plugin-outlet
I guess it would be easy enough to have another plugin-outlet put into the top of the OP, but IMHO that might be somewhat distracting.
AFAIK that would be the only easy alternative as the template users “cooked” as a whole.
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### Author:  [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [25 ביוני, 2015, 8:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-make-it-more-obvious-that-a-topic-is-solved/58378/7 "2015-06-25T20:34:42Z")
> [@Discourse Solved](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-solved/30155/36):
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> but IMHO that might be somewhat distracting.
Meh, maybe not so much
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [4 במרץ, 2017, 10:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-make-it-more-obvious-that-a-topic-is-solved/58378/8 "2017-03-04T22:53:54Z")
I really like this mockup, the only strong caveat from @codinghorror is that he wants a guarantee that there is no more than 2 glyphs on a topic.
I am marking this as planned, cause I plan to improve this.
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### Author:  [@BlackKnob](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BlackKnob)
#### Post date: [14 באפריל, 2018, 2:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-make-it-more-obvious-that-a-topic-is-solved/58378/9 "2018-04-14T02:13:47Z")
How about eliminating the glyph and applying an automatic tag instead?
[solved]
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### Author:  [@BlackKnob](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BlackKnob)
#### Post date: [16 באפריל, 2018, 5:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-make-it-more-obvious-that-a-topic-is-solved/58378/10 "2018-04-16T05:28:02Z")
Please take a look at this mockup.
I really think Discourse should drop the [solved] icon in favor of an auto tag.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [16 באפריל, 2018, 6:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-make-it-more-obvious-that-a-topic-is-solved/58378/11 "2018-04-16T06:04:10Z")
You could use CSS to change the icon to whatever you want.
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### Author:  [@BlackKnob](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BlackKnob)
#### Post date: [16 באפריל, 2018, 4:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-make-it-more-obvious-that-a-topic-is-solved/58378/12 "2018-04-16T16:40:47Z")
I know I can hide the icon, what I can’t do is auto tags for: wiki, solved, poll, closed topic etc.
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### Author:  [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [4 בדצמבר, 2025, 11:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-make-it-more-obvious-that-a-topic-is-solved/58378/14 "2025-12-04T11:36:02Z")