# Composer appears when the topic is closed
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-appears-when-the-topic-is-closed/75886
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [December 12, 2017, 5:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-appears-when-the-topic-is-closed/75886 "2017-12-12T17:54:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@SidV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SidV)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2017, 5:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-appears-when-the-topic-is-closed/75886/1 "2017-12-12T17:54:11Z")
Hello., I was reading about the new release: [Discourse 1.9.0.beta16 Release Notes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-1-9-0-beta16-release-notes/75884) (š) and I tried to post a new reply thereā¦ and found something strange.
Try it nowā¦ if you press SHIFT + R to open the composer to enter a reply, the composer will appear even the topic is closed! š
**Iām not sure if this is a bug, or not**.
Can you check?
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Related [Reply to Closed Topic thanks to Needs Approval and Keyboard Shortcuts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-to-closed-topic-thanks-to-needs-approval-and-keyboard-shortcuts/49887)
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2017, 5:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-appears-when-the-topic-is-closed/75886/2 "2017-12-12T17:55:31Z")
Iāll need to set up a non-admin account to test. In the meantime, can you confirm if youāre able to post? What happens if you type a valid (\>20 character reply) and try to post it?
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### Author:  [@SidV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SidV)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2017, 6:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-appears-when-the-topic-is-closed/75886/3 "2017-12-12T18:04:24Z")
> [@jomaxro](#):
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> What happens if you type a valid (\>20 character reply) and try to post it?
I tried right now, and it says:
> Something has gone wrong. Perhaps this topic was closed or deleted while you were looking at it?
Of course could not post it. ā¹
Screenshot:
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### Author:  [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2017, 6:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-appears-when-the-topic-is-closed/75886/4 "2017-12-12T18:12:21Z")
So itās prob fair to say that itās not a bug then? Or would you expect the composer not to appear and the modal to come up at the point that you hit the shortcut?
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2017, 6:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-appears-when-the-topic-is-closed/75886/5 "2017-12-12T18:42:52Z")
The composer should not come up at all. We disable the UX elements to launch the composer, keyboard shortcuts should fail too. Going to recategorize this as #Contribute > UX. Should be fixed, but given that you cannot post itās low priority.
BTW, I just tested and can repro this.
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2017, 10:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-appears-when-the-topic-is-closed/75886/6 "2017-12-20T22:54:34Z")
@SidV looks like this is a bigger issue than just closed topics. Going to close and link to [Composer shortcut should be disabled if user isn't allowed to post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-shortcut-should-be-disabled-if-user-isnt-allowed-to-post/76495).
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2017, 10:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-appears-when-the-topic-is-closed/75886/7 "2017-12-20T22:54:39Z")
Please see
> [@Composer shortcut should be disabled if user isn't allowed to post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-shortcut-should-be-disabled-if-user-isnt-allowed-to-post/76495):
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> In cases where a member isnāt allowed to post, the composer should not open under any circumstances. Currently if TL settings are set so that TL0 isnāt allowed to post, hitting C opens the composer window.