# DiscoToc toggle doesn't show when topic has no replies
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discotoc-toggle-doesnt-show-when-topic-has-no-replies/389262
**Category:** UX
**Tags:** disco-toc
**Created:** [November 20, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discotoc-toggle-doesnt-show-when-topic-has-no-replies/389262 "2025-11-20T17:58:45Z")
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### Author:  [@nickrsan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nickrsan)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discotoc-toggle-doesnt-show-when-topic-has-no-replies/389262/1 "2025-11-20T17:58:45Z")
Hi all,
I see that DiscoTOC [automatically disables the Timeline/Contents toggle button](https://github.com/discourse/DiscoTOC/blob/70d45df25eb3322df1c50fd637e7afb019df2c5e/javascripts/discourse/components/toc-toggle.gjs#L11) if the documentation topic has no replies.
This was confusing for me. I installed the [Discourse Topic Print Component](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-topic-print-component) and it doesn’t appear to work directly with DiscoTOC, either because DiscoTOC replaced the plugin outlet, or it uses the plugin outlet itself (from what I see, only one component/plugin can use each outlet?).
That would be fine, if the toggle shows up all the time and I could direct users to click the timeline and then see the print button. But for now, I need to make sure any document I want users to be able to cleanly print has a reply to it, otherwise they won’t be able to click that button.
In my ideal world, these two components would just work better together - documentation categories are _why_ I want people to be able to cleanly print, so an optional button implementing the print component directly in DiscoTOC would be great. But as a simpler, option, giving users an option to always show the toggle would help in the nearterm.
I’d be open to making a PR to support this (likely a setting “always show toggle button” that defaults to false to maintain current behavior, then modifying the line I linked above to use it), but wanted to make sure that you would be open to the PR first. Optionally, I might like to have another option to enable “Print Documentation” below the TOC, also disabled by default and maybe with a minimum trust level setting? I know I’m getting into feature request territory here, but before I start modifying code, wanted to get a gut check from you all about what’s appropriate.
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2025, 6:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discotoc-toggle-doesnt-show-when-topic-has-no-replies/389262/2 "2025-11-20T18:06:29Z")
I thought this had been implemented now [DiscoTOC style is broken if there is no reply on mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discotoc-style-is-broken-if-there-is-no-reply-on-mobile/353845)
Are you on an older version of Discourse that may not have this included?
FWIW I can see the toc button here on meta for topics with no replies (eg the example one in the topic linked above [Customizing the topic list](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customizing-the-topic-list/350411))
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### Author:  [@nickrsan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nickrsan)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2025, 6:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discotoc-toggle-doesnt-show-when-topic-has-no-replies/389262/3 "2025-11-20T18:11:26Z")
Thanks for the reply - I should have mentioned I’m running Discourse 3.5.1 with the latest version of DiscoTOC. And DiscoTOC itself _does_ show up, so I think it’s a different issue, and also an intentional design choice to limit the toggle button to show up only if there are replies and always show the TOC by default. That’s why I put this in the UX category - I think there’s a UX consideration, but that the component is behaving as designed right now.