# Hiding unsolved/solved posts
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-unsolved-solved-posts/66027
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** pr-welcome, solved
**Created:** [July 12, 2017, 12:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-unsolved-solved-posts/66027 "2017-07-12T00:59:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 18
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### Author:  [@RBoy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RBoy)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2017, 12:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-unsolved-solved-posts/66027/1 "2017-07-12T00:59:17Z")
We’re using the solved plugin to track issues/bugs and requests. As the list grows it’s getting difficult to see what has been solved and what’s pending.
Is there a way to filter or hide solved/unsolved posts so users can get a view of what’s pending and what’s resolved?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2017, 1:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-unsolved-solved-posts/66027/2 "2017-07-12T01:23:45Z")
I think you can use advanced search for this; have you tried?
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### Author:  [@RBoy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RBoy)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2017, 1:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-unsolved-solved-posts/66027/3 "2017-07-12T01:25:02Z")
No haven’t, a pointer would be great.
However while that’s okay for the admins, from an end user perspective it would be great to have a check box or option to show only solved or unsolved posts.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2017, 1:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-unsolved-solved-posts/66027/4 "2017-07-12T01:33:30Z")
Simply enter text in the search box and press enter. Then expand the search options.
Or select the options link near the search box.
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### Author:  [@RBoy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RBoy)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2017, 1:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-unsolved-solved-posts/66027/5 "2017-07-12T01:38:37Z")
I don’t see any option to show only solved/unsolved posts:
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2017, 1:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-unsolved-solved-posts/66027/6 "2017-07-12T01:43:03Z")
I am pretty sure there is a search clause for this.
[https://meta.discourse.org/search?q=Solved%20search](https://meta.discourse.org/search?q=Solved%20search)
Try checking some of the topics that come up on search for it 😉
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### Author:  [@RBoy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RBoy)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2017, 1:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-unsolved-solved-posts/66027/7 "2017-07-12T01:44:22Z")
I did and only thing I came up with was this post:
> [@Advanced Search UI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/advanced-search-ui/51426/5):
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> Any chance of adding the top where Topic: Is Solved / Un-Solved? in:solved in:unsolved
No resolution on this thread. Beginning to think this feature was overlooked.
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### Author:  [@RBoy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RBoy)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2017, 1:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-unsolved-solved-posts/66027/8 "2017-07-12T01:46:51Z")
I take back that last sentence, looks like “in:solved” and “in:unsolved” are the terms to use to search for solved and unsolved items. So this is something admins / staff can use.
From an end user point it would be great to have a box/button that would hide solved posts leaving only unsolved or vice versa. I don’t see end users trying to search the discourse forum to figure out how to show only solved or unsolved posts 🙂
EDIT: A drop down list option in the advanced search would be nice, but a button / box on the categories page would be brilliant and intuitive.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2017, 11:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-unsolved-solved-posts/66027/9 "2017-07-12T11:04:33Z")
> [@RBoy](#):
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> From an end user point it would be great to have a box/button
#pr-welcome for an improvement to advanced search that allows you to select in:solved and in:unsolved!
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### Author:  [@RBoy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RBoy)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2017, 3:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-unsolved-solved-posts/66027/14 "2017-07-12T15:44:12Z")
Sam are you suggesting a PR for including a drop down option in the list box for solved and unsolved or for adding a button/check box on the categories page to filter the posts for end users?
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2017, 3:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-unsolved-solved-posts/66027/15 "2017-07-12T15:46:15Z")
My #pr-welcome is for this screen:
Plugin to plug-in an option there.
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### Author:  [@RBoy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RBoy)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2017, 4:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-unsolved-solved-posts/66027/16 "2017-07-12T16:17:38Z")
In addition to your suggestion, I was referring to the plugin create setting that when enabled will create a drop down box next to `Topic` with 3 options:
1. All
2. Solved
3. Unsolved
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2017, 4:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-unsolved-solved-posts/66027/17 "2017-07-12T16:19:02Z")
That would be inconsistent, possibly allowing an option in the top like the voting plugin does would be OK.
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### Author:  [@RBoy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RBoy)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2017, 4:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-unsolved-solved-posts/66027/18 "2017-07-12T16:20:18Z")
Yep that would be awesome too, I completely agree. Something like the Voting button which provides 3 options to filter the posts.
EDIT: But this would be on the category page, so it would be a Drop down list on TOP of the Title or to the LEFT to the Title?
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### Author:  [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2017, 4:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-unsolved-solved-posts/66027/19 "2017-07-12T16:36:17Z")
> [@RBoy](#):
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> Something like the Voting button which provides 3 options to filter the posts.
This is possible right now by adding a theme component with this script:
> [@Add Unsolved button to top menu using custom HTML](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-unsolved-button-to-top-menu-using-custom-html/59758):
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> Hi Folks I found [discourse solved plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-solved-accepted-answer-plugin/30155) quite useful in my forum. Then I tried to add an Unsolved button to top menu. Since it was not straight forward I adopted this [solution](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-way-to-customize-top-menu/35336/3) and altered it a bit. Check out my changed code \ Discourse.ExternalNavItem = Discourse.NavItem.extend({ href : function() { return this.get('href'); }.property('href') }); I18n.translations.en.js.filters.unresolved = { title: "Unresolved", help: "Unresolved Topics" }; Discourse.NavItem.r…
Would still be good to get it in the plugin as an option though.
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### Author:  [@RBoy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RBoy)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-unsolved-solved-posts/66027/20 "2017-07-12T16:39:28Z")
Yes I saw that but couldn’t really figure out how to add the code. I definitely vote for the option in the plugin.
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### Author:  [@RBoy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RBoy)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2018, 6:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-unsolved-solved-posts/66027/21 "2018-01-23T18:29:24Z")
@david is this a complex task to add this option to the plugin?
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### Author:  [@Michael\_Hunger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Michael_Hunger)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2018, 5:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-unsolved-solved-posts/66027/22 "2018-08-30T17:20:51Z")
I would also very much love to have the admin-option to filter out **solved Topics** from New/Unread and Latest to not bother all users to wade through topics that have been addressed already.