# How to have a reply link with pre-filled information?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-have-a-reply-link-with-pre-filled-information/228209
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 26, 2022, 10:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-have-a-reply-link-with-pre-filled-information/228209 "2022-05-26T22:54:59Z")
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### Author: ![renato](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/renato/32/383632_2.png) [@renato](https://meta.discourse.org/u/renato)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2022, 11:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-have-a-reply-link-with-pre-filled-information/228209/2 "2022-05-26T23:43:41Z")

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I use something like this:

> [@Opening a reply window via URL](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-open-reply-window-via-url/44781/18):
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> I use a simple theme component for this in my instance. Below is an adaptation from mine – which also accepts #upload (a new reply opening the upload window on desktop) and #edit (for wiki OPs) in addition to #reply. It needs some work, like avoiding setTimeout and correctly managing draftSequence (I don’t think topic.draft\_sequence is right), and I don’t know what would be the best practice here. That said, it’s working fine for me. Navigating to any topic like /t/[slug]/[id]#reply will open …

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