# How to jump to direct replies in Discourse
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-jump-to-direct-replies-in-discourse/392655
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 4, 2026, 6:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-jump-to-direct-replies-in-discourse/392655 "2026-01-04T18:11:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@westes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/westes)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2026, 6:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-jump-to-direct-replies-in-discourse/392655/1 "2026-01-04T18:11:28Z")
Is it my imagination, or did Discourse add threading to discussions? I am new here but don’t remember seeing an expandable “replies” section previously. Is there a thread where this is announced/discussed?
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### Author:  [@ToddZ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ToddZ)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2026, 6:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-jump-to-direct-replies-in-discourse/392655/2 "2026-01-04T18:36:10Z")
There are some settings around this. AFAIK it’s been a feature for a long time, but since it doesn’t appear constantly you just might not have come across it.
(I find it’s a nice way to enable jumping to direct replies without the downsides of confusing threading.)
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### Author:  [@westes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/westes)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2026, 4:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-jump-to-direct-replies-in-discourse/392655/3 "2026-01-05T04:44:37Z")
Where do I find those settings? I want to Preferences | Interface but it was not there.
The one part of threading as implemented that I did not like was duplicating the same post both as an indented reply and again in the linear flow. That ended up getting me lost a few times. My mind wants to anchor to either threaded or linear, but doing both in an overlapping fashion creates confusion (for me).
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### Author:  [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2026, 4:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-jump-to-direct-replies-in-discourse/392655/4 "2026-01-05T04:54:22Z")
As an admin, go to admin \> all settings
Then search for the relevant setting name
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### Author:  [@ToddZ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ToddZ)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2026, 2:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-jump-to-direct-replies-in-discourse/392655/5 "2026-01-05T14:59:04Z")
As Bhanu notes, it’s a sitewide setting, not a user preference.
I don’t find it distracting with the habits I’ve developed. When reading for information I generally ignore the Replies dropdowns on first pass, at least. People use the reply-to-topic button enough that replies-to-replies aren’t always “threaded” anyway.
(I’ve [altered the button labels](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-link-replies-after-they-are-posted/320175/16) in hopes of encouraging better practices.)
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### Author:  [@putty](https://meta.discourse.org/u/putty)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2026, 3:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-jump-to-direct-replies-in-discourse/392655/6 "2026-01-05T15:59:18Z")
Are you referring to the “replies” button **if** there are replies linked?
Which unfurls to this:
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### Author:  [@westes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/westes)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2026, 8:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-jump-to-direct-replies-in-discourse/392655/7 "2026-01-05T20:21:38Z")
> [@putty](#):
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> Are you referring to the “replies” button **if** there are replies linked?
Yes, and I understand now that this is a forum-wide feature not an individual user preference.
I think the feature would be better done as a view that is controlled by each user, with a forum-wide default setting.