How to know if the composer being used for editing topic,creating topic or replying a topic

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The discussion revolves around determining whether a composer is being used for creating, editing, or replying to a topic. net_deamon initially struggled to find the relevant property in the model but was informed by joebuhlig that the action attribute in the composer component model should be referenced.

However, net_deamon found the action to be null when inspecting the ember component. After further investigation, net_deamon was able to locate the action in component.model.action.

The goal behind this inquiry is to add a custom field in the composer that is only visible when creating a topic, not when replying.

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In the model properties for composer plugin outlet “composer-fields-below”,

I could not find the property of model object which says whether the composer is being used for creating a topic, or editing a topic or being replied to topic?

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I’m not sure I follow where you’re looking at the model, but the model for the composer component has an action attribute. That’s what you’re looking for.

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When I try to inspect the ember component, I find the action to be null.

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In the above screenshot, I inspected the properties for the editor composer. The action is null.

I surely might be doing something wrong, or looking in wrong component. Can you please tell me which component did u inspect?

Why do I need to know if the composer is for create topic or replying?
Because I want to add a custom field in composer, which will be used only when creating topic, not for replying..

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Thanks Joe,
I was able to find the action in

component.model.action