In a feature discussion titled ‘Idea: mark as read per new topic from list,’ SidV proposes a way to mark individual topics as read directly from the ‘new’ topic list (e.g., https://meta.discourse.org/new) without opening them — similar to marking emails as read in a list view. He notes that existing features like ‘dismiss new’ (codinghorror, codinghorror) mark all new topics as read at once, which isn’t ideal when only some are desired to be marked. sam suggests using the hidden ‘bookmark’ feature with keyboard shortcuts jb to navigate and mark topics, though this doesn’t directly mark topics as read. SidV appreciates the shortcuts but suggests adding an ‘M’ key shortcut to mark a topic as read directly from the list — a feature he believes would be great for efficiency. The core idea is enhancing the topic list with per-item ‘mark as read’ functionality, ideally via keyboard, to improve user workflow without forcing topic entry.
Well, I’ve already read “ability to mark as read” thread, but it does not fill with my idea.
When you visit the “new” section from your forum (example: https://meta.discourse.org/new) you have got a list of topic that you do not read. Thats ok, but, how do you mark a topic like read without clicking on it?
I don’t want to ignore, or mark as read all the list
Think about this feature such as feedly list of “feeds” (or topics).
In feedly, you can press “m” from the keyboard and the system mark the line as read, so the user could reduce the number of unread’s topics.
