# Mentioning a group by choosing it from dropdown list does nothing

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/mentioning-a-group-by-choosing-it-from-dropdown-list-does-nothing/34138
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [10월 5, 2015, 10:52오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mentioning-a-group-by-choosing-it-from-dropdown-list-does-nothing/34138 "2015-10-05T10:52:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![meglio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/meglio/32/71444_2.png) [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)
#### Post date: [10월 5, 2015, 10:52오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mentioning-a-group-by-choosing-it-from-dropdown-list-does-nothing/34138/1 "2015-10-05T10:52:34Z")

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Please see the screen recording below, it should be self-explanatory:

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### Author: ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [10월 5, 2015, 11:16오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mentioning-a-group-by-choosing-it-from-dropdown-list-does-nothing/34138/2 "2015-10-05T11:16:40Z")

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Just tried here and it works just fine. Does the `active` group have members?

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### Author: ![meglio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/meglio/32/71444_2.png) [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)
#### Post date: [10월 5, 2015, 11:33오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mentioning-a-group-by-choosing-it-from-dropdown-list-does-nothing/34138/3 "2015-10-05T11:33:13Z")

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My failure. I can see now there are no members in the group.

But then there is another issue - it is not very clear when the members are actually added to the group. I typed a few @usernames and clicked “Save” and considered it as a done deal. But it turns out it was not.

Also, it still looks buggy when the **@** sign remains and zero usernames inserted after I select a particular group name. Maybe some kind of alert would be helpful? I.e. “There are currently zero members in the group named XXX.”

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### Author: ![dax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dax/32/244677_2.png) [@dax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dax)
#### Post date: [10월 5, 2015, 8:16오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mentioning-a-group-by-choosing-it-from-dropdown-list-does-nothing/34138/4 "2015-10-05T20:16:37Z")

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> [@meglio](#):
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> I typed a few @usernames and clicked “Save”

That’s the error (I do the same the first time!)

Type @usarname, **click Add** and then Save.

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [10월 6, 2015, 10:08오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mentioning-a-group-by-choosing-it-from-dropdown-list-does-nothing/34138/5 "2015-10-06T10:08:47Z")

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