# Mobile "topic wrench" doesn't display when there's only 1 post in a topic
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-topic-wrench-doesnt-display-when-theres-only-1-post-in-a-topic/65390
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [Junho 30, 2017, 10:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-topic-wrench-doesnt-display-when-theres-only-1-post-in-a-topic/65390 "2017-06-30T10:59:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [Junho 30, 2017, 10:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-topic-wrench-doesnt-display-when-theres-only-1-post-in-a-topic/65390/1 "2017-06-30T10:59:31Z")
As a side effect of
> [@Move wrench to bottom in mobile layout](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-wrench-to-bottom-in-mobile-layout/64795):
>
> As discussed internally, we probably want to move the admin wrench in the mobile layout from top right to the bottom, sticking it to the pagination widget:
It looks like the wrench follows the same logic as the “pagination widget” - it doesn’t display for topics with only one post. That makes it impossible to do things like “set topic timer”, or “make unlisted” etc. when on a mobile device.
Repro: as an admin, make a PM to yourself. There’s no wrench
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [Junho 30, 2017, 2:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-topic-wrench-doesnt-display-when-theres-only-1-post-in-a-topic/65390/2 "2017-06-30T14:06:38Z")
Confirmed:
@eviltrout this is yours
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### Author:  [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)
#### Post date: [Junho 30, 2017, 2:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-topic-wrench-doesnt-display-when-theres-only-1-post-in-a-topic/65390/4 "2017-06-30T14:20:59Z")
I removed it intentionally because there was no good place to display it anymore. Normally it would appear at the bottom - but at that point why not use the drop down that’s right there?
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [Junho 30, 2017, 2:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-topic-wrench-doesnt-display-when-theres-only-1-post-in-a-topic/65390/5 "2017-06-30T14:22:31Z")
yeah, it is missing from the bottom topic controls, there is no way of getting the wrench, now. We got to add the option there.
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### Author:  [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)
#### Post date: [Junho 30, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-topic-wrench-doesnt-display-when-theres-only-1-post-in-a-topic/65390/6 "2017-06-30T14:33:35Z")
Can you be more clear about why the drop down is not sufficient?
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### Author:  [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [Junho 30, 2017, 2:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-topic-wrench-doesnt-display-when-theres-only-1-post-in-a-topic/65390/7 "2017-06-30T14:34:40Z")
It doesn’t have the same buttons. E.g. where is the “Set topic timer” button?
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [Junho 30, 2017, 2:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-topic-wrench-doesnt-display-when-theres-only-1-post-in-a-topic/65390/8 "2017-06-30T14:35:26Z")
It is missing,  `admin` from the list of options, should be either above `Invite` or below `Assign`
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### Author:  [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)
#### Post date: [Junho 30, 2017, 2:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-topic-wrench-doesnt-display-when-theres-only-1-post-in-a-topic/65390/9 "2017-06-30T14:38:50Z")
I’d rather add all the same options to the drop down than have two slightly different menus.
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### Author:  [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)
#### Post date: [Junho 30, 2017, 8:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-topic-wrench-doesnt-display-when-theres-only-1-post-in-a-topic/65390/10 "2017-06-30T20:19:12Z")
I went in to change this and realized just how different the drop down was from the admin menu! Instead what I think is a decent compromise is to not hide the progress bar on mobile topics, even if they’re short. That way, there is a decent looking place for the wrench.
The downside is you’ll see 1 / 1 topics but on a small screen it’s not so bad since you probably have to scroll to get to the bottom of the post anyway.
Let’s try that out and see how people feel.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [Junho 30, 2017, 10:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-topic-wrench-doesnt-display-when-theres-only-1-post-in-a-topic/65390/11 "2017-06-30T22:45:26Z")