When I hit the “New topic” button it does not immediately bring up the new topic form. Instead, the form is displayed after I select one of the threads in the forum. It still appears that it is creating a new topic, but in the background. Once you open any existing topic, the new topic you were tryi…

The admins have added a CSS customization that looks like this: body:not([class*="category-council-"]):not(.staff).closed-topic .reply, body:not([class*="category-council-"]):not(.staff).closed-topic #topic-footer-buttons .create, body:not([class*="category-council-"]):not(.staff).closed-topic .t…

This is not reproducible in safe mode . There is a custom theme / css that is causing this issue.

Thanks much, this is what I was looking for.

[image] Kris: It seems the intention was to prevent trust level 4 users from replying to closed topics, but it’s applied too broadly. Heheh I wonder if I’m the reason for that change. I discovered that bug and exploited it liberally. I never grasped the reason to require people to start a new…

“New topic” button working incorrectly

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ondrej June 29, 2023, 8:15pm 3

Does this occur in safe mode?

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“New topic” button working incorrectly

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