# Not seeing topic while composing replies in iOS
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-seeing-topic-while-composing-replies-in-ios/50520
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [2016年九月23日 03:26 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-seeing-topic-while-composing-replies-in-ios/50520 "2016-09-23T03:26:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Karin3](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Karin3)
#### Post date: [2016年九月23日 03:26 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-seeing-topic-while-composing-replies-in-ios/50520/1 "2016-09-23T03:26:19Z")
One thing I love about Discourse on the desktop computer is that I can see not only the topic I’m responding to, but scroll through it and even search and check other topics while composing a reply. On iOS (both on iPhone and iPad on Safari and Chrome) my experience is that while composing replies I can’t see the topic–not even the post I’m replying to. I see that an iOS app will be part of the 1.7 release. In that new app will users be able to view the topic they are replying to while composing a reply?
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [2016年九月23日 04:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-seeing-topic-while-composing-replies-in-ios/50520/2 "2016-09-23T04:35:49Z")
This is by design due to
> [@Admin \> "Change Ownership" dialog whack-a-mole (mobile browser)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-change-ownership-dialog-whack-a-mole-mobile-browser/50328/3):
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> OK I have a repro, this is the same bug reported to Apple in 2011 I have complete confidence it will be fixed sometime in the next 50 years when web browsers are obsolete and we are all jacked up to the Internet’s live feed 24x7. Probably in conjunction with the “free Internet” for people who opt-in for “dream based advertising”. In the meantime feel free to raise an issue with Apple, I did in July, and it went into the [Apple black hole](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ipad-pro-makes-space-for-non-existent-keyboard/46775/11). We can work around this by yanking the entire page ou…
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### Author:  [@Karin3](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Karin3)
#### Post date: [2016年九月23日 06:55 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-seeing-topic-while-composing-replies-in-ios/50520/3 "2016-09-23T06:55:52Z")
I see from the link why the issue happens in Safari. It might have gone over my head, but does that extend to the app mentioned in #releases?
> Add official iOS and Android “apps” that are browser bundles
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [2016年九月23日 07:26 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-seeing-topic-while-composing-replies-in-ios/50520/4 "2016-09-23T07:26:07Z")
Yes, it is a bug in safari we can not workaround it, app uses safari
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### Author:  [@Karin3](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Karin3)
#### Post date: [2016年九月23日 15:41 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-seeing-topic-while-composing-replies-in-ios/50520/5 "2016-09-23T15:41:16Z")
Not the answer I was hoping for, but good to know. Thank you.