# Option to show reply number (position) of replied posts
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-show-reply-number-position-of-replied-posts/13307
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [2014 年3 月 2 日 03:18 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-show-reply-number-position-of-replied-posts/13307 "2014-03-02T03:18:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@aaroleung](https://meta.discourse.org/u/aaroleung)
#### Post date: [2014 年3 月 2 日 03:18 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-show-reply-number-position-of-replied-posts/13307/1 "2014-03-02T03:18:18Z")
When there are many replies inside a topic, it will be hard to know which position of reply post for reference .
Now the reply number is shown when searching , but it doesn’t show up in the topic flow.
I think it should be better to allow admin to have an option to turn on showing each reply numbers beneath the bottom or the sides in each reply.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [2014 年3 月 2 日 03:33 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-show-reply-number-position-of-replied-posts/13307/2 "2014-03-02T03:33:14Z")
Also shows up in the address bar as you scroll.
And when you click or tap the share icon to get permalink.
And the date marker in the upper right is also a share / permalink, like Twitter.
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### Author:  [@aaroleung](https://meta.discourse.org/u/aaroleung)
#### Post date: [2014 年3 月 2 日 08:56 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-show-reply-number-position-of-replied-posts/13307/3 "2014-03-02T08:56:37Z")
> [@codinghorror](#):
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> Also shows up in the address bar as you scroll
yep, this will be great 😛
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### Author:  [@deltamotion](https://meta.discourse.org/u/deltamotion)
#### Post date: [2019 年4 月 4 日 20:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-show-reply-number-position-of-replied-posts/13307/4 "2019-04-04T20:08:22Z")
This is a much desired feature for our forum from some of our older users. An option to show a big bold reply number somewhere on the reply itself … (the existing linking, scrolling, etc is great! but not quite enough for some). Thanks!
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [2019 年4 月 4 日 21:19 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-show-reply-number-position-of-replied-posts/13307/5 "2019-04-04T21:19:43Z")
> [@Show post numbers](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-post-numbers/66097/3):
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> It is hard to say if this is what you are looking for, but it should get you close. We use that CSS to put #1, #2, et al on a topic after the date/timestamp.
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### Author:  [@deltamotion](https://meta.discourse.org/u/deltamotion)
#### Post date: [2019 年4 月 5 日 03:34 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-show-reply-number-position-of-replied-posts/13307/6 "2019-04-05T03:34:29Z")
Thanks! That looks like it will help.
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### Author:  [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [2025 年12 月 4 日 11:09 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-show-reply-number-position-of-replied-posts/13307/7 "2025-12-04T11:09:23Z")