Kind of a small issue, but I just noticed that the post number on the post doesn’t agree with the post number on the right side scroll slider. In the example below, I’m looking at the last post in the thread. The disagreement appears to be due to hidden posts, but shows this way for regular users. S…

This is actually correct. One is the absolute post number, the other is the relative post count in the live topic.

Maybe I’m not being clear. It doesn’t make sense (to the average user) that there are a total of 64 posts in the thread, but the one they’re looking at is #68. We know it’s because there are hidden posts. But because they have no clue about the hidden posts, it is confusing them.

Right, but like user ID numbers, or topic ID numbers, it is what it is – a unique numeric identifier for each post.

At SitePoint we do it mainly for different reasons, but it is easy to display the post id number near posts: [תמונה] Show post numbers Feature 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,…

Okay, I understand the post # is not just a reference, it is used as the ID for the post. Therefore, the hidden posts need to keep their numbers in the sequence. If we can consider it a just a display issue, I can think of two ways to fix it: For display purpose only, adjust the “post#nn” displa…

[תמונה] Loki: , it’s not a high priority for me personally. I suspect that you are good company.

[תמונה] Loki: post # is not just a reference, it is used as the ID for the post. It is not used as the post id, it is the post id. The numbers in the timeline scroller are “nth visible post numbers”, not post id numbers

[תמונה] Mittineague: The numbers in the timeline scroller are “nth visible post numbers”, not post id numbers Okay, then my solution #2 could be restated: “In the timeline scroller, display the Nth post number, including invisible posts in N.”

Post number on slider disagrees with post

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Mittineague (Mittineague) 20 ביולי,‏ 2019,‏ 2:17am 6

At SitePoint we do it mainly for different reasons, but it is easy to display the post id number near posts:

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Post number on slider disagrees with post

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