Post Share now Link Copy Only?

[cogdog (Alan Levine)]

It looks like the share link button within a topic (a specific reply/post) has been changed, previously it offered the full range os share options, copy link, post to social, share in email. Now I see it only provides a link copy functionality.

The full topic share is now only at the bottom of a topic, putting the social sharing features far away. Am I missing a feature to provide the full share at the post/reply level?

[ondrej]

If you click the post information you can share from there.

[cogdog (Alan Levine)]

Wow, thanks! But what is the visual cue that someone would know that the little bit of text with a time stamp is the link to share? This needs a better UI IMHO.

[Moin]

I think the admin can use the post menu setting to choose whether the copy link or the share option (or both) are shown below posts.

discourse/discourse/blob/47597219b101068ed926d67ac66463e17a77f6ce/config/site_settings.yml#L192-L208

[cogdog (Alan Levine)]

Ahh! This is the fix, I could not find these settings. It looks like the old share button was made into CopyLink, so I removed that one, and added the share from the menu below.

Now I have the full share button back on each post:

Also, I prefer a a share icon rather than the default link one, so in my custom component for my site, in the Head I include:

 // icon substitutions for share buttons
api.replaceIcon('d-post-share', 'external-link-alt');
api.replaceIcon('d-topic-share', 'external-link-alt');