Quote reply not working properly

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A user reports that the quote reply feature in their vanilla Discourse installation isn’t working as expected — the quoted text disappears after posting unless they repeat the process. David_Ghost suggests installing a theme component for quick quoting, but forummaster asks for installation instructions. Lilly recommends checking site settings by filtering for “quote” in admin settings, pointing to an option labeled “remove full quote.” forummaster confirms they’ll try unchecking that setting, and Lilly affirms this and provides a link for more details on quote removal behavior in replies. The issue appears to be a configuration setting rather than a bug or missing plugin.

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When I highlight text in a post, click on “Quote” in the pop-up, and then click reply, the reply box opens up and I can see the quote is there as it should be. I type my reply and click post, but the quote doesn’t appear in my reply.

If I then do the same thing a second time, the quote appears properly in my reply.

This is strange behavior to have to do this twice to make it work. Has anyone seen this before or have a solution?

I am using a vanilla discourse installation so no additional plugins, themes, or anything else installed.

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Try this theme component:

3

Are there instructions to install this? Couldn’t find them anywhere. Thanks

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hmm :thinking: it sounds like you may need to have a look at these settings, probably the first one.

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go to admin-all site settings and type “quote” in the filter and you should find them.

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Ok, I assume I would uncheck “remove full quote” to make it work properly?

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yes. more info here