# Reply to post link shows address bar URL instead of link to replied to post

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-to-post-link-shows-address-bar-url-instead-of-link-to-replied-to-post/38251
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [20 يناير 2016، 4:29م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-to-post-link-shows-address-bar-url-instead-of-link-to-replied-to-post/38251 "2016-01-20T16:29:59Z")
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### Author: ![davemaxwell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/davemaxwell/32/108393_2.png) [@davemaxwell](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davemaxwell)
#### Post date: [20 يناير 2016، 7:27م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-to-post-link-shows-address-bar-url-instead-of-link-to-replied-to-post/38251/4 "2016-01-20T19:27:24Z")

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I obviously did not make myself clear.

If someone uses the reply that is attached to a specific post in a topic, the new topic has a link which _ **looks** _ like it should point back to the post being replied to.

So in the case of the screen shots I posted, this circled portion is a link.  
 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/1/0/104c00c172f07a5317220b785dbe13804aff1322.png)

The style of image implies that it should link to the [post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-as-your-first-rails-app/5751/110) that Matthew\_Ashbury replied to. But it links to the top most post in the viewport, which has a good chance to not be the appropriate post, as shown by the two examples above. This gets very confusing to users who try to work back and follow a conversation.

The only way to find it is to step back through the thread to the find the appropriate dropdown that has the reply in question. In a small thread, that’s not a MAJOR imposition, but in an active and/or long thread, it’s not a useful use of time.

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/3/2/32c2f3fbbc624ee0117f46415ffb8d6154055417.png)

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