# Selecting replies of replies
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/selecting-replies-of-replies/28956
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [May 18, 2015, 5:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/selecting-replies-of-replies/28956 "2015-05-18T17:28:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@anon21958287](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon21958287)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2015, 5:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/selecting-replies-of-replies/28956/1 "2015-05-18T17:28:12Z")
When selecting posts (using the admin menu in a topic) there is an option to select replies. However, if a post is selected because it is a reply, there’s no way to select _its_ replies other than manually. This is somewhat error prone when extracting an off topic subtopic.
Could we get an extra “Select Replies” button / link / whatever on these automatically selected posts that have replies of their own?
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### Author:  [@loopback0](https://meta.discourse.org/u/loopback0)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2015, 5:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/selecting-replies-of-replies/28956/2 "2015-05-18T17:48:19Z")
Agreed. This is irritating.
Been meaning to log this one for a while myself.
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### Author:  [@anon21958287](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon21958287)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2015, 5:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/selecting-replies-of-replies/28956/3 "2015-07-09T17:49:18Z")
BUMP!
Has anyone given any thought to this?
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2015, 9:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/selecting-replies-of-replies/28956/4 "2015-07-09T21:27:11Z")
We want to do it, but just have not had time to work on it.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2015, 10:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/selecting-replies-of-replies/28956/5 "2015-07-09T22:51:59Z")
There is a spec topic that covers this – select all posts downstream of this one.
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### Author:  [@anon21958287](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon21958287)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2015, 1:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/selecting-replies-of-replies/28956/6 "2015-07-14T13:46:11Z")
And here it is:
> [@Add "select below" and "select above" admin post selection action](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-select-below-and-select-above-admin-post-selection-action/14905):
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> It happens a lot that when splitting topics, you more-or-less need to select all posts downstream of a certain post to get a proper split. This is a pain in the ass in the current admin interface: you have to manually walk down all the posts and click them, though “select+replies” helps a bit. the selection UI is crazy slow for reasons I don’t fully understand. Like absurdly slow, 1 second wait after each click. So I suggest we add an “above” and “below” button after “select” to make it easi…
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2015, 8:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/selecting-replies-of-replies/28956/7 "2015-08-11T08:25:13Z")
Closing because we already have the spec, everything in spec is planned.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2015, 8:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/selecting-replies-of-replies/28956/8 "2015-08-11T08:25:16Z")