# Solution button is easy to press by mistake when liking a post
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/solution-button-is-easy-to-press-by-mistake-when-liking-a-post/287062
**Category:** UX
**Tags:** solved, reactions
**Created:** [November 30, 2023, 11:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solution-button-is-easy-to-press-by-mistake-when-liking-a-post/287062 "2023-11-30T11:37:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Firepup650](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Firepup650)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2023, 11:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solution-button-is-easy-to-press-by-mistake-when-liking-a-post/287062/1 "2023-11-30T11:37:56Z")
I frequently bump the solution button by mistake on mobile when I’m just trying to like/view likes for a post. Perhaps a little more spacing here would be good for fat fingering?
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2023, 11:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solution-button-is-easy-to-press-by-mistake-when-liking-a-post/287062/2 "2023-11-30T11:44:36Z")
This is a significant bugbear of mine. 🙂 I would very much like to put it back under the … options.
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Just to clarify - there was a recent-ish change to start showing the ‘mark as solved’ option outside of the … menu for everyone who has the ability to mark a solution as opposed to only the OP. This is default TL4+, but can be configurable to more people using the `accept all solutions trust level` plugin setting.
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### Author:  [@EricGT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/EricGT)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2023, 11:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solution-button-is-easy-to-press-by-mistake-when-liking-a-post/287062/4 "2023-11-30T11:53:04Z")
Can those responding note if the have TL4+ rights or not. The reason being that many may not be aware that some users can mark a solution as solved even if they are not the OP of the topic. So they may read this and think that we are marking our own solutions as solved and have this problem. In fact the problem is that the solved button is on every post for us and thus easy to fat finger.
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As [noted later](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solution-button-is-easy-to-press-by-mistake-when-liking-a-post/287062/5) this is configurable but set to TL4 as a default.
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### Author:  [@Firepup650](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Firepup650)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2023, 11:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solution-button-is-easy-to-press-by-mistake-when-liking-a-post/287062/5 "2023-11-30T11:54:22Z")
Certainly, I both cause this on my own posts where solutions are available, and on others posts where I’m TL4 and there are solutions. (Side note: I think that’s a configurable setting, so it’s likely not TL4+ on all instances)
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### Author:  [@EricGT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/EricGT)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2023, 11:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solution-button-is-easy-to-press-by-mistake-when-liking-a-post/287062/6 "2023-11-30T11:57:36Z")
> [@Firepup650](#):
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> (Side note: I think that’s a configurable setting, so it’s likely not TL4+ on all instances)
True
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### Author:  [@Quercus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Quercus)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2023, 11:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solution-button-is-easy-to-press-by-mistake-when-liking-a-post/287062/7 "2023-11-30T11:57:48Z")
Previously there was sentiment in favor of making the solution button more prominent. See the discussion [Post action button “Solution” hidden behind ellipsis](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-action-button-solution-hidden-behind-ellipsis/169273). So there seems to be a matter of balancing competing concerns. How do we encourage its use, when appropriate, without having it get used by mistake?
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### Author:  [@EricGT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/EricGT)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2023, 12:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solution-button-is-easy-to-press-by-mistake-when-liking-a-post/287062/8 "2023-11-30T12:13:03Z")
> [@Quercus](#):
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> How do we encourage its use, when appropriate, without having it get used by mistake?
One options, which I don’t see being done soon, would be to enhance the Discourse AI bot to identify such post and DM the user about the `accept solution` button. 
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### Author:  [@Quercus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Quercus)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2023, 12:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solution-button-is-easy-to-press-by-mistake-when-liking-a-post/287062/9 "2023-11-30T12:15:21Z")
Can a user unmark a solution by clicking the button again after having marked it by mistake? We all probably know that such is the case with the like button.
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### Author:  [@Firepup650](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Firepup650)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2023, 12:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solution-button-is-easy-to-press-by-mistake-when-liking-a-post/287062/10 "2023-11-30T12:46:29Z")
You certainly can, but that requires that you notice that you mark the solution by mistake. (I’ve personally had at least once where I didn’t notice, and a different TL4 pinged me to ask about the solution on a random topic (which… I marked by mistake and didn’t notice))
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### Author:  [@Quercus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Quercus)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2023, 12:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solution-button-is-easy-to-press-by-mistake-when-liking-a-post/287062/11 "2023-11-30T12:51:10Z")
> [@Firepup650](#):
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> You certainly can, but that requires that you notice that you mark the solution by mistake.
So, that’s only a partial remedy. I need to be reminded - when one marks a solution, does any prominent message get displayed that acknowledges that a solution has just gotten marked, one that is prominent enough that it will get noticed?
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### Author:  [@Firepup650](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Firepup650)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2023, 12:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solution-button-is-easy-to-press-by-mistake-when-liking-a-post/287062/12 "2023-11-30T12:55:04Z")
The OP gets a notification, and the user who got the solution (assuming that you didn’t mark your own post) gets a notification as well.
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### Author:  [@Quercus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Quercus)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2023, 12:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solution-button-is-easy-to-press-by-mistake-when-liking-a-post/287062/13 "2023-11-30T12:59:00Z")
If one unmarks a solution, either immediately or later on, is there also a prominent notification of that action? We need to avoid accidental unmarking of solutions, as well as accidental changing of which post is marked as a solution.
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### Author:  [@Firepup650](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Firepup650)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2023, 12:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solution-button-is-easy-to-press-by-mistake-when-liking-a-post/287062/14 "2023-11-30T12:59:31Z")
IIRC, there is no notification for un-marking a solution.
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### Author:  [@Quercus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Quercus)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2023, 1:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solution-button-is-easy-to-press-by-mistake-when-liking-a-post/287062/15 "2023-11-30T13:00:31Z")
> [@Firepup650](#):
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> … no notification for un-marking a solution.
Hmmm, that can lead to some mishaps.
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2023, 1:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solution-button-is-easy-to-press-by-mistake-when-liking-a-post/287062/16 "2023-11-30T13:04:55Z")
I feel this topic has become quite chatty, which may cloud its usefulness. I think if you’re unfamiliar with the current ux you may want to spin up a test site and have an explore before adding any insights. This way you can participate from a position of experience. 🙏
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### Author:  [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2024, 8:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solution-button-is-easy-to-press-by-mistake-when-liking-a-post/287062/21 "2024-10-05T20:52:19Z")
I do bump into this with some frequency here on meta. Not sure what to do about it, but would be nice to improve if we come up with something.
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### Author:  [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solution-button-is-easy-to-press-by-mistake-when-liking-a-post/287062/22 "2024-10-05T21:41:01Z")
yea this one happens to me too, touch / mobile screens especially.
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### Author:  [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2024, 3:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solution-button-is-easy-to-press-by-mistake-when-liking-a-post/287062/23 "2024-10-06T03:57:42Z")
I second this, especially when checking who liked the post (happens more when the only reaction are likes).
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### Author:  [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2026, 6:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solution-button-is-easy-to-press-by-mistake-when-liking-a-post/287062/24 "2026-02-17T18:25:07Z")
I don’t really have a proposed solution here, but it’s annoying that I keep clicking the solution button on old topics when I mean to expand likes.
Previously this wasn’t really a problem when I could click … to see likes, but now I _have_ to click the tiny number next to the heart icon so it’s a lot easier to mess up and click the solved button. Maybe we could add a confirm prompt or left-justify the button to make it less easy to hit when you mean to check likes?
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### Author:  [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2026, 6:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solution-button-is-easy-to-press-by-mistake-when-liking-a-post/287062/25 "2026-03-03T18:42:46Z")
Seems like there was finally a fix here (at least on Meta). No more fat fingering the solved button hopefully 🙏
