# Three dots become garbage can

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/three-dots-become-garbage-can/180680>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [February 22, 2021, 7:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/three-dots-become-garbage-can/180680 "2021-02-22T07:19:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![ondrej](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ondrej/32/198804_2.png) [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 4:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/three-dots-become-garbage-can/180680/8 "2024-03-20T16:21:03Z")

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But you don’t press it, right? Since the hover colour is red, which indicates a danger. I’ve never accidentally deleted a post when expanding the ellipsis however, even if I did, I’d be able undo the action so although it seems bad you’ve hovering over a delete button its easily reversible.

As a site admin a solution to this would be to change the `post menu` site setting. This allows you to change the order of the post action menu. Ergo, when you expand the ellipsis you’d be hovering over a different post action. @HAWK 's point above still stands: its customisable.

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