# Topic footer Reply button can break the thread

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-footer-reply-button-can-break-the-thread/260263
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [April 2, 2023, 10:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-footer-reply-button-can-break-the-thread/260263 "2023-04-02T10:21:49Z")
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### Author: ![Lilly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lilly/32/575047_2.png) [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2023, 10:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-footer-reply-button-can-break-the-thread/260263/2 "2023-04-02T10:35:45Z")

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i tend to agree, i sometimes use the wrong button myself. i may steal your idea and rename one of them. on our forum, we use the quick quote component and it works great because you know you are responding to a post.

> [@Quick Quote Theme Component](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quick-quote-theme-component/143621):
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> information_sourceSummary Simply: it changes the behaviour of the Post Reply buttons (not Topic reply) to quote a Post automatically in a single click.hammer_and_wrenchRepository Link [GitHub - merefield/discourse-quick-quote: A Theme component to change the behaviour of the Post Reply buttons to quote a Post automatically in a single click.](https://github.com/merefield/discourse-quick-quote)open_bookInstall Guide [Installing a theme or theme component](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-a-theme-or-theme-component/63682)heartSponsorship Please consider becoming an ongoing [sponsor of m…](https://github.com/sponsors/merefield)

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