# Topic setting: make reply-to-post button act as "reply as new topic"

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-setting-make-reply-to-post-button-act-as-reply-as-new-topic/64840
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [June 20, 2017, 9:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-setting-make-reply-to-post-button-act-as-reply-as-new-topic/64840 "2017-06-20T21:20:55Z")
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### Author: ![erlend\_sh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/erlend_sh/32/119475_2.png) [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2017, 11:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-setting-make-reply-to-post-button-act-as-reply-as-new-topic/64840/10 "2017-12-19T11:37:09Z")

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Primary discussion here:

> [@Menu toggle for different reply modes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/menu-toggle-for-different-reply-modes/58133):
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> Continuing the discussion from [With the new right gutter, where should "Reply as Linked Topic" go?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/with-the-new-right-gutter-where-should-reply-as-linked-topic-go/44815/81): This would also be useful for selecting a whisper type reply per the earlier mock-up in the original topic.

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