# 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:** [20.Июнь.2017 21:20:55 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: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [20.Июнь.2017 23:17:50 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-setting-make-reply-to-post-button-act-as-reply-as-new-topic/64840/2 "2017-06-20T23:17:50Z")

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No, the earlier UI proposal is better. For advanced users the reply glyph at upper right could become a button that lets you select the “type” of reply:

> [@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):
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> Whilst not 100% on this idea, it might be reasonable include a menu option. Perhaps the options here aren’t quite correct - but hopefully this shows the idea. You could also perhaps slip “Official Warning” and “Whisper” in there as options too. This would also open up a place to indicate a “call” type as required by [Start a new conversation with a customer not yet in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/start-a-new-conversation-with-a-customer-not-yet-in-discourse/43876) feature request. The idea is to change the type of reply whilst editing. In the same way as now…

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/9/4/94d7e7be105163c34e936fbe8a456ffccdae53a6.png)

Still a big fan of @DeanMarkTaylor’s idea here.

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