# Topic-specific reply template

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-specific-reply-template/75363
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [December 4, 2017, 7:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-specific-reply-template/75363 "2017-12-04T19:29:03Z")
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### Author: ![burke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/burke/32/4211_2.png) [@burke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/burke)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2017, 6:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-specific-reply-template/75363/7 "2017-12-11T06:07:16Z")

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Thanks for the suggestion; however, I believe that feature is – by definition – used to create a new topic and not a reply. In fact, it’s the [Compose a new pre-filled topic via URL](https://meta.discourse.org/t/compose-a-new-pre-filled-topic-via-url/28074?source_topic_id=28327) feature that inspired this feature request – i.e., if we can pre-fill the composer for a new topic, then perhaps we could do it for a reply to a topic.

I would imagine the Reply Template feature would be implemented as a hook on the reply button. When a user hits a reply to topic (i.e., not a reply to post) button, it would scan the topic for a [template][/template] element and, if found, would pre-fill the composer with its contents.

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