# Why does the "reply" button in post actions have a background transition effect?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-the-reply-button-in-post-actions-have-a-background-transition-effect/404362
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [June 2, 2026, 8:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-the-reply-button-in-post-actions-have-a-background-transition-effect/404362 "2026-06-02T20:19:15Z")
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### Author: ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2026, 9:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-the-reply-button-in-post-actions-have-a-background-transition-effect/404362/9 "2026-06-10T21:28:25Z")

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Ohh I see, actually we don’t need the background transition property here anyway… I think this was an old remnant from when the reply button had a background color by default?

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/40764>
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> We no longer transition the background of the post controls, so all it does is c…ause an unwanted hover effect when hovering the button. The opacity is still used to make the reply button darker when hovering the relevant post.

The opacity can stay for the post hover making the reply button darker, it doesn’t get in the way here.

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