# \#canned-replies **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/tag/canned-replies/162.md [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) --- ## [Canned Replies for Staff Notice](https://meta.discourse.org/t/canned-replies-for-staff-notice/134300)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Schmucker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mark_Schmucker)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2025, 9:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/canned-replies-for-staff-notice/134300 "2025-10-03T21:59:56Z")
Would be great if Canned Replies could be used to fill in Staff Notices. Right now you have to compose each Staff Notice or copy/paste from somewhere else. --- ## [Canned Replies without extra lines](https://meta.discourse.org/t/canned-replies-without-extra-lines/207620)
**Author:** [@ianm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ianm)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2024, 3:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/canned-replies-without-extra-lines/207620 "2024-01-04T15:30:40Z")
Is it possible to have a Canned Reply inserted at the edit point without inserting a line before and after the canned reply? --- ## [Option to allow Category Moderators to use canned-replies?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-allow-category-moderators-to-use-canned-replies/246047)
**Author:** [@HamMan2118](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HamMan2118)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2022, 3:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-allow-category-moderators-to-use-canned-replies/246047 "2022-11-17T03:39:18Z")
Will there be an option in the future to allow Category Moderators to use Canned Messages? I ask since Full-Moderators can use these and there are certain messages I have to type a whole bunch :slight\_smile: . --- ## [Canned reply hotkeys?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/canned-reply-hotkeys/216872)
**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2022, 4:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/canned-reply-hotkeys/216872 "2022-08-26T16:47:05Z")
Love, love, love canned replies. They save me so much time. AND, in my fantasy, I have hotkeys to automatically apply my most used ones. So that instead of \[move hand from keyboard to mouse\] → \[cog\] → Canned replies →… --- ## [Canned Replies by Group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/canned-replies-by-group/224887)
**Author:** [@sunjam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sunjam)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2022, 6:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/canned-replies-by-group/224887 "2022-08-16T06:08:23Z")
Continuing the discussion from Discourse Canned Replies: Canned Replies are awesome! Posting this as a linked reply so it will not be deleted in one month. It would be really handy to allow canned replies to be availa… --- ## [Limit/max number of Canned Replies?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-max-number-of-canned-replies/221577)
**Author:** [@michellefs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/michellefs)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 7:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-max-number-of-canned-replies/221577 "2022-03-23T07:33:49Z")
Is there a ceiling in terms of how many replies you can load? If you create more than 20 or more than 50 canned replies for your community moderators, will you get an error message? --- ## [Alert users that canned replies are shared](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alert-users-that-canned-replies-are-shared/204143)
**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2021, 11:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alert-users-that-canned-replies-are-shared/204143 "2021-09-29T11:34:15Z")
Just had this Slack exchange with a colleague: Before stumbling on this, I had no idea that when I saved a canned reply, it was saving it for everyone. Otherwise I might not have put my own sig in each of them. Ma… --- ## [Can't insert hyperlinks into canned replies](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-insert-hyperlinks-into-canned-replies/169508)
**Author:** [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2021, 1:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-insert-hyperlinks-into-canned-replies/169508 "2021-01-15T13:34:38Z")
Hello, I am trying to create a canned reply. I wanted to insert a hyperlink however it cannot be inserted as the ‘OK’ button doesn’t work. Steps to repo: make or open an existing canned reply. Try to insert a li… --- ## [Canned reply variable for direct message recipient](https://meta.discourse.org/t/canned-reply-variable-for-direct-message-recipient/168115)
**Author:** [@Roblox\_Guy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Roblox_Guy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2020, 1:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/canned-reply-variable-for-direct-message-recipient/168115 "2020-10-25T01:30:03Z")
Currently there are multiple variables for use in canned replies, which you can see here. As these are meant for replies, currently none of these variables work to list the name or username of the recipient of the origin… --- ## [Canned replies should require titles to be unique](https://meta.discourse.org/t/canned-replies-should-require-titles-to-be-unique/103996)
**Author:** [@Chaboi\_3000](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chaboi_3000)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2018, 6:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/canned-replies-should-require-titles-to-be-unique/103996 "2018-12-13T18:52:51Z")
It’s really confusing when you have two canned replies with the same title. Can anyone prevent this from happening?