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30 questions linked to/from Let's make it easier to reply within comments!
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Some detail on @Username: why doesn't Stack Overflow write a link to the referred user? [duplicate]
I've read the post How do comment @replies work?, but I am not sure I understood how to refer correctly to a user, for example, Sha Wiz Dow Ard. If I got it right, I have to write @ShaWizDowArd ...
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Add support for linking "@username" in comments [duplicate]
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Let’s make it easier to reply within comments!
As many people know, users will post comments, and refer to other users by name using the "@username" syntax. It would be ...
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Can we have a reply button in comments too? [duplicate]
Can we have a reply button as in chat along with the upvote and flag in comments followed by posts.
See this chat :Here we have a reply button
And this comments under a post:
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Unable to reply to comments directly [duplicate]
We can't reply to a comment directly, There must be a reply option under each comments, So that if you want to reply to a comment, you click on that option, rather than commenting again!.
(for example:...
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Can we have a reply-to-this-comment arrow to click on, please? [duplicate]
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Let's make it easier to reply within comments!
In the chat, I became quite fond of the littte arrow to the right of every chat message to reply to that message:
It ...
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Reply button for comments [duplicate]
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Let’s make it easier to reply within comments!
A reply button for comments could come in handy. It could be placed just next to where the pencil is shown when a ...
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A small reply icon for comments [duplicate]
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Let's make it easier to reply within comments!
I think the site would be helped by having a small reply icon that appears on hover. Clicking it would start a new comment ...
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Reply to comment button [duplicate]
I would propose to add a small reply button when you want to reply on a comment, just like in chat:
Sometimes it is hard to get the exact name of the person right, since he/she uses foreign ...
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Make recent activity and responses show new comments on questions/answers I have commented on (even if I don't own them)
I'd like the recent activity and responses pages to show new comments on questions/answers I have commented on (even if I don't own them). If I leave a comment somewhere, I am implicitly engaging in ...
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Change all @username references in comments when a user changes their name?
The fact that a user can change their name at will can lead to some confusion in the comments. For instance, suppose a user named "foo" changes his name to "bar", all those comments signed by "foo" ...
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Tab name completion for comments please!
I find I'm doing the Unix command completion/IRC name completion thing where I type a few letters of the username and hit tab when I'm entering comments.
Please consider adding a bit of JavaScript ...
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Can my less than 3 character username be grandfathered in when I edit my profile?
When trying to edit my SO profile, it will not let me save any changes to my profile, since my username (yc) is below the 3 character limit:
Now, when I created my username, it was of legal length. ...
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How to handle an answer as a comment? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to handle questions which are answered in the comments?
Someone answered a question of mine in a comment. How do I handle the situation? I don't want to leave the question ...
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What is the syntax of @username in comments when username has spaces? [duplicate]
I like the new @username feature of comments. However, what syntax do I use when the username has spaces (or perhaps other weird characters) in it?
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Adding auto-completion for @nickname in comments or adding or a reply button
I find it very hard to sometimes type nicks that have characters that I don't have on my keyboard or have very long names.
It's a convinience feature, makes the comments easier to use and also helps ...
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Auto-expand @username in comments to keep the username up-to-date
Comment-discussions are becoming very inconsistent if users change their names, so it might be a good idea if @username would be automatically replaced by @userno on submission and autoexpanded to the ...
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Add "Reply" link to comment that pre-populates comment box with @username
In relation to this problem, I propose that a new link, reply, be added added after the time indication on comments which opens the comment box and pre-populates it with the @username of the comment ...
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Reply to comment feature request
Maybe I'm creating a dupe here, but here goes...
Similar questions:
Make recent activity and responses show new comments on questions/answers I have commented on (even if I don’t own them)
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Let’s ...
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Shortcut to the @name feature?
When leaving comments to comments, it feels rather random to type in people's names. Is there a way to automatically insert a user's name?
ETA Like I mentioned to @Code in the comments, "random" ...
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Deleting comments which are replied to should not be so easy
There are quite a lot of apparent monologues in comments which where actually replies to other comments leaving an incomplete conversation. If the original commenter wants to delete his comment, those ...
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How about markup for usernames?
Instead of just simply pasting a link to a user profile or tediously writing [name](link) why don't we have markup that will dynamically insert the current name of the user and a link to their profile?...
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Notify on deletion of replied-to comment
There are quite a lot of apparent monologues in comments which where actually replies to other comments leaving an incomplete conversation. If the original commenter wants to delete his comment, those ...
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Comment replies from newbies not reaching addressees
This has been discussed at least once before but it was accepted and implemented but not the way it was originally intended. If I overlooked an already existing identical feature request, sorry.
When ...
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Add a [reply to comment] feature
Possible Duplicates:
Reply to comment feature request
Let’s make it easier to reply within comments!
I would like a reply to comment feature to SO, so when someone replies to one of your ...
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What exactly does the activity in the profile display?
Does the activity tell me if someone has replied to a comment I leave in an answer?
i.e. I comment on a question or answer, maybe asking for clarification or something. Will my activity be updated ...
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When I hover over a comment, please change the background color of its parent post and all replies
Problem:
When a post has dozens of comments (like this post does), it can be hard to tell which comment is a reply to which.
My proposed solution:
When I hover my mouse over a comment, please ...
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Autolink @username to the user identity/profile [duplicate]
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@<name> comments should link to the named person’s profile (like twitter)
Rampant throughout the system is the adopted usage @SoAndSo to target a user. However ...
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Reply button as standard feature for comments? (see from a new user's standpoint)
I do see that there are many questions about having a reply button but they all refer to this question for the answer:
"Reply" links on comments
This link allows users to install a script ...
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Making @mentions clickable [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
@<name> comments should link to the named person's profile (like twitter)
Autolink @username in comments to most recent relevent post with #comment-123546 style ...
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Add ability to reply to specific comment
Sometimes someone may post more than one comment on a post. If I am referring to one of their older comments it is hard to tell which one I am responding to, without going into details in the comment (...
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