Lack of interest After marking forums read

[Stuart Wright]

Whenever you mark the forums read (not a single forum, the whole forum) via the nav bar at the top it takes you away from the page you were on and takes you to the forums page. Why does it change the location? Wouldn't it be better to return the user to the page they were on?

 

[Amaury]

Personally, no.

 

[King Arceus]

I feel it would make more sense to return the person to the page they were on. They were on a particular page for a purpose.

 

[Stuart Wright]

Whenever you mark the forums read (not a single forum, the whole forum) via the nav bar at the top it takes you away from the page you were on and takes you to the forums page. Why does it change the location? Wouldn't it be better to return the user to the page they were on?

Almost a year later, I'm returning to this question. Is it possible to make a quick hack to reload the current page?

 

[Daniel Hood]

Is it possible to make a quick hack to reload the current page?

Yes.

You can edit /library/XenForo/ControllerPublic/Forum.php line 901

change from

return $this->responseRedirect(
                    XenForo_ControllerResponse_Redirect::SUCCESS,
                    XenForo_Link::buildPublicLink('forums'),
                    new XenForo_Phrase('all_forums_marked_as_read')
                );

to

return $this->responseMessage(
                    new XenForo_Phrase('all_forums_marked_as_read')
                );

Note that it is not recommended to change core files but you requested it...

[Edit] I guess this doesn't actually refresh the page, just lowers the success message saying the board has been read. Refreshing the page would take a little bit more work.

 

[Jeremy]

Change the lines Daniel mentions above to this:

        $link = $this->_request->getHeader('Referer');
               
        if (!$link) {
            $link = XenForo_Link::buildPublicLink('forums');
        }
               
        return $this->responseRedirect(
            XenForo_ControllerResponse_Redirect::SUCCESS,
            $link,
            new XenForo_Phrase('all_forums_marked_as_read')
        );

Shouldn't be too hard to build into an add-on so it survives upgrades.

 

[Stuart Wright]

Shouldn't be too hard to build into an add-on so it survives upgrades.

Go on then, Jeremy. The whole world needs a hero.

 

[Jeremy]

Working and in action on my site.

 

[Lisa]

Go on then, Jeremy. The whole world needs a hero.

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[Stuart Wright]

Heroic Thanks