'Insert Quotes' button when editing posts?

[Liam W]

I just tried to do this on another forum, and I was quite surprised when it didn't work

When you add quotes to multi-quote on 1.3, it would be a good idea if the 'Insert Quotes' button also appeared when editing a post, as it would allow users to add their quotes to their post without making another post.

Liam

 

[Grover]

I certainly agree with your suggestion. I've written a posting concerning the different worksflows when it comes to use multi-quote and the inability to add multi-quotes when editing a post is part of that indeed.

Again, I believe that a product like Burning Board works considerably better (and see also here) compared to XF when it comes to the use of multi-quote. And yes also in this case indeed, because when you use Burning Board it is very easy to insert your multi-quotes when editing a posting. In Xenforo it is simply impossible, making the whole system less useful.

 

[Kirby]

This is quite an old suggestion, but it is smth. I've also often missed so far.

We've recently migrated a forum from WoltLab to XenForo and users are missing this as well, so I am adding my like here

 

[Mr Lucky]

This is quite an old suggestion, but it is smth. I've also often missed so far.

We've recently migrated a forum from WoltLab to XenForo and users are missing this as well, so I am adding my like here

There is a workaround in that you can just scroll down from the post you are editing , use the insert quotes from the reply box, then cut and paste into your edit.

Not ideal of course.

Ironically there was a bug a while back that meant the insert quotes from the reply box actually went directly into the edit:

Fixed - Adding quotes when editing a post is very odd process

Select some text in a post Click on +quote Click on edit under one of your posts No "Insert quotes available under text box of the post you are editing, but is there under the reply text box at the bottom of the page, and inserts the quote into the post you are editing. It works but very...

xenforo.com

Pity the bug got fixed!