Responding to a post

[Rexedgar]

Am I off here?

There was a time when responding to a post, you could separate the part of the post that you wanted to address by inserting “carriage return” and then responding. The last few times I have tried, my pepy is looking like part of the post I am replying to.

Anyone else getting this?

 

[Chock Full o Nuts]

Am I off here?

There was a time when responding to a post, you could separate the part of the post that you wanted to address by inserting “carriage return” and then responding. The last few times I have tried, my pepy is looking like part of the post I am replying to.

Anyone else getting this?

I'm still just placing cursor at the end of the needed part and hitting return to separate.

 

[Phys251]

Am I off here?

There was a time when responding to a post, you could separate the part of the post that you wanted to address by inserting “carriage return” and then responding. The last few times I have tried, my pepy is looking like part of the post I am replying to.

Anyone else getting this?

Try selecting the part of the post that you wish to respond to, then click Reply in the pop-up.

Word to the wise, don't shorten a post out-of-context.

 

[Rexedgar]

I'm still just placing cursor at the end of the needed part and hitting return to separate.

Maybe that’s what I’m doing different. I have been hitting return at the start of the next part of the post and then adding my reply.

 

[Chock Full o Nuts]

Maybe that’s what I’m doing different. I have been hitting return at the start of the next part of the post and then adding my reply.

Always just place my cursor at end of sentence where I want to split and hit return.

 

[Demon]

Try selecting the part of the post that you wish to respond to, then click Reply in the pop-up.

Word to the wise, don't shorten a post out-of-context.

That's what I do.

 

[Rexedgar]

Always just place my cursor at end of


This is what I get.

sentence where I want to split and hit return.

 

[Chock Full o Nuts]

Rex, I have no idea WTF you did, but it won't even allow me to reply or quote!

I suppose perhaps I wasn't totally clear. I hit reply(or quote) to put the whole post in my reply box. Then I place cursor where want to split, and return(enter), then continue, splitting, bolding, etc along the way.

 

[Rexedgar]

Rex, I have no idea WTF you did, but it won't even allow me to reply or quote!

I suppose perhaps I wasn't totally clear. I hit reply(or quote) to put the whole post in my reply box. Then I place cursor where want to split, and return(enter), then continue, splitting, bolding, etc along the way.

That’s because the software thinks my answer is part of your post. Yours was only a one-line post, so I hit enter in the middle.

I have already had complaints about this. I have been here a while and thought I was up on posting/replying???

 

[Chock Full o Nuts]

That’s because the software thinks my answer is part of your post. Yours was only a one-line post, so I hit enter in the middle.

I hit reply to your whole post, placed cursor after "middle.", hit enter.. Split, and my cursor is already right there where I typed "I". Then the rest is as below with your name still there as a header.

I have already

and i can split that..

had complaints about this

and that...

. I have been here a while

and that...

and thought I was up on posting/replying???

 

[Mycroft]

Try selecting the part of the post that you wish to respond to, then click Reply in the pop-up.

Word to the wise, don't shorten a post out-of-context.

That's interesting. I've never done that. I've always hit <Reply>, hit enter at the end of the part I want to isolate and then type my response. If there's more in the post that I want to ignore, I just delete it. Your method eliminates the deleting part.

 

[Rexedgar]

I hit reply to your whole post, placed cursor after "middle.", hit enter.. Split, and my cursor is already right there where I typed "I". Then the rest is as below with your name still there as a header.

and i can split that..

Here s what happens when I reply in the body of your post.

and that...

and that...

 

[Rexedgar]

That's interesting. I've never done that.

Here is my reply to @Mycroft



I've always hit <Reply>, hit enter at the end of the part I want to isolate and then type my response. If there's more in the post that I want to ignore, I just delete it. Your method eliminates the deleting part.

 

[Chock Full o Nuts]

Weird. I've done the same thing on phone, tablet or laptop since I've been here.

Have you happened to hit that BB code thing or something? (Those brackets over on the right of tool bar. [ ] )

Think that may have caused that issue for me at one time IIRC.

 

[Mycroft]

@Rexedgar

I see what you are talking about. Your response is embedded within your quote of my post. That's not good because I cannot hit <Reply> to respond to you.

 

[Rexedgar]

Weird. I've done the same thing on phone, tablet or laptop since I've been here.

That was it. I did not notice that icon was high-lighted!

Thanks, man!

Have you happened to hit that BB code thing or something? (Those brackets over on the right of tool bar. [ ] )

 

[Chock Full o Nuts]

That was it. I did not notice that icon was high-lighted!

Thanks, man!

I just recalled it did that shit to me a while back. Errant finger! WTF!

 

[noonereal]

I have no trouble replying to any part of a post i choose.

 

[Rexedgar]

I have no trouble replying to any part of a post i choose.

 

[Rexedgar]

I just recalled it did that shit to me a while back. Errant finger! WTF!

What is the purpose of that icon, [ ]?

 

[Chock Full o Nuts]

What is the purpose of that icon, [ ]?

Never screwed with it, but apparently BB code?(I think) where you can enter a certain mode to do..

 

[Chock Full o Nuts]

What is the purpose of that icon, [ ]?

And to think of it, it seems a mode where you can edit an actual post. Believe that is how when I saw and questioned when someone actually changed the name of a member.

Why is the question? Is there a use other than making it look like someone said something they didn't, or change their name to something demeaning?

 

[Chock Full o Nuts]

What is the purpose of that icon, [ ]?

You are now Rex hit BB code.

 

[renee]

Am I off here?

There was a time when responding to a post, you could separate the part of the post that you wanted to address by inserting “carriage return” and then responding. The last few times I have tried, my pepy is looking like part of the post I am replying to.

Anyone else getting this?

I don’t even know what carriage return is, but all I know is that when I go to this site, even though I checked the box that automatically gets me here, it says that it have to sign in and when I put in the password and my name, it says that it’s incorrect oh well… that should be my worst problem

 

[Rexedgar]

I don’t even know what carriage return is, but all I know is that when I go to this site, even though I checked the box that automatically gets me here, it says that it have to sign in and when I put in the password and my name, it says that it’s incorrect oh well… that should be my worst problem

You never worked with a typewriter?