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A button to paste the post you're replying to in quote tags?

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  • 12-06-2008 8:41pm
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    JC 2K3
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,794 ✭✭✭


    A lot of the time when I'm replying to a post, I want to quote bits of that post and reply to them seperately. Usually, to do this, I hit Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C at the start and then erase the text within the quote tags which I don't want. To reply to further points, I hit Ctrl-V and edit out the text I don't want for my next point, and so on.

    What happens sometimes is I'll copy and paste a link or quote from somewhere else and lose the original post from the clipboard, which is annoying, since I then have to open the thread again in another tab, click reply and copy the post again.

    What would be nice would be a button (And if possible, a keyboard shortcut), that would automatically paste the post you're replying to in quote tags into the reply window (Or in the case of multi-quote, the string of posts you're replying to).

    Thanks,
    JC


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    Danbo!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,942 ✭✭✭Danbo!


    Why not copy the opening quote tag and paste that a few times in between each new quote you want to make. Its hassle yes, but can work quicker than pasting & deleting the post every time. Its also available to you when you want to re-copy it again after pasting links/other content from sites(Ie without opening another tab/window). Once the post is ready, CtrlC the end quote tag and CtrlV it at the end of each 'mini-quote'

    Just a suggestion.


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    CuLT
    Subscribers Posts: 9,716 ✭✭✭CuLT


    FWIW, I paste a post into notepad, then cut/copy bits out as necessary. I suggest you do the same.


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