# Answer Button For Posts

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/answer-button-for-posts/11920>\
**Category:** Site Feedback\
**Created:** [June 8, 2019, 11:48am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/answer-button-for-posts/11920 "2019-06-08T11:48:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![InferNova](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/infernova/32/6009_2.png) [@InferNova](https://discourse.processing.org/u/InferNova)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2019, 11:48am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/answer-button-for-posts/11920/1 "2019-06-08T11:48:25Z")

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Hey guys!

I was quite wondering from day one when you make a post why isn’t there an availability of an answer button ? I mean it would make life way easier for everyone to know that someone picked the right answer from the set that do comment and it would be a way to be able to close that post then so no new comments can occur on that post.

So why is there no answer button ?

I do realize that this is a build on discourse which is like stack exchange so this isn’t a stand alone Processing forum but is there no way of modifying so things to fit the needs of the forum ?!  
Here’s like an example of what I mean ( Probably a nice icon would be nicer ! )

 ![AnswerButtonShowCase](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/processingfoundation1/original/2X/3/329f54d94754e17c2d87d1d523a089adb9bf7d2c.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![TheWizardBear](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/thewizardbear/32/3552_2.png) [@TheWizardBear](https://discourse.processing.org/u/TheWizardBear)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2019, 12:21pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/answer-button-for-posts/11920/2 "2019-06-08T12:21:53Z")

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Although I think that this would be a good idea, I don’t think it should close further comments as people still might have things to add.  
It should just be a way of letting people know easily if a solution has been found or not in my opinion.

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**Author:** ![InferNova](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/infernova/32/6009_2.png) [@InferNova](https://discourse.processing.org/u/InferNova)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2019, 12:32pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/answer-button-for-posts/11920/3 "2019-06-08T12:32:24Z")

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Hey There!

I was thinking about the closing to prevent necroposting. I feel if someone had to add more or have other questions about the topic they could open a new post. And reference the one with similar answers/questions.

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**Author:** ![TheWizardBear](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/thewizardbear/32/3552_2.png) [@TheWizardBear](https://discourse.processing.org/u/TheWizardBear)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2019, 12:44pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/answer-button-for-posts/11920/4 "2019-06-08T12:44:04Z")

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Maybe it should only close 24 hours after an answer is accepted?

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**Author:** ![InferNova](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/infernova/32/6009_2.png) [@InferNova](https://discourse.processing.org/u/InferNova)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2019, 12:49pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/answer-button-for-posts/11920/5 "2019-06-08T12:49:07Z")

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@TheWizardBear very lovely idea yes ! @jeremydouglass can this become a petition for an answer button ?

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**Author:** ![solub](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/solub/32/333_2.png) [@solub](https://discourse.processing.org/u/solub)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2019, 1:45pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/answer-button-for-posts/11920/6 "2019-06-08T13:45:14Z")

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Hi @InferNova,

I think it would be a useful addition to the forum as well. Could be quite convenient when browsing long threads with multiple suggestions.

I know the McNeel forum (also built on discourse) have a “solution” button to select relevant answers but for some reason they decided to make it available only to the OP asking the question. Meaning that any other person browsing the page is unable to see what is the answer selected by the OP.

 ![screenshotMcNeel](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/processingfoundation1/original/2X/2/2b700bf221f0383a2497d33908e59e0ed17547db.png)

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**Author:** ![jeremydouglass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/jeremydouglass/32/20_2.png) [@jeremydouglass](https://discourse.processing.org/u/jeremydouglass)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/answer-button-for-posts/11920/7 "2019-06-08T16:46:19Z")

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I am a moderator, but I actually have no access to the site configuration plugins etc.

I _believe_ that @fjenett is the person who controls these things.

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**Author:** ![InferNova](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/infernova/32/6009_2.png) [@InferNova](https://discourse.processing.org/u/InferNova)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/answer-button-for-posts/11920/8 "2019-06-08T16:54:18Z")

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Maybe then if this post get’s enough hearts we can make it happen ?

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**Author:** ![jeremydouglass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/jeremydouglass/32/20_2.png) [@jeremydouglass](https://discourse.processing.org/u/jeremydouglass)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/answer-button-for-posts/11920/9 "2019-06-08T16:57:39Z")

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Honestly I think it is more about bringing it to the attention of the people who could do it and convincing them. We used to have answers functionality in the previous [forum.processing.org](http://forum.processing.org)

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**Author:** ![InferNova](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/infernova/32/6009_2.png) [@InferNova](https://discourse.processing.org/u/InferNova)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2019, 4:58pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/answer-button-for-posts/11920/10 "2019-06-08T16:58:44Z")

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Yes I remember that ! And it was a time saver. Now clicking at post’s to check if it has been answered or solved can be grueling !

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**Author:** ![InferNova](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/infernova/32/6009_2.png) [@InferNova](https://discourse.processing.org/u/InferNova)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2019, 11:04am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/answer-button-for-posts/11920/11 "2019-06-09T11:04:51Z")

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Do you have any idea to bring it up to the people ? Like for example emailing the guys which do control their forum or somewhat ? @jeremydouglass I think if you can help us out this can happen. I really would love an answer button !

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**Author:** ![Tiemen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/tiemen/32/5477_2.png) [@Tiemen](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Tiemen)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2019, 7:57am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/answer-button-for-posts/11920/12 "2019-06-10T07:57:58Z")

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We could also make use of the timeline to quickly navigate to the selected answer:

 ![timeline-shortcut](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/processingfoundation1/original/2X/9/97159eb02b9913bcacbed345ea9e7febdc3ad4be.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![InferNova](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/infernova/32/6009_2.png) [@InferNova](https://discourse.processing.org/u/InferNova)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2019, 5:46pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/answer-button-for-posts/11920/13 "2019-06-12T17:46:25Z")

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Who would be the most appropriate to contact this for ? I just don’t know who to grab on. Thanks in advance for any replies.

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**Author:** ![jeremydouglass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/jeremydouglass/32/20_2.png) [@jeremydouglass](https://discourse.processing.org/u/jeremydouglass)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2019, 7:18pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/answer-button-for-posts/11920/14 "2019-06-12T19:18:29Z")

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As I mentioned previously:

> [@jeremydouglass](#):
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> I _believe_ that @fjenett is the person who controls these things.

It is also possible that Casey Reas set up the forum–again, I’m unsure. He has an account on here as @REAS but isn’t active, so you might need to try contacting him directly through the Processing Foundation directly.

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**Author:** ![REAS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/reas/32/16_2.png) [@REAS](https://discourse.processing.org/u/REAS)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2019, 5:48pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/answer-button-for-posts/11920/15 "2019-06-13T17:48:15Z")

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Hello Everyone. Right now, I have the “keys” for this Discourse instance and I set it up, but I’m not very knowledgeable about how Discourse operates. @jeremydouglass, do you feel this suggestion would enhance the conversations here and help as a reference? Does anyone know if this is built in to Discourse?

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**Author:** ![jeremydouglass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/jeremydouglass/32/20_2.png) [@jeremydouglass](https://discourse.processing.org/u/jeremydouglass)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2019, 6:00pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/answer-button-for-posts/11920/16 "2019-06-13T18:00:28Z")

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@REAS – yes, I think that it would benefit the community. Questioners like marking their own questions as solved (which some try to do by editing their title), and some answerers would prefer to browse only unsolved questions, which this allows.

I believe that it is an official plugin of Discourse – it might be preinstalled but inactive, or we might need to download it for install. Official description of what the plugin does when activated and configured is here:

> **[Discourse Solved (Accepted answer plugin)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-solved-accepted-answer-plugin/30155)**
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> About The Discourse Solved plugin allows users to accept solutions on topics in designated categories. Requirements Discourse stable, beta or tests-passed Installation Repo is at: GitHub - discourse/discourse-solved: Allow accepted answers on...

and the plugin repo – with possibly more up-to-date install instructions – is here:

> **[discourse/discourse-solved](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-solved)**
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> Allow accepted answers on topics. Contribute to discourse/discourse-solved development by creating an account on GitHub.

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**Author:** ![InferNova](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/infernova/32/6009_2.png) [@InferNova](https://discourse.processing.org/u/InferNova)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 5:51pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/answer-button-for-posts/11920/17 "2019-06-15T17:51:03Z")

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Hey @REAS I am just wondering how plausible then is the idea of getting the solution button. Not trying to pose haste here just curious can we get this actually through !

Many thanks in advance,

Marcin.K

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**Author:** ![InferNova](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/infernova/32/6009_2.png) [@InferNova](https://discourse.processing.org/u/InferNova)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2019, 7:56pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/answer-button-for-posts/11920/18 "2019-07-05T19:56:22Z")

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Pulling this to the top. Is this still possible to make ?

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**Author:** ![InferNova](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/infernova/32/6009_2.png) [@InferNova](https://discourse.processing.org/u/InferNova)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2019, 2:46pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/answer-button-for-posts/11920/19 "2019-07-21T14:46:41Z")

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Seems like this may take some while. I guess I will just send emails to @REAS

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**Author:** ![ProcessingOrg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/processingorg/32/18341_2.png) [@ProcessingOrg](https://discourse.processing.org/u/ProcessingOrg)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 10:22pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/answer-button-for-posts/11920/20 "2019-07-30T22:22:56Z")

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