How do I get the list of all the responders when I type the @ in the answer box?
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June 2nd, 2018
I’ve been meaning to ask for a long time, why not all responders usernames are listed and it’s not alphabetical or in order of appearance. So, is there a way of making the rest of them appear?
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On both of my devices (laptop and tablet) it is in order, of most recent to oldest of responses.
From what I can determine, the list is limited to the 10 most recent responders.
E.g., if a thread has 11 responders, the list won’t show the first responder, if that responder only posts one response.
When I’m typing in the answer box as soon as I type the “at symbol” a drop down list shows just below the box. So, I have to scroll the box up some so I can see just below the box. Also, after the ”@” if you type the first letter of the user name it will show you everyone with the name beginning with that letter.
I think the list is in the order of how recently they posted on the thread. I haven’t noticed people being missing.
I’ve never paid attention to who & how many are on the drop down list. I do remember that the first person on the list is the last person who responded. The 2nd person is usually the OP. After that I type the ”@” & the first letter of the poster I want to reference & they always pop up. Maybe I’ve just been lucky; but it’s worked every tie for me!!!
Thanks all.
@LadyMarissa “I have to scroll the box up some so I can see just below the box.”
I don’t see the scrolling thing for the box, on the desk top computer anyway.
I don’t think you can. Many others just use @All and move on.
@KNOWITALL If I wanted to address everyone individually, @All would be good but that’s not why I needed to post the question.
Edited:
...I wanted the list to trigger my memory of the poster of whatever it was that I need to refer to.
Correcting myself:
“If I wanted to address everyone individually, @All would be good” No, @All wouldn’t be good for addressing everyone individually.
Anyway, @LadyMarissa Please tell us about the scrolling thing.
@flo I think you misunderstood what I was trying to say; so, let me try this again. When the page is longer than your monitor is high, you will need to scroll the page up or down in order to read it all. Most of the posts on Fluther end up longer than what my monitor will display & frequently the Answer this question box will be at the bottom of the page; so,I have to scroll the page down in order to see the Answer box. Then in order to be able to see the drop down box I have to scroll a few lines below the Answer box so I can see the drop down menu once I type the @ . The scrolling is not specific to Fluther & is normal on almost every page I’m looking at on the internet.
@LadyMarissa But my OP is….(I’ll let you see it) and I thought you were giving me the solution to it.
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