# Ach, I can't use the vB command to link to a thread

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**Created:** [May 17, 2007, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ach-i-cant-use-the-vb-command-to-link-to-a-thread/404418 "2007-05-17T06:54:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ach-i-cant-use-the-vb-command-to-link-to-a-thread/404418/1 "2007-05-17T06:54:13Z")

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…because for the life of me, I CANNOT find the thread ID.

Now that I’ve revealed how impossibly dense I am, can someone tell me:

1. How to locate the thread ID?

2. Where I should have looked on the message board to find an answer to this question? (I did try looking around, but the info on using vB is pretty cryptic.)

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**Author:** ![Einmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Einmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Einmon)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ach-i-cant-use-the-vb-command-to-link-to-a-thread/404418/2 "2007-05-17T07:44:30Z")

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It says right up there in the address bar once you click on the thread in question. For example, this thread is

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=\*\*421172](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=**421172)\*\*

If you want to link to a post, you can hover your mouse over the little number in the upper right hand corner of said post to find its number. For example, your post is

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=\*\*8582229\*\*&postcount=1](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p= **8582229** &postcount=1)

There’s probably a more elegant way of finding those numbers, but we’ll need a vB maven to explain those, as I have no idea otherwise.

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**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ach-i-cant-use-the-vb-command-to-link-to-a-thread/404418/3 "2007-05-17T09:07:21Z")

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THANKS.

…ignorance successfully fought, once again.

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**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ach-i-cant-use-the-vb-command-to-link-to-a-thread/404418/4 "2007-05-17T14:15:51Z")

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The easiest way to link to a thread is to copy the URL from the address bar into your clipboard, and then paste it into your post.