Linking to a specific Reply in a Thread and keeping the whole Thread too

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O.K. I can link to another Thread.

I also know how to bring up a “View Single Post” window and link to that.

But then I see some other poster do a really cool dealio where they link to a Thread so’s you can read the whole Thread BUT the post that comes up is the post referenced for the link. I’m in Thread A talking about what Go You Big Red Fire Engine said in in Reply 12 of Thread B, I post a link to Thread B and Go You Big Red Fire Engine’s Reply 12 is right there at the top of the screen, YET I can still scroll up and down to see the rest of the Thread to understand the post in context.

I want to know how to work this magic. How’s a guy do it?

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Like this.

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Also, if you link to a single post the new way, like this: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5124588&postcount=2
…there is still a link to the rest of the thread in the upper right hand corner of the page. Didn’t know if you had noticed it or not.

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  1. Get the post number. Hover over the reply or single-quote button and either 1) read it from the url displayed at the bottom of the browser window, or 2) right-click and select “copy shortcut”, then paste the url somewhere and extract the post number.

  2. code this: [post=postnumber]your comment here[/post]

The “post=” code became available with the version of vB we now have. More info via the vB FAQ link at the bottom of the page