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

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**Created:** [August 1, 2004, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-to-a-specific-reply-in-a-thread-and-keeping-the-whole-thread-too/257827 "2004-08-01T08:29:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-to-a-specific-reply-in-a-thread-and-keeping-the-whole-thread-too/257827/1 "2004-08-01T08:29:03Z")

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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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**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-to-a-specific-reply-in-a-thread-and-keeping-the-whole-thread-too/257827/2 "2004-08-01T14:12:48Z")

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Like [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=5124414#post5124414).

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**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-to-a-specific-reply-in-a-thread-and-keeping-the-whole-thread-too/257827/3 "2004-08-01T19:55:05Z")

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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](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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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-to-a-specific-reply-in-a-thread-and-keeping-the-whole-thread-too/257827/4 "2004-08-01T21:08:05Z")

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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