# Possible to view "Who Posted?" from within a thread? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 9, 2015, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-to-view-who-posted-from-within-a-thread/717252 "2015-04-09T19:42:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-to-view-who-posted-from-within-a-thread/717252/1 "2015-04-09T19:42:05Z")
See title. I know how to bring it up from the list of current threads, by clicking the number in the “Replies” column. Is there any way to get to it from inside a thread? Sometimes I’m rereading an old thread, one which would be difficult or impossible to find by browsing through the thread list, and would like to view the “Who Posted?” list. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-to-view-who-posted-from-within-a-thread/717252/2 "2015-04-09T21:42:55Z")
Serious question, by the way, and not the setup for a dumb joke. The wariness is understandable. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-to-view-who-posted-from-within-a-thread/717252/3 "2015-04-09T22:05:36Z")
It would be a potentially useful feature. Bump ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-to-view-who-posted-from-within-a-thread/717252/4 "2015-04-09T22:37:04Z")
I don’t know if this is what your after but it might come close enough. Click the “Display Modes” (right above the report button) and select “Switch to Hybrid mode”. It shows a list of sorts, but user post totals are not given. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Joker\_and\_the\_Thief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e79b87/32.png) [@The\_Joker\_and\_the\_Thief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Joker_and_the_Thief)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-to-view-who-posted-from-within-a-thread/717252/5 "2015-04-09T22:38:08Z")
You can go to any subforum from a new tab, copy the link for the “Who Posted” link, then manually change the thread ID from the current thread to the older thread. So let’s say we want to find out who posted in [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=162415) thread. Go to any subforum and copy any “Who Posted” link: [noparse][http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/misc.php?do=whoposted&t=754029[/noparse]](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/misc.php?do=whoposted&t=754029%5B/noparse%5D) Then change the thread ID to the thread in question: [noparse][http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/misc.php?do=whoposted&t=[/noparse]\*\*162415](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/misc.php?do=whoposted&t=%5B/noparse%5D**162415)\*\* And voila! I don’t think there’s a better way to do it. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-to-view-who-posted-from-within-a-thread/717252/6 "2015-04-09T22:49:52Z")
> [@](#): > > I know how to bring it up from the list of current threads, by clicking the number in the “Replies” column. huh. thanks! ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2015, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-to-view-who-posted-from-within-a-thread/717252/7 "2015-04-10T03:02:56Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Serious question, by the way, and not the setup for a dumb joke. The wariness is understandable. Full of yourself much? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2015, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-to-view-who-posted-from-within-a-thread/717252/8 "2015-04-10T03:49:19Z")
> [@donkeyoatey](#): > > Full of yourself much? [Moderating] Not appropriate for ATMB. Knock it off. [/Moderating] ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2015, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-to-view-who-posted-from-within-a-thread/717252/9 "2015-04-10T20:36:41Z")
N/M ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2015, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-to-view-who-posted-from-within-a-thread/717252/10 "2015-04-10T21:44:06Z")
If anyone’s interested, I created a bookmarklet script to do this. To use it, create a new bookmark/favorite (or edit an existing one), call it whatever you want, and paste the following code into the URL field (“Address” or “Location” or whatever), then save it. When you’re in a thread, click the bookmark and it should bring up the “Who Posted?” window. ```auto javascript:(function()%7Bvar%20a%20%3D%20window.location.search%3Bvar%20x%20%3D%20a.indexOf(%22t%3D%22)%3Bvar%20b%20%3D%20'http%3A%2F%2Fboards.straightdope.com%2Fsdmb%2Fmisc.php%3Fdo%3Dwhoposted%26t%3D'%3Bvar%20num_portion%20%3D%20%2F%3D(%5Cd%2B)%24%2F.exec(a)%3Bvar%20url%20%3D%20b%20%2B%20num_portion%5B1%5D%3Bif(x%3D%3D-1)%20%7Breturn%3B%7Delse%20%7Bwindow.open(url%2C%20'Who%20Posted%3F'%20%2C%20'height%3D300%2Cwidth%3D250%2Cscrollbars%3Dyes')%3B%7D%7D)() ``` Caveats: 1. It only works from inside a thread, not when you’re viewing a specific post. 2. I tested it in Firefox, Chrome and Safari. It didn’t work in IE, but I don’t really care and nobody should be using that crappy browser anyway. It also works on my iPhone, but it displays as a new browser window and not a pop-up. 3. No warranties guaranteed or implied. ETA: Thanks to **Joker** for the idea. ---
**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:** [April 12, 2015, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-to-view-who-posted-from-within-a-thread/717252/11 "2015-04-12T04:18:58Z")
> [@The\_Joker\_and\_the\_Thief](#): > > Go to any subforum and copy any “Who Posted” link: > [noparse][http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/misc.php?do=whoposted&t=754029[/noparse]](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/misc.php?do=whoposted&t=754029%5B/noparse%5D) > > Then change the thread ID to the thread in question: > [noparse][http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/misc.php?do=whoposted&t=[/noparse]\*\*162415](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/misc.php?do=whoposted&t=%5B/noparse%5D**162415)\*\* > > And voila! I don’t think there’s a better way to do it. In Firefox you could set up a bookmark with a keyword. 1. Bookmark one of the above threads. 2. Bring up the properties for the bookmark. 3. In the URL, replace the thread id with “%s”, like so: [noparse][http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/misc.php?do=whoposted&t=%s[/noparse]](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/misc.php?do=whoposted&t=%25s%5B/noparse%5D) 1. Type something convenient in the keyword field, like “wp” (no quotes). Click “save”. 2. Now, in the Firefox address bar, you can just type “wp x” (where “x” is the thread id) and press enter.