# Post marked with red line on left

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-marked-with-red-line-on-left/964564>\
**Category:** Site Feedback\
**Created:** [May 17, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-marked-with-red-line-on-left/964564 "2022-05-17T17:44:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-marked-with-red-line-on-left/964564/1 "2022-05-17T17:44:07Z")

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My cat walked across my keyboard while reading a ~~thread~~ topic. Now the post I was reading is marked with a vertical red line on the left. What did she do and how do I undo it?

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**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-marked-with-red-line-on-left/964564/2 "2022-05-17T18:28:55Z")

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It occured to me that the color of the line is likely to be different in different themes. This is in Sam’s Simple Theme.

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**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2022, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-marked-with-red-line-on-left/964564/3 "2022-05-17T18:36:37Z")

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Your cat likely stepped on the k or j keys, which are the keyboard shortcuts for moving your selection. Refreshing the page fixes it.

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**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2022, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-marked-with-red-line-on-left/964564/4 "2022-05-17T18:42:16Z")

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Thanks. That does indeed work. I was afraid it was marking the post as “ignore” or something like that, and I had no intention of doing that.

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**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2022, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-marked-with-red-line-on-left/964564/5 "2022-05-17T20:41:45Z")

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> [@dtilque](#):
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> Thanks. That does indeed work. I was afraid it was marking the post as “ignore” or something like that, and I had no intention of doing that.&nbsp;

I would love an ignore this post feature.