# Quote box links

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-box-links/805649>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [December 31, 2017, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-box-links/805649 "2017-12-31T20:58:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-box-links/805649/1 "2017-12-31T20:58:47Z")

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There used to be little arrows in the quote box that were links back to the original quoted post. Am I the only one who doesn’t have that anymore?

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-box-links/805649/2 "2017-12-31T21:06:11Z")

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> [@Omega\_Glory](#):
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> There used to be little arrows in the quote box that were links back to the original quoted post. Am I the only one who doesn’t have that anymore?

It’s there for me. Which skin are you running?

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-box-links/805649/3 "2017-12-31T21:08:49Z")

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On the new skin, they are very light. And since on one complained, I never fixed that in my skin tweaker.

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**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-box-links/805649/4 "2017-12-31T21:16:57Z")

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I’m using Sultantheme’s responsive in chrome.

[https://snag.gy/3r1MIt.jpg](https://snag.gy/3r1MIt.jpg) - This is what it looks like for me. I just tried dragging across to highlight the link, but it’s not there.

ETA: I just tried the old style and it’s there on that one. I’ll just go back to using the original theme.

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-box-links/805649/5 "2017-12-31T21:32:11Z")

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> [@Omega\_Glory](#):
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> I’m using Sultantheme’s responsive in chrome.
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> [Upload and share screenshots and images - print screen online | Snipboard.io](https://snag.gy/3r1MIt.jpg) - This is what it looks like for me. I just tried dragging across to highlight the link, but it’s not there.
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> ETA: I just tried the old style and it’s there on that one. I’ll just go back to using the original theme.

I just looked in Chrome (I use Firefox). The arrow is there but it’s such a light grey, it’s almost invisible. WAG-Your monitor settings are rendering the white background as just off-white background which would make it invisible.  
Mousing over does get the pointing hand.  
ETA: It’s a lighter gray in Chrome than I see in Firefox.

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**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-box-links/805649/6 "2017-12-31T21:43:45Z")

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I tried mousing over the spot where the icon should be and clicking and dragging to highlight it (which does work on the original theme) and nothing.

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2018, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-box-links/805649/7 "2018-01-01T08:36:57Z")

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One could try looking at the HTML source to see what’s there. Looking at the beginning of the quote box in Post #5 above, for example, I see this:

```php
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                    Originally Posted by <strong>Omega Glory</strong>
                    <a href="showthread.php?p=20695285#post20695285" rel="nofollow"><img class="inlineimg" src="images/SultanThemeVB3R/buttons/viewpost.gif" border="0" alt="View Post" /></a>
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(Note: On preview, I see that the box above doesn’t show the whole snippet at once – if you see a horizontal scroll bar there, you really do have to scroll across to see it all.)

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**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2018, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-box-links/805649/8 "2018-01-01T16:44:32Z")

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Mystery solved. I checked the code, and the gif was listed, then I turned off the adblockers, and the gif appeared. Somehow it got swept up in the block list.