# Quoting a post has changed. How do I quote posts?

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**Created:** [August 3, 2025, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-a-post-has-changed-how-do-i-quote-posts/1021642 "2025-08-03T01:56:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2025, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-a-post-has-changed-how-do-i-quote-posts/1021642/1 "2025-08-03T01:56:48Z")

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Until a few days ago, I could reply to someone’s post and then hit the Quotation marks on the toolbar. They’re above what I am typing right now.

NOW, a blank bar of black with a blue vertical sidebar is inserted. No more quotes.

Help ???

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**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2025, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-a-post-has-changed-how-do-i-quote-posts/1021642/2 "2025-08-03T02:13:37Z")

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It’s happening to all 0f us. Starting here for the fix:

> [@Changes to post composition window in Discourse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changes-to-post-composition-window-in-discourse/1021474):
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> While making some replies today, I noticed two changes in Discourse formatting for the post-composition window. One is that there is no longer a preview being automatically shown on the right-hand side of the composition window. The second one is that, when you quote another post in your reply, the quote formatting looks different (quoting one of my own posts, for illustrative purposes): [[Imgur] ](https://imgur.com/UV7FYrl) As you can see in the image above, when you…

Posts by @LSLGuy were the most helpful to me if you want to search for those.

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**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2025, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-a-post-has-changed-how-do-i-quote-posts/1021642/3 "2025-08-03T02:17:37Z")

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ATMB is where you talk about message board moderation and rules. Anything related to the board software is in Site Feedback, where there are already multiple threads on this topic.

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**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2025, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-a-post-has-changed-how-do-i-quote-posts/1021642/4 "2025-08-03T02:32:25Z")

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Thanks, I will peruse those threads.

Sorry, Mods. Feel free to vaporize this thing.

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**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2025, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-a-post-has-changed-how-do-i-quote-posts/1021642/5 "2025-08-03T05:37:10Z")

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> [@Cartooniverse](#):
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> Thanks, I will peruse those threads.

You’re welcome! There’s a lot of info about the changes and tips on how to take advantage and avoid problems. 🙂