# Quoting only a snippet of a poster's post

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-only-a-snippet-of-a-posters-post/1029753>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [May 3, 2026, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-only-a-snippet-of-a-posters-post/1029753 "2026-05-03T18:25:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-only-a-snippet-of-a-posters-post/1029753/21 "2026-06-18T23:59:43Z")

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> [@ParallelLines](#):
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> Again, it can vary by browser and possibly version of android

In Firefox for Android, the two different menus after selecting text look like this:

[![](https://i.ibb.co/JjZ70VDf/Screenshot-20260618-185612.png) ](https://i.ibb.co/JjZ70VDf/Screenshot-20260618-185612.png)

The green-circled part is Firefox’s action menu. The red-circled part is Discourse’s.

I selected the “Quote” menu item to start this reply with the associated quoted text, as highlighted in the image.

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**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2026, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-only-a-snippet-of-a-posters-post/1029753/22 "2026-06-19T00:10:42Z")

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Thank you @gnoitall - I didn’t want to use a screenshot from my device as I have additional options (at least one is probably because I’m a mod) and wanted to reduce the confusion!

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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:** [June 19, 2026, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-only-a-snippet-of-a-posters-post/1029753/23 "2026-06-19T06:19:34Z")

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> [@gnoitall](#):
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> In Firefox for Android, the two different menus after selecting text look like this:

Safari on an iPhone isn’t very different. Sometimes the menus overlap and get in each other’s way, and you have to try a few times. Also, the browser menu will sometimes appear without the Discourse menu. Again, just try a couple times and it eventually works.

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