# What happened to the quote text speech bubble? **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [February 17, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-quote-text-speech-bubble/1014424 "2025-02-17T18:29:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-quote-text-speech-bubble/1014424/1 "2025-02-17T18:29:33Z")
Came back after a few days, and now there is no option to quote a post’s entire text. Glitch or change to interface? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-quote-text-speech-bubble/1014424/2 "2025-02-17T18:30:50Z")
This? It still works for me. [![](https://i.imgur.com/1UIbl6j.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/1UIbl6j.png) ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2025, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-quote-text-speech-bubble/1014424/3 "2025-02-17T18:31:30Z")
That’s funny. That doesn’t look like my interface at all. I’m using Firefox, but there hasn’t been an update… ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2025, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-quote-text-speech-bubble/1014424/4 "2025-02-17T18:32:37Z")
I’m using, IIRC, Vincent. Oddly enough, at least IME, it’s usually the one with the problems. ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2025, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-quote-text-speech-bubble/1014424/5 "2025-02-17T18:35:19Z")
I tried turning off AdBlock. That isn’t it… ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2025, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-quote-text-speech-bubble/1014424/6 "2025-02-17T18:36:44Z")
> [@Aeschines](#): > > Came back after a few days, and now there is no option to quote a post’s entire text. Glitch or change to interface? Thanks! This? @Joey_P 's quote is a screenshot, hosted on an external image server - the above is the quote function on Discourse. I don’t think it will let you quote the post that is last in the thread (unless that has been changed) - the logic there is that it’s supposed to be obvious your reply is to the preceding post ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2025, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-quote-text-speech-bubble/1014424/7 "2025-02-17T18:36:54Z")
The interface _did_ change. Now, when I highlight a text, it offers the quote/copy quote option, but the quote bubble is gone. Weird. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2025, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-quote-text-speech-bubble/1014424/8 "2025-02-17T18:38:50Z")
What the heck is a “quote bubble”? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2025, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-quote-text-speech-bubble/1014424/9 "2025-02-17T18:39:02Z")
> [@Aeschines](#): > > The interface _did_ change. Now, when I highlight a text, it offers the quote/copy quote option, but the quote bubble is gone. Weird. I’m confused, what’s gone? What are you describing as the “quote bubble”? Also, to the best of my knowdlege, there haven’t been any changes recently. At least I didn’t see any threads pop up about anything. And since you said it was gone, then it came back, now it’s gone again, makes me think it’s something on your end. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-quote-text-speech-bubble/1014424/10 "2025-02-17T18:43:30Z")
Me too - @Aeschines are you talking about the little thing that shows up when you highlight text, that says ‘Quote / Copy quote / Share’ ? ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-quote-text-speech-bubble/1014424/11 "2025-02-17T18:45:25Z")
So when you hit reply, you get the line of symbols at the top, right? The first one is B for bold, but, until recently, what came first (for me at least) was a speech bubble (such as used by cartoonists to put the words in a character is speaking). Hitting the speech bubble would quote the entire text of the post to which one was replying. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2025, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-quote-text-speech-bubble/1014424/12 "2025-02-17T18:47:08Z")
Here’s what I have: [![](https://i.imgur.com/2ndN2LW.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/2ndN2LW.png) ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2025, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-quote-text-speech-bubble/1014424/13 "2025-02-17T18:48:06Z")
Yes, that’s what I have too. The speech bubble is gone! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2025, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-quote-text-speech-bubble/1014424/14 "2025-02-17T18:50:48Z")
I don’t remember there being a speech bubble, but I’ve only ever quoted previous posts by scrolling up to them and highlighting part/all of them ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2025, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-quote-text-speech-bubble/1014424/15 "2025-02-17T18:53:54Z")
> [@Aeschines](#): > > The speech bubble is gone! Gone for me, too (Straight Dope Light interface). I think this was a very recent change. I may have seen the speech bubble thingie as recently as maybe yesterday or the day before. > [@Mangetout](#): > > I don’t remember there being a speech bubble, but I’ve only ever quoted previous posts by scrolling up to them and highlighting part/all of them   I don’t know if it’s a bug or somebody’s idea of an “optimization”, but it’s problematic because highlighting text to get the “Quote/Copy” option can be tricky on non-keyboard devices (phone, tablet). It was much easier to just tap on the bubble. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2025, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-quote-text-speech-bubble/1014424/16 "2025-02-17T18:54:12Z")
I’m using Straight Dope Light and the speech bubble is gone from that. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2025, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-quote-text-speech-bubble/1014424/17 "2025-02-17T18:55:58Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > it’s problematic because highlighting text to get the “Quote/Copy” option can be tricky on non-keyboard devices (phone, tablet). True - I often find that it competes with the controls for the endpoints of the selection. ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2025, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-quote-text-speech-bubble/1014424/18 "2025-02-17T18:56:21Z")
Is there any interface option that gets it back? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2025, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-quote-text-speech-bubble/1014424/19 "2025-02-17T19:00:28Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > At least I didn’t see any threads pop up about anything Well, I guess this is the thread about it now. ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2025, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-quote-text-speech-bubble/1014424/20 "2025-02-17T19:01:42Z")
Haha, yes. Well, I’m sure this change just happened. I used that quote function the day before yesterday, IIRC. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-quote-text-speech-bubble/1014424.md?page=2)