Allow own editing after posting a new question into any of Community Lounge Discussion Boards
Right after posting my new question into one of Community Lounge Discussion Boards I noticed that it was no more possible to edit it again in case any correction might have been needed.
While I noticed doing the same editing was indeed allowed after adding a reply to my own question, so basically I'm just asking for some more consistency... 😇
Many thanks in advance for your attention.
Best Regards
Rob
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Hi Allen, (& sorry for my delay in answering you)
you were indeed right, I hadn't noticed that to edit my new topic I had to use that cog icon so high on right side and so above my new topic title (and probably because a more typical use of a cog icon I'm aware of is related to 'Settings').
My expectation was indeed simply different because I already saw that 'Edit' command was typically available when selecting a '3 horizontally centered dots' menu whose icon I added just below this line and that normally appears just at right side after I've added a reply (just like this one).
'3 horizontally centered dots'So, since the beginning I was expecting a similar '3 horizontally centered dots' menu to also appear at the right side of this my new topic and to be able find an 'Edit' choice inside it, but that wasn't true because no '3 horizontally centered dots' menu was ever shown. And that's also why I said I was expecting some more UI & UX consistency 😇.
Please also note that such expectations were also due to my own finding of more UI & UX consistency while using another quite similar new topic posting tool (so as an example I'm pointing you to this new Q&A question I added some time ago through 'MSLearn'; where an 'Edit' command has always been available in a quite similar '3 vertically centered dots' menu that was always made available on lower side of that posting UI either after I completed entering a new 'topic/question' and also after entering a new comment or an answer).
I hope now I've better clarified to you what I meant initially, so thanks again for your attention.
P.S. I also just noticed that in next line immediately below the one where cog icon is located but even more far right side of web page (so extremely near to my MS Edge own scroll bar) I've seen an 'Edit' (a label?) that anyway now have no real usage because nothing happens when clicking on it. So, I'm now wondering if that same 'label' might have been originally meant to be much nearer to that same cog icon, because I'd say that only if it was put exactly right below it, then it might have helped to give an end user a hint to use that cog icon.
Regards
Rob
- Allen
Community Manager
Hi,
Thanks for the reply, I think we have some work to do here. Q&A is a completely different platform and works very differently to the Microsoft Tech Community. I will capture your feedback and feed it into future sprints.
The edit label in your PS is actually a known bug that is caused when a community owner has not set a hero image on their community hub. Out of interest where did you see it?Hi Allen, (& again I'm sorry for my delay in answering you)
ok, I understand they are different platforms, and I was also not saying that Q&A one is better than this one (or that this one is worse than the other). 😇
I see that 'Edit' label just below the thin line shown under the cog you told me about, and it's also moved towards right edge of my browser tab.
Please see web capture excerpt I've now succeeded to enclose just below (my trembling evidencing is in red). 😀😇
Regards
Rob
- AllenStatus changed:NewtoNeeds Info
P.S. Because doing the same was also not allowed after I posted this new idea, I obviously just meant UI & UX consistency... 😇
- Allen
I wonder if the problem here is that your not recognizing how to edit your posts after you post them? I have checked your profile and you definitely have permission to edit your own posts.
How to edit a post is dependant on if its a net new post or a reply to an existing post.
If its a net new post, i.e. a new Idea or a new topic in a discussion, you need to click the cog at the top right of the UI (opposite the breadcrumb) and then click edit:Now if its a reply to an idea or a topic you have to click the three dots next to the reply you want to edit and click edit.
Let me know if this answers this for you, I think there maybe some feedback in here about the ways to edit are to .. divorced from the content or different between topics and replies but ill wait your feedback.
