What can't I post like everybody else (normal people!)?

[Toolong]

Hi....don't know what topic to place this under, just (embarrassingly) need help!

 

Been a member of TV for a few years but haven't until now used it much....and now I do want to use it, I have quickly realised (to my shame!) that for some reason I can't seem to reply/post in the way everybody else appears to do!

 

How do you reply to a specific poster and include their message, or bits of their message?

 

I'm on my phone and the only option to reply appears to be a prompt saying 'Reply to this topic', which is ok but I actually want to reply to a specific poster and include their post, or bits of it.

 

What the hell am I missing? (Apart from some brain cells, obviously!)

 

[rott]

At the foot of the post it says

Quote

click on that and all will be revealed. 

[rott]

BTW please name some of these normal people. 

[Crossy]

3 minutes ago, rott said:

At the foot of the post it says

Quote

click on that and all will be revealed. 

Like this :) 

 

Note that you cannot quote the first post of a thread in this manner.

[rott]

2 minutes ago, Crossy said:

Like this ????

 

Note that you cannot quote the first post of a thread in this manner.

Very good point, how does one reply to a first post. 

[Aforek]

3 minutes ago, Crossy said:

Like this ????

 

Note that you cannot quote the first post of a thread in this manner.

I have noticed this already ; so, how to "quote " the first post of a thread ? and if not possible , why ? 

[Toolong]

12 minutes ago, rott said:

At the foot of the post it says

Quote

click on that and all will be revealed. 

All was indeed revealed! Thank you so much! 

Very embarrassing, but I thought the 'quote' thing was for something else entirely! (But we know what 'thought' did, eh? ☺)

Why I didn't have the gumption to just click on the damned thing I dunno! 

 

Thanks friend. Oh for the small joys of life! ????

[Crossy]

11 minutes ago, Aforek said:

I have noticed this already ; so, how to "quote " the first post of a thread ? and if not possible , why ? 

 

If you select the text of the first post a "Quote Selection" bubble pops up, click it ???? 

[ubonjoe]

10 minutes ago, Aforek said:

I have noticed this already ; so, how to "quote " the first post of a thread ? and if not possible , why ? 

Highlight the text your want to quote.

[Toolong]

18 minutes ago, rott said:

BTW please name some of these normal people. 

Can I put your name forward? ????

[KhunBENQ]

36 minutes ago, Toolong said:

Hi....don't know what topic to place this under, just (embarrassingly) need help!

 

 

Usually just select the text (I do with the mouse) and click on the "Quote Selection".

 

[Toolong]

3 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

 

 

Usually just select the text (I do with the mouse) and click on the "Quote Selection".

 

Thanks khunBENQ! ????

[Toolong]

Just now, Toolong said:

Thanks khunBENQ! ????

Wish my phone had a mouse!

[Crossy]

7 minutes ago, Toolong said:

Wish my phone had a mouse!

 

https://smartphones.gadgethacks.com/how-to/turns-out-weve-been-selecting-text-wrong-whole-time-theres-much-better-way-0206657/

 

Or, get a USB on the Go adaptor and plug a regular mouse in to the USB port.

[Kwasaki]

4 minutes ago, Toolong said:

Wish my phone had a mouse!

You could use what some people call your mouse but would be much easier with a finger. ????

[n00dle]

35 minutes ago, Aforek said:

I have noticed this already ; so, how to "quote " the first post of a thread ? and if not possible , why ? 

Because it is taken as a given that if you are not reply to a post in the thread that you are replying to the thread itself

[ubonjoe]

1 hour ago, Toolong said:

How do you reply to a specific poster and include their message, or bits of their message?

 

Was not sure about doing it on my tablet but as you can see it worked.

[Moonlover]

24 minutes ago, n00dle said:

48 minutes ago, Aforek said:

I have noticed this already ; so, how to "quote " the first post of a thread ? and if not possible , why ? 

 

24 minutes ago, n00dle said:

Because it is taken as a given that if you are not reply to a post in the thread that you are replying to the thread itself

You're wrong folks. You can 'quote' the first post in a thread, the proof is below. You first highlight the post (or a part thereof) using left click and hold then click the 'quote selection' box that pops up.

 

1 hour ago, Toolong said:

Hi....don't know what topic to place this under, just (embarrassingly) need help!

 

Been a member of TV for a few years but haven't until now used it much....and now I do want to use it, I have quickly realised (to my shame!) that for some reason I can't seem to reply/post in the way everybody else appears to do!

 

How do you reply to a specific poster and include their message, or bits of their message?

 

I'm on my phone and the only option to reply appears to be a prompt saying 'Reply to this topic', which is ok but I actually want to reply to a specific poster and include their post, or bits of it.

 

What the hell am I missing? (Apart from some brain cells, obviously!)

And voila, here is the first post!

 

[Toolong]

27 minutes ago, Crossy said:

 

https://smartphones.gadgethacks.com/how-to/turns-out-weve-been-selecting-text-wrong-whole-time-theres-much-better-way-0206657/

 

Or, get a USB on the Go adaptor and plug a regular mouse in to the USB port.

Will look into that, Crossy. Much obliged!

[Toolong]

30 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

You could use what some people call your mouse but would be much easier with a finger. ????

Not with my fat fingers. Same reason I could never play guitar well!

[Toolong]

16 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

Was not sure about doing it on my tablet but as you can see it worked.

????

[n00dle]

10 minutes ago, Moonlover said:

You're wrong folks. You can 'quote' the first post in a thread, the proof is below. You first highlight the post (or a part thereof) using left click and hold then click the 'quote selection' box that pops up.

 

Yes indeed, but the question was not why can't you quote a selection, it was why is there no quote option below the op.

[Pmbkk]

 

 

It's an initiation test - if you can't work it out, you're too stupid to reply.

Obv' not a thorough test as so many made it through as you'll soon find out.....

 

BTW - after your first reply you have to buy all TV members a beer.....

????

 

[rott]

1 hour ago, Toolong said:

Can I put your name forward? ????

Sad state of affairs if you are reduced to naming me. ☹️

[Crossy]

47 minutes ago, n00dle said:

Yes indeed, but the question was not why can't you quote a selection, it was why is there no quote option below the op.

 

It's actually done because many members were quoting the OP in their responses when it wasn't really necessary and made the threads stupidly long. With the new function that reduces quotes with an "Expand" button it's less necessary but I doubt it will be going away.

 

And, as noted earlier, it is actually possible to quote the OP just requires a little effort.

 

[Toolong]

55 minutes ago, Pmbkk said:

 

 

It's an initiation test - if you can't work it out, you're too stupid to reply.

Obv' not a thorough test as so many made it through as you'll soon find out.....

 

BTW - after your first reply you have to buy all TV members a beer.....

????

 

I failed the test miserably! Would buy the beers but I'd only be encouraging drunkeness and wild revelry.  ????

[Toolong]

17 minutes ago, rott said:

Sad state of affairs if you are reduced to naming me. ☹️

Modesty unbecoming of a TV member! ????????

[northsouthdevide]

Don't be embarrassed.

I read this thread with interest myself, because I too wasn't sure how to do it.

This sight is no doubt full of ladies and gents of a certain era, that I used to call before mobile phones, but now call before smartphones.

We all try our best to keep up with the tech, and sometimes surprise ourselves. ????

 

[Toolong]

8 minutes ago, northsouthdevide said:

Don't be embarrassed.

I read this thread with interest myself, because I too wasn't sure how to do it.

This sight is no doubt full of ladies and gents of a certain era, that I used to call before mobile phones, but now call before smartphones.

We all try our best to keep up with the tech, and sometimes surprise ourselves. ????

 

Thanks, friend. I appreciate that.....and yes, I'm most definitely 'of a certain era'!

 

Cheers. ????????????

[Puccini]

8 hours ago, n00dle said:

 

Yes indeed, but the question was not why can't you quote a selection, it was why is there no quote option below the op.

@n00dle  I cannot find the post, preceding your post I am quoting above, that asked "why is there no quote option below the op".  Would you be so kind as to give a link to the post you are referring to?