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Board suggestion September 17, 2011 7:48 am TB

One of the problems with longer threads is the “squeeze” at the right side. I was wondering if there’s any way that the system could be set up to count a certain number of replies, and then do a “carriage return” to flip things back to the left again.

I suspect this is a non-trivial modification, but I thought I’d throw it out there.

  • Please do something. by FrankC 2011-09-17 15:18:57
    • Someone could maybe manually shunt half the thread into a new thread ("Thread Title, Part II") but I haven't moved ... by TB 2011-09-17 15:35:47
      • No, we cannot prune comments out of threads and graft them elsewhere. Least as far as my experiments have gone. Short ... by podrock 2011-09-17 20:48:38
        • I haven't played with this software much, but I have not seen an obvious way to move single or multiple ... by FrankC 2011-09-17 16:00:47
          • I can't move them by chunks. It is theoretically possible to copy/paste part of a thread to a new ... by TB 2011-09-17 16:16:26
            • May I suggest an interim solution until Robert can weigh in on this (and I have a feeling nothing can ... by Eri 2011-09-18 21:30:25
              • that should work Eri by FrankC 2011-09-18 22:19:39
                • Not a bad idea. by TB 2011-09-18 22:00:06
                • blech???? LOL!!! by Jody 2011-09-17 17:39:46

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