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Welcome to Codidact Meta!

Codidact Meta is the meta-discussion site for the Codidact community network and the Codidact software. Whether you have bug reports or feature requests, support questions or rule discussions that touch the whole network – this is the site for you.

Posts tagged feature-request

Requests for new features or changes to this site.
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To track requests, you can filter on the status tags:

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Filter settings; set to include tags "feature-request", and exclude tags "status-completed, status-norepro, status-planned, status-bydesign, status-declined, status-deferred".

Any feature request that our team thinks we should do or are planning to do gets logged as an issue on our GitHub repository (with some delay to allow for discussion on Meta first) — this is what our devs look through for things needing to be done.

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Q&A Move posts between different categories through edits?

I think it would be very handy if users with edit privileges, or at the very least the OP themselves, could move posts between different categories on the same site. This would be particularly han...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Lundin‭  ·  edited 3y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Q&A Rollback Feature for Questions and Answers

In the buttons below a Question/Answer, there is one for viewing its history: This is a feature request for adding a rollback feature to the history page of a question/answer, since the edits to...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Razetime‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A New Close reason needed [duplicate]

I received a flag for https://meta.codidact.com/questions/279799 that it was a duplicate of https://meta.codidact.com/questions/279637 That is indeed a duplicate and I closed it. However, the text...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by manassehkatz‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Canina‭

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Q&A Notifications: Reputation Changes

Similar to SE, I would like to see notifications for reputation/score gains and losses.

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by mbomb007‭  ·  edited 3y ago by mbomb007‭

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Q&A Ability to set tables to be collapsed?

With this post I have a really big table, and it takes up quite a bit of space. I could fold it over (add extra columns, fold table into a 8x25 table instead of a 2x100), but that is, ofc, extra w...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by moony‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Moshi‭

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Q&A Can we have a button to insert a table in posts?

Since tables are now available (hooray!), it can be helpful to users to include a reference in the format buttons of the post. So from the current set of icons: We can add another one like ...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by fedorqui‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Replenish votes statistic with "Other" block to make it complete

Currently votes for blog posts are counted in total but there are no rows for this type in additional, expanded grid ("on Question", "on Answer") This may confuse new users since usually one exp...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by FoggyFinder‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Tables in posts

Can we have the ability to create tables? Right now, according to this answer tables are not on the list of things allowed in posts, which is a shame because I can see many uses for them, such as t...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Moshi‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by fedorqui‭

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Q&A How can I change the default license on my posts? [duplicate]

During creation of a post, you are presented with a license option: It has two options; site default, and category default. Are these configurable by the user, and if they aren't: can they be? I...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Corsaka‭  ·  closed as duplicate 3y ago by Canina‭

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Q&A "Are you sure?" popup when closing a page

When I close a window while writing an answer, it closes immediately without any popup. This has resulted in me losing a few answers while writing them midway. The feature I'm asking for is an "A...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Razetime‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭

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Q&A Exact search doesn't seem to be searching in the title

An example where an exact search returns no results for the copy and pasted title. "Should we display the number of views?" https://meta.codidact.com/posts/search?utf8=✓&search="Should+we...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Moshi‭

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Q&A On the site users page can we get a sort by votes?

Being able to see a list of users and how many times they have votes was useful on the old sites to see which users were engaged in the voting. What I would propose is that on the /users page that...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭

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Q&A Community wiki post type [duplicate]

Is it possible to add a type of post corresponding to the community wiki of Stack Exchange? The post should be: Not associated to any one user Editable by anyone without approval (or after a m...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by user8078‭  ·  closed as duplicate 3y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭

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Q&A Multi-colored bookmarks

We'll want to have bookmarks, eventually. It would be nice to have bookmarks with some kind of categorization. For example, favorites/bookmarks with different colors, because I want to come back ...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Nick Alexeev‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Derek Elkins‭

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Q&A Site design: Why use different fonts for edit window and code windows?

When I type in the edit window, Codidact seems to use my default monospaced font (Iosevka SS08). But when a code block is displayed, why doesn't it use the same? I feel like it makes more sense to...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Razetime‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Moshi‭

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Q&A Draft saved notice disrupts page flow [duplicate]

I love the editor, it is so white and clean. I think the idea of having the title field at the bottom is genius. It lets you collect your thoughts and make a really meaningful title. I have a co...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by KalleMP‭  ·  closed as duplicate 3y ago by Moshi‭

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Q&A Hot Network Questions like feature?

Initially HNQ's were the only reason I ever contributed to sites outside of Stack Overflow. In my opinion, a similar tool might be even more valuable in the early stages of Codidact's growth. I cou...

5 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Cazadorro‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Nick Alexeev‭

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Q&A Have permalink button show a popup instead of redirecting

Currently, when I click the "permalink" button on a post, it just sends me to the permalink URL, which is kind of unintuitive - it took me a couple seconds to realize that the page hadn't just relo...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Moshi‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Add keyboard shortcuts to navigate between pages of multipage lists

It would be nice if on pages with several subpages (like the posts page, with the previous/next and page number bar on bottom), there would be a shortcut to go to the previous/next page in the list...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by celtschk‭  ·  edited 3y ago by weegee‭

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Q&A A small tool area to navigate through answers on a question page

I like the idea of a small tool zone for each answer that lets you skip quickly to the previous or next one. A navigation button or keyboard short-cut or gesture to skip one post at a time (Next/p...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by KalleMP‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Moshi‭

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Q&A Implement duplicate up-down vote buttons

I would like to have a smaller pair of duplicate UP and Down vote buttons at the end of a answer or question so I can vote after I have read it. I do not want to scroll up to vote especially if th...

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by KalleMP‭  ·  edited 3y ago by KalleMP‭

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Q&A Can we get a link back to the moderator dashboard from the individual mod pages?

Right now the moderator dashboard has a bunch of links to different moderator tools like Flag Queue and Featured Links. However from those tools, there is not a link back to the dashboard, you eith...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A Questionable button label when editing comment.

Posting new comment is by selecting the function, writing the comment, hitting 'Post'. Editing existing comment is by selecting the function, making the amends, then hitting 'Post'. Having the sa...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by .                                                .‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Moshi‭

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Q&A Can we get an optional featured image for the home pages?

Both Outdoors and Photography are running photo contests and it would be nice to display the winning image from the last contest in the sidebar. My idea of how this would look, It would also be...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by manassehkatz‭

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Q&A Search UI Overhaul

Currently the search function is severely limited. Right now you can: Match all keywords, one of a selection of keywords, or an exact search for a phrase, with wildcards, weighted keywords, and ne...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by DonielF‭

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Q&A Sign up to answer this question but no sign in

When signed out and viewing a question, there is a "Sign up to answer this question" button. However, there is no "Sign in to answer this question" button, which I think should be added for parity.

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Moshi‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by msh210‭

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Q&A Reset button for drafts [duplicate]

I was recently editing someone else's answer, but I didn't like my changes and decided to redo them. However, there was no way to reset the edit (revert to the state before I started editing). The ...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Moshi‭  ·  closed as duplicate 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Cancelling a comment.

Can there be an option to cancel writing a comment; AFAIK, the only way to do that now is to refresh the page, which is annoying to do (especially when feeling lazy).

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Dani‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Trap tags with spaces earlier in the post submission process

When I type something in the tag box, a list of similarly named tags is produced, along with the actual thing I typed, and I can click to select the tag I want. If I type something with spaces (e.g...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Peter Taylor‭

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Q&A Let us have more relevant tooltips for up/down vote buttons

Sometimes when stumbling across a question I wonder if I should upvote / downvote or not. When this happened on SE sites, I hovered over the buttons and read the description. Currently, Codidact se...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Alexei‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Moshi‭

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Q&A Close reason doesn't appear in post history

See the history of this post, the reason for closure (closed as duplicate) doesn't appear in it; when I reopened the question the close reason and duplicate target were completely lost since it was...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Moshi‭

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Q&A A badge! A badge for completing the Codidactyl Tour. Or even several badges!! And points!!

I completed the entire Codidactyl Tour (including filling in question, flagging uncivil answer to mods etc.) and all I got was this... ... well actually I didn't get anything. No points and no badg...

3 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Rounin‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Moshi‭

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Q&A Show last user names if users change their user names

Recently, some users who are here for a longer time changed their usernames. It often happened that I saw a well-written question or answer from a user I supposedly have never seen before with a hi...

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Zerotime‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by ShowMeBillyJo‭

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Q&A Prevent Featured posts from also being on Hot Posts [duplicate]

Just a small feature request, preventing duplicate links in the widget would let more posts into the Hot Posts section. Image

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Moshi‭  ·  closed as duplicate 3y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭

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Q&A Categories should support a "closed by default" question setting

I propose that a category should be possible to set such that questions are closed by default (with a specific, selectable close reason that applies to all questions posted to that category) immedi...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Canina‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Canina‭

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Q&A Please make the "Insert image" tool's extension-checker case-insensitive. [duplicate]

Could you please make the "Insert image" tool treat file extensions as case-insensitive when checking for validity? When I post here on Meta, I frequently insert screenshots taken from MS Windows' ...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Isaac Moses‭  ·  edited 3y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Q&A Show tooltip for tag when hovering over it

It would be nice if hovering on a question tag, a tooltip containing the whole HTML formatted usage guidance is shown.

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Alexei‭

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Q&A Allow users to select their own default license per site and category, possibly per post type

Each site and category has a default license that is selected as default for new posts to that category. The license actually assigned to each post is that selected by the user when the post is ini...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Canina‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Canina‭

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Q&A Allow licence change when there's only one contributor

I wrote a post without realizing I was using the default licence CC BY-SA instead of the licence I wanted to use (CC0). I wanted to amend my mistake; I wasn't able to. Other similar (but closed sou...

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by .                                                .‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Proposal: tool for user-requested import of a single question and its answers from SE

We have a tool for doing bulk imports of questions (and answers) from SE. It has several limitations: Running it requires direct DB access. The resulting data is sometimes wrong in various ways -...

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A Can the featured links be ordered by newest to oldest?

Right now for me, the links here https://outdoors.codidact.com/mod/featured are listed with the oldest on top, I think it would make more sense to order them the other way.

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Moshi‭

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Q&A How do I turn off keyboard shortcuts?

I'm sure there are people who love the keyboard shortcuts. However, I find them to (a) be somewhat overzealous (just now, I was somehow redirected to the "ask question" page while I was writing an ...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Canina‭  ·  edited 3y ago by luap42‭

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Q&A Only send one notification per comment

In my notifications box, I had two notifications: You were mentioned in a comment mark unread and New comment on Should we show tags before the body, to provide context for reading the question...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Moshi‭  ·  edited 3y ago by luap42‭

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Q&A Orientation / Welcoming Committee

I'm not sure where to start, on my first visit to this site. I don't know the rules, the context, the history, anything really. What brought me here is the search for better online discussion techn...

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by dagelf‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A On boarding bugs 🐛 🕷 🐜

OK I just went through the tutorial. Two issues: At the last question creation step, one has to add keywords. But I wasn’t able to. First I tried making up my own and while that didn’t work, some...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Logician‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Moshi‭

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Q&A How can one remove their account ?

I haven't found the option to remove/delete account in neither "Account" tab nor "Edit" one. I don't want to do it but I think it should be possible anyway. The Q what should happen to content that...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by FoggyFinder‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Mithical‭

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Q&A Migrate users from deprecated Codidact forum

Should user accounts from forum.codidact.org be imported? Since the forum was deprecated, I read the notice and went to this meta. The top of the meta says that all Codidact sites have the same log...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by mbomb007‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Mithical‭

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Q&A Let us have a transparent review system.

Issue According to the answers provided by the community staff to this post, I conclude that one of the Codidact policies is empowering moderators to take some required actions in some situations a...

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by MathPhysics‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Lundin‭

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Q&A [status-completed] posts bury everything else

At the time of writing, there is a big chunk of (around 15) [status-completed] and [status-declined] posts in the Q&A category feed, burying the open posts. Since open posts are much more impor...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Moshi‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Canina‭

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Q&A scroll box for mobile

Can the user info have a scroll box on mobile like there is on desktop (for when someone decides to put a ton of details in their description)?

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Dani‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Moshi‭