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Q&A Hide sorting tab when there are 0 answers on a question

Good idea, not just for closed questions I like the idea of hiding the sorting buttons when they serve no purpose. I see no reason to restrict this to closed questions. If the visibility of the so...

posted 9mo ago by trichoplax‭

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#1: Initial revision by user avatar trichoplax‭ · 2024-02-15T21:53:06Z (9 months ago)
## Good idea, not just for closed questions
I like the idea of hiding the sorting buttons when they serve no purpose. I see no reason to restrict this to closed questions. If the visibility of the sorting buttons is dependent on the number of answers then they will reappear when new answers are posted.

## Also for 1 answer
The only thing I would change is to also hide the sorting buttons when there is only 1 answer, as sorting it will never change the order.

## Need to take into account deleted answers
If there is one non-deleted answer and several deleted answers then the visibility of the sorting buttons should be dependent on the number of answers the particular user is able to see. A user who can see deleted answers should see the sorting buttons, whereas a user who can only see the one non-deleted answer should see no sorting buttons.