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I just handled some "not an answer" flags by converting an answer to a comment on another answer. The "convert to comment" dialog asks for a post ID. The obvious way to supply this was to copy a li...
#1: Initial revision
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Peter Taylor
·
2024-08-22T13:50:05Z (4 months ago)
Optimising the "convert to comment" workflow
I just handled some "not an answer" flags by converting an answer to a comment on another answer. The "convert to comment" dialog asks for a post ID. The obvious way to supply this was to copy a link to the target answer, then paste the link into the dialog and edit down to just the ID. To my surprise, pasting resulted in a floating point number (actual digits changed, but something like `.123456123458e-123458`). My guess is that because the input type is `number` the browser filtered against a regex. I think the easiest way to optimise this workflow would be to have a "Post ID only" in the "copy link" options. Maybe it should only be visible to people with mod powers, unless there are other use cases where it would be helpful.