# New experimental Discourse feature: Fast Edit **URL:** \ **Category:** Meta\ **Tags:** discourse\ **Created:** [September 17, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/new-experimental-discourse-feature-fast-edit/34686 "2021-09-17T14:50:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![burke](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/burke/32/17_2.png) [@burke](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/burke)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/new-experimental-discourse-feature-fast-edit/34686/1 "2021-09-17T14:50:56Z")
FYI – I’ve enabled a new experimental feature in Discourse: Fast Edit, which was [just added](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/14340) but is a cool new feature. This allows you to select text with a typo and quickly edit/correct it. [https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/339945/133297071-72f5850b-0afe-4fab-bb5a-d3dab457617e.mp4](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/339945/133297071-72f5850b-0afe-4fab-bb5a-d3dab457617e.mp4) Enjoy fast edits… but remember for now it’s an experimental feature that could misbehave at times or might be taken away from us in the future. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mksd](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/mksd/32/11729_2.png) [@mksd](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/mksd)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 3:03pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/new-experimental-discourse-feature-fast-edit/34686/2 "2021-09-17T15:03:42Z")
That’s cool, thanks @burke! ---
**Author:** ![mksd](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/mksd/32/11729_2.png) [@mksd](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/mksd)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 3:16pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/new-experimental-discourse-feature-fast-edit/34686/3 "2021-09-20T15:16:46Z")
@burke maybe this would warrant another topic but it’s been hitching me for **so** long… Do you know if Discourse has some kind of “unread this message” or snooze feature? ---
**Author:** ![ibacher](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/ibacher/32/19751_2.png) [@ibacher](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/ibacher)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 6:03pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/new-experimental-discourse-feature-fast-edit/34686/4 "2021-09-20T18:03:28Z")
@mksd There’s a hidden Discourse setting in your Preferences called “Enable defer to mark topics unread” which is apparently as close to a “Mark Unread” button as [the Discourse devs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-mark-any-post-as-unread/37939) are going to get. ---
**Author:** ![mozzy](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/mozzy/32/11815_2.png) [@mozzy](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/mozzy)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 6:21pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/new-experimental-discourse-feature-fast-edit/34686/5 "2021-09-20T18:21:57Z")
Looks like its only enabled for users with a certain priviledge 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![burke](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/burke/32/17_2.png) [@burke](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/burke)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 7:36pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/new-experimental-discourse-feature-fast-edit/34686/6 "2021-09-20T19:36:38Z")
Are there posts you can edit that you cannot fast edit? ---
**Author:** ![mozzy](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/mozzy/32/11815_2.png) [@mozzy](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/mozzy)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 7:42pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/new-experimental-discourse-feature-fast-edit/34686/7 "2021-09-20T19:42:36Z")
Makes sense , i can fast edit all those i can edit 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mksd](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/mksd/32/11729_2.png) [@mksd](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/mksd)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 7:14am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/new-experimental-discourse-feature-fast-edit/34686/8 "2021-09-21T07:14:38Z")
> [@ibacher](#): > > @mksd There’s a hidden Discourse setting in your Preferences called “Enable defer to mark topics unread” which is apparently as close to a “Mark Unread” button as [the Discourse devs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-mark-any-post-as-unread/37939) are going to get. Thanks @ibacher, I did enable it tho ![image](https://talk.openmrs.org/uploads/default/original/2X/2/2bae194aeea3e192c7b8a3009165eb19996079ec.png) but I can’t see the new option in the UX… Is there anything else to do, or is it a privilege that I’m missing? ---
**Author:** ![ibacher](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/ibacher/32/19751_2.png) [@ibacher](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/ibacher)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 2:33pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/new-experimental-discourse-feature-fast-edit/34686/9 "2021-09-21T14:33:39Z")
@mksd All it does it add a button on the bottom of the UI for a thread (it’s a per-thread feature rather than a per-post feature) like this: ![Screenshot 2021-09-21 at 10.32.27](https://talk.openmrs.org/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce635299d970d7b1c196b537768dc71fbc8cb1c2.png) I don’t think you’re missing any privileges… ---
**Author:** ![mksd](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/mksd/32/11729_2.png) [@mksd](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/mksd)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 5:16pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/new-experimental-discourse-feature-fast-edit/34686/10 "2021-09-21T17:16:28Z")
Mmm, I don’t see that button, what’s going on? I tried in incognito to no avail either. ---
**Author:** ![ibacher](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/ibacher/32/19751_2.png) [@ibacher](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/ibacher)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 5:54pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/new-experimental-discourse-feature-fast-edit/34686/11 "2021-09-21T17:54:18Z")
Could you try it now? PS That setting you checked is to enable the defer functionality for new users; you still need to click on the setting in your profile. It should be under Preferences \> Interface. ---
**Author:** ![mksd](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/mksd/32/11729_2.png) [@mksd](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/mksd)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2021, 10:24am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/new-experimental-discourse-feature-fast-edit/34686/12 "2021-09-22T10:24:45Z")
Ah, thanks, I was just following [this](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-mark-any-post-as-unread/37939/16)… For the record for others, it’s here at `/u//preferences/interface`: ![image](https://talk.openmrs.org/uploads/default/original/2X/6/6e9d1717b17c86da22f9c50a3ca8a490c01d946b.png)