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Can't figure out how to highlight a specific poster to respond to them

8 years ago

In some of the Houzz forums, a thread can get quite long. One may have some info for a specific poster, so wants to get that person's attention, among all the posts. I've seen that it can be done, because a person's user name will be highlighted in green, which either flags their attention, or at least lets other posters know that whatever is printed just below the green name, is meant specifically for that person. I've tried to find how to do this under 'help for Houzz website' but can't seem to find it. Can anyone clue me in? Thanks!

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gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)

8 years ago

Ali - you got it!! That's exactly how it is done.

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gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
8 years ago
Just place your cursor over that person's screename, then click on it. That will highlight the name and you can then copy and paste into your comments.
amicus
Original Author
8 years ago
gardengal, I assumed that's how I would do it, because I'm accustomed to copying and pasting things. But when I do that, (I just tried it again with your name) it immediately puts me on your personal page, without giving me the chance to just 'copy' the name, so that I can then paste it into my comments. Would you mind trying it again and seeing if it's glitching for you as well?
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gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
8 years ago
amicus - sorry.......I might have gotten that a bit backwards :-) Don't click with the cursor before highlighting the screen name. Then copy and paste!
amicus
Original Author
8 years ago
gardengal, I just highlighted your screen name, (which does turn the print from black to green for me) but when I have to right click on my mouse to copy and paste, it copies and pastes this, https://www.gardenweb.com/user/gardengal48

rather than gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9) [which I just typed in manually.]

I'm clearly still doing something wrong, but thanks for trying to help me anyway. When I visit my DD I'll ask to her show me what I'm doing wrong, lol.
Ali
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
amicus

testing

Is this what you mean? I highlighted your name from back to front, clicked copy and pasted.
amicus
Original Author
8 years ago
Arrgghh, it still won't work for me. I tried it again, highlighting Ali's name, then clicking 'copy.' But when I click 'paste' it prints the same address it did for gardengal, except the name at the end is different, which I won't print here, as it might be Ali's real surname. Oh well, thank you for trying to help me!
amicus
Original Author
8 years ago
gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9) this time when I clicked paste, it actually let me paste your screen name...but there's a frame around it. I'll post this and see if the frame disappears once I click 'submit.'
amicus
Original Author
8 years ago
gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9) it worked again, but only after 3 more tries. I think it's something to do with my mouse, so I'll try new batteries. Thank you!

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