Mentioning users in threads without manually typing their name

[Jahgee]

Would it ever be possible to allow for mentioning a user via copying and pasting the tag from earlier. I tried even typing out the [USER=Number]@Username[/USER] and copying and pasting that, but even then the people I did that with weren't mentioned. I'm assuming it's something in the forum software that can't be changed, but it's worth a shot suggesting it in the off chance that it is something that can be changed

 

[Jordan]

That's a core functionality of the forum software (by design, I'd presume); I doubt it would ever change, and it's not something I'm going to customize.

To be clear, the [USER] bbcode isn't what actually generates the alert for the other user; it really just creates a link that pops up that user's member card. The "tag" itself, which creates the alert, is generated only after the @ tag is found while the server parses the post which has been submitted. If that @ tag is found within other tags (like a quote or an old tag copied from another post) it won't trigger an alert.

I would argue that's actually preferable behavior (which is why I presume it's by design), as it means a user will only be troubled by an alert if someone explicitly types out their name to be tagged.

Would it ever be possible to allow for mentioning a user via copying and pasting the tag from earlier.

Having said all that above, if you copy text which contains a tag from one post and paste it into the editor, it should generate a new tag for that user.

 

[TenEightyOne]

@Jahgee, ignore this post.

 

[TenEightyOne]

@Jahgee, ignore this post too.

EDIT: Copied/pasted via Notepad so that the URL wasn't copied... seems to have worked as @Jordan would expect.