topic Re: Edit post in Our Community

Edit post

Dontknow — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 08:14:03 GMT

Hi,

Why can I edit my own post but can't edit a reply in someone else's post?

Greetings

Operating system used: Windows 11

Re: Edit post

CosminF — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 08:23:49 GMT

Hi,

Maybe the post you're trying to edit your reply to has been locked?

Re: Edit post

Barry Kelly — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:12:28 GMT

You are simply not permitted to edit anyone else's post.

Otherwise we would be in all sorts of trouble.

Imagine if people started editing your posts because they didn't agree with what you said.

You can only edit what you post yourself.

Barry.

Re: Edit post

CosminF — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:13:54 GMT

I think the question actually was: why can't I edit my own reply in someone else's post, not other peoples posts.

Re: Edit post

Dontknow — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:17:47 GMT

Yes that's right, why can't I edit my own reply in someone else's post, not other peoples posts?

Re: Edit post

Barry Kelly — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:18:56 GMT

Now I re-read the post, that would seem to be what it is asking.

Anyone should be able to edit a reply so long as it is their own and the post has not been locked.

Just click on the 3 dots to the right of the reply.

I can't test it though, because as moderator, I can edit anyone's post.

Barry.

Re: Edit post

Barry Kelly — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:20:46 GMT

Do you see this?

Barry.

Re: Edit post

Dontknow — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 12:45:06 GMT

Yes, but the option 'Edit reply' is not available when you want to edit the reply in someone elses post.

Re: Edit post

Barry Kelly — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 01:16:00 GMT

I'll bring this to @Noemi Balogh 's attention.

Noemi, have you any ideas why Dontknow can't edit there own replies?

Barry.

Re: Edit post

AllanP — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 03:02:37 GMT

When I track down the post from the screen shot, in what you have posted,

it tells me the it is locked,

and I assume the entire thread is locked as the thread has this at the bottom of it and all the "Post reply" are greyed out.

I don't know if this helps.

Re: Edit post

Barry Kelly — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 03:53:18 GMT

@AllanP wrote:

When I track down the post from the screen shot, in what you have posted,

That would explain it.

Here is the link to that post...

https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/Trying-to-Make-Railing-Horizontal/m-p/331051/highlight/true#M157578

Interestingly as moderator I do not see the locked symbol.

Which may explain why I have been caught out replying to locked topics before.

Barry.

Re: Edit post

Noemi Balogh — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 06:18:39 GMT

Yes, the correct answer is that it's an old thread that was locked from new replies, which means the existing replies can't be modified either. However, there should be an indicator that the topic is read-only, which is unfortunately missing currently. I added it to our backlog and we'll try to fix it as soon as we can.

Re: Edit post

Barry Kelly — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 08:12:52 GMT

Interesting.

AllanP seems to see that locked symbol as seen in his screen shot.

I don't see it, but thought it was just because I was a moderator.

Barry.

Re: Edit post

Dontknow — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 08:14:23 GMT

Thnx for the info.