[SOLVED]How do I mark something "solved."

[mikech]

Is there an easy way to mark a question as solved? Most other boards have such a toggle but I could not find it here. What is the MX philosophy about such things?

[Eadwine Rose]

Editing the topic title in the first post, adding SOLVED. :)

You can use the pencil on the right.

[mikech]

That's a very funny response!

OK I get it. Marking a thread solved is not an expectation on this forum and there is no easy way to do it. So I won't in the future.

On other forums it is a button that you select. That way the toggle is consistent no matter who's doing it. This is useful for gathering statistics and data.

Thank you for taking the time to answer my question!

[dolphin_oracle]

That's a very funny response!

OK I get it. Marking a thread solved is not an expectation on this forum and there is no easy way to do it. So I won't in the future.

On other forums it is a button that you select. That way the toggle is consistent no matter who's doing it. This is useful for gathering statistics and data.

Thank you for taking the time to answer my question!

Actually no, ER was serious. Editing the first post's title is how we ask folks to mark as solved. As you note, our forum software doesn't have a toggle for "solved".

[andyprough]

OK I get it. Marking a thread solved is not an expectation on this forum and there is no easy way to do it. So I won't in the future

It is very much expected and needed by us users who have to search through thousands of posts to find a useful solution to our problem. It is easy and should be done every time to help the rest of us.

[mikech]

OK sorry. I thought she was being sarcastic. Thanks for letting me know. Please excuse me. I am used to the rude and sardonic gurus at the Mint forum who tend to ridicule people if they don't like a question. I won't make that assumption here again. its nice to be on a forum where people are civil.

[Eadwine Rose]

That's ok. And yeah.. we're nice :) If you ever see something where you feel something is not going right, do hit that ! button, then the admins & mods can take a look and spank where needed

[andyprough]

I am used to the rude and sardonic gurus at the Mint forum who tend to ridicule people if they don't like a question.

I know the feeling - I've been a user of some distros that have extremely hostile help forums, where as a user I felt like I'd rather not ask for help than face the wrath of the community for daring to ask a question. I haven't found a more pleasant and helpful experience than with MX. openSUSE was also top notch and super friendly, but a bit more oriented toward working on extreme edge-case technical issues.

[dolphin_oracle]

OK sorry. I thought she was being sarcastic. Thanks for letting me know. Please excuse me. I am used to the rude and sardonic gurus at the Mint forum who tend to ridicule people if they don't like a question. I won't make that assumption here again. its nice to be on a forum where people are civil.

BTW, welcome to MX.

[Huckleberry Finn]

So, since you had the answer to your question, will you mark this thread ?