A small feature I would like to see: a one-click option to mention the observer in a comment, or to reply to another commentator of an observation. This would fill out the comment field with the @username so one doesn’t have to type the username and wait for the suggestions, or, as also sometimes e…

[image] bouteloua: possibly related to that user being suspended This user hasn’t been suspended and I couldn’t get the name to show up in the drop-down list at all with numerous tries: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/43862820 . After typing the preceding sentence, I went back and tri…

That’s strange, it shows up in the dropdown for me as I type it out.

I tried it again just now, and it worked. What often happens is that while I am typing a different drop-down list keeps appearing, without the name that I’m looking for on any of them. At a certain point, one of the later drop-down lists does have the name I want on it. But earlier today, it never g…

@tiwane et al: Back to the initial question - do you think it is possible to implement this feature? I continuously see my username written wrong

[image] carnifex: Back to the initial question - do you think it is possible to implement this feature? I hope so. When I’m using Identify, trying to find the name I want on the constantly changing lists and then have it disappear before I can click it is maddening. It would be so much easier…

Yes, it’s possible, and I like the Flickr-like idea. Will take some design work, though.

I just discovered that my main frustration was from my own failure to realize that the fact “@[name]” didn’t turn blue when I spelled it out all the way didn’t mean it wouldn’t turn blue when I hit “done,” which made me think I had to click something on the list, so I was going through those lists o…

good point - a potential improvement if/when the comments design on iNat is revised, for example here on the forum when I type @saturnring the preview text (before saving the reply) shows me it successfully matched to an actual user by rendering it differently than the surrounding text and linking i…

Platform(s): all ============================================= Description of need: At present whilst users are not clearly notified about disagreeing IDs and comments inside IDs it’s incumbent on the identifier to tag in the user if they wish to make them aware of a conflicting ID. This is sign…

make it easier to @-mention users in comments

Feature Requests

Topic		Replies	Views
Substitute Username Shortcut Feature Requests	10	442	February 29, 2024
Improvements to mentioning another user using @'s Feature Requests	21	702	January 5, 2025
API full-text search of body tags in comments & identifications and return observations Feature Requests api	34	2091	February 25, 2023
Create searchable expertise and interest tags for identifiers and curators Feature Requests web	17	672	December 8, 2025
@ mention options don't show on screen until shrunk Bug Reports	13	673	May 27, 2023

make it easier to @-mention users in comments

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