In the old version of privatemsg the message being replied to was quoted in the new message text, in version 2 it is no longer visible at all once the reply to link is clicked. Printing the previous message above the new message form would make the behaviour similar to replying on a comment in std drupal, making it easier and more consistent for users.

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Fayna’s picture

Fayna commented

You mean like quoting the previous message above the current one you're writing? I like the way Gmail does it by making the current message appear above the previous ones, as below:

Hi there!

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On Friday, May 2nd, 2008 at 4:07 PM, Admin wrote:

Previous message goes here!

The title of this issue is kind of misleading. I thought at first you wanted some kind of feature that allows you to see what other people are typing or something crazy like that.

Besides that I think its a great feature that should be included. It would probably fit in the "How messages are displayed on the detail screen" options. :)

jvlagsma’s picture

jvlagsma commented

Actually I found that if a privatemsg has its type properly set, ie when it was sent using version 2, then privatemsg displays the previous message above the reply to be typed, much like you're saying I suppose. It's only when replying to an old message with a blank type that the mentioned problem happens. This makes it less of a problem ofcourse as it will gradually disappear when more messages are sent with the new module.

berdir’s picture

berdir
Primary language German
Location Switzerland
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Status: Active » Closed (won't fix)

Sorry for pinging the participants, I am closing old issues.

This version of Privatemsg is not supported anymore, maybe it is already implemented in Privatemsg for Drupal 6 and if not, you are welcome to open a new issue for it.