Autocomplete for usernames not working on Forum Editor

[jordesign]

Previously there was an autocomplete for usernames that were already involved in an existing thread (triggered by typing @). For the last few days this seems to have ceased worked

[sterndata]

It would be nice to have this back. It's a very useful tool for moderators.

[felipevelzani]

Adding @ would list all users who interacted with the topic

[felipevelzani]

+1, I really miss this feature. Added a screenshot for reference.

[voltronik]

I noticed this was gone too. I used it a lot and helps to ensure correct spelling of usernames so the correct people are notified of a reply. Having it back would be great, if possible.

[codente]

This is definitely a useful missing feature!

[paulkevan]

I think the plugin which calls this functionality needs updating - it appears like the editor textarea has changed (not sure if this was intentional).

Code reference: https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sites/trunk/wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wporg-bbp-user-mention-autocomplete/wporg-bbp-user-mention-autocomplete.js#L16

[stevejonesdev]

+1 on this as well. I was trying to use it this morning and thought the form was broken.

[YordanSoares]

+1 It's a bit annoying to copy & and paste manually, specially when you provide support every day. It would be great if you could bring this feature back to the forums.

[swisha8c]

+1 Would love to see this working again.

[thebengalboy]

+1. It would be great to have it back.

[zodiac1978]

Replying to paulkevan:

I think the plugin which calls this functionality needs updating - it appears like the editor textarea has changed (not sure if this was intentional).

Code reference: https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sites/trunk/wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wporg-bbp-user-mention-autocomplete/wporg-bbp-user-mention-autocomplete.js#L16

I checked the source, but this would still match:

<textarea class="bbp-the-content wp-editor-area" rows="12" cols="40" name="bbp_reply_content" id="bbp_reply_content"></textarea>

It looks like the used JS (atwho/caret) are abondened. The recommended replacement is TributeJS.

See this discussion at our friends from Nextcloud:
​https://github.com/nextcloud/server/issues/14344

And this announcement:
​https://github.com/ichord/At.js

Maybe a jQuery update broke it? Although I can't see any errors in the console ...

[dd32]

The plugin mentioned here, wporg-bbp-user-mention-autocomplete should no longer be in use (although if you're opt'd out of the block editor it still is used, and it's still enqueued for all)

The functionality has to be done via the Block Editor now, which Blocks-Everywhere has: ​https://github.com/Automattic/blocks-everywhere/blob/trunk/src/completer/topic-users.js

I don't see any customisations in our code for Blocks Everywhere, so it's likely a fully upstream issue: https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sites/trunk/wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/support-forums/inc/class-blocks.php

[dd32]

Oh, spotted the issue, submitted a PR upstream: ​https://github.com/Automattic/blocks-everywhere/pull/199