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It's nice to be able to ping a user in the Forums, but doing so has been awkward until now. We updated the Fancy Editor to make that process easier.

To ping a user, type @ followed by the first few characters of their name, then choose the one you want from the list of matching names. If there are a lot of matches (like with Bluee here), you'll need to type enough characters to narrow the results down since only 10 matches are listed. You can also type @ followed by the user ID if you know it.

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When you select the user you'll see a little ping tag that looks very similar to the one you're used to seeing in the forums.

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Try it when you get a chance and let us know how it works for you. We also added a Library page about it. Enjoy!

Provisos and a couple of quid pro quos

A ping tag can be deleted, but cannot be edited. To change it you'll need to delete the tag and add a new ping.

This only works in the forums, since that's the only place you can ping other users.

This won't work if you're using the Basic Editor.