Reply to all button in private messages
 

As requested on, this plug-in allows users to reply to all users via PM, much like many modern email clients. To install simply download and install the XML file and then make the following modifications to your postbit/postbit_legacy templatebits:

Find:

<if condition="$post['replylink']"> <a href="$post[replylink]" rel="nofollow"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/<if condition="$post['forwardlink']">reply_small<else />quote</if>.gif" alt="$vbphrase[reply_with_quote]" border="0" /></a> </if>

Add below (or above):

<if condition="$post['replylink'] && THIS_SCRIPT == 'private'"> <a href="$post[replylink]&r=all" rel="nofollow"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/reply_all.gif" alt="$vbphrase[reply_to_all]" border="0" /></a> </if>

You then need to create a button and name it "reply_all.gif". Place it in your skin's button folder. For the default skin, place it in images/buttons, for other skins please refer to its documentation.

You're free to do what you like with this code, although credit is appreciated, it's not required.

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EDIT: Thanks to EricR for the button :)

I did this as instructed but now in threads it displays the reply all button as well. Can you please provide a template correction for this?

I'll be all over this once that template issue is fixed. Maybe put it in a PM specific template? Postbit and postbit legacy are used all over the forum.

Sorry, my mistake, I'll update the instructions in a minute. It just involves a simple conditional.

EDIT: Updated, thanks :) Basically add " && THIS_SCRIPT == 'private'" inside the conditional.

Please attach the file to your first post.

Thank you.

i don't get it ?

This adds a "reply to all" button to PMs, meaning you can reply to the original sender and all the people it was sent to. Very handy for group conversations or mass sending PMs.

Thanks Xoligy! Quick question, does this grab the BCC recipients as well or just the primary recipients? I'm hoping it does not grab the BCC's. I'll try it out today :)

Edit: It appears to handle BCC correctly :) I've attached my reply_all.gif image.

Nope, just the CCs. I did consider making it an option, but it would require more template modification and I wanted to keep it to a minimum.

Works well, thanks!