Enhance the @ function (aka Name Dropper, callout, @mention)

thecreator

The @ function is not working fast, but causes the poster to type out the Member's name where only one poster has posted in a thread.

jacobs

I was not aware that the @ name dropper tool in Vanilla had any functionality related to the post; I always thought it just searched the entire directory or users of this forum. Is there some indication that it has ever worked otherwise? sometimes you get the right user with your first three characters, sometimes you have to type most or all of the name.

In terms of usernames with a space in them, the functionality is squirrelly. Vanilla was never designed to work with usernames that contain spaces. Quicken got them to make a change to allow usernames with spaces to exist -- but Vanilla didn't have time to rewrite all the code in the site for this. Supposedly they will, in the future. I suggested that instead Quicken should have Vanilla run a script to convert all spaces to hyphens or underscores, but they didn't do that. If you know to type the @ sign, then a quote, then the name, then a closing quote, it works all -- 100% of the time. If you don't know that trick, it's hit or miss whether you'll get the right name, since Vanilla only presents 4 names at a time.