Feature Proposal: Copying the topic contents from one page to an already existing page

Motivation

Currently, we can copy an existing topic to a new topic. However, if I want to replace the contents of another topic with the current topic I cannot do it. It will be useful if, when copying a topic the destination topic already exists then the user is asked to confirm if he/she wants to replace the contents of the topic or not.

Description and Documentation

See above.

Examples

Impact

WhatDoesItAffect:

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Implementation

-- Contributors: GuruprasadIyer - 29 Apr 2010

Discussion

This is a fairly simple template change. onlynewtopic is passed in as true by default as part of templates/more.tmpl. Expose it as an option in the form will allow copy to overlay an existing topic.

I'm going to commit this for 2.2 unless someone objects.

-- GeorgeClark

Also implemented as an extension CopyContrib

-- Main.MichaelDaum - 24 Mar 2017 - 08:17

Never mind. This is not just a template change. UI::Manage would need to be reworked. The code currently just enters save using the original topic as a template. That won't work with an existing topic.

Since this feature is available in CopyContrib, marking this as Implemented in an Extension.

-- GeorgeClark