Creating an "In Reply To" custom component and adding it to messages

When listing messages in linear view it can be difficult to tell which message a reply is in response to.  This litle bit of code will create a custom component that you can place in a Forum Message quilt to help link the reply with the parent post.

In Studio, create a custom component :

<#if env.context.message.uniqueId gt 0> <#-- check to see if we have a message -->

<#assign root = restadmin("/messages/id/${env.context.message.uniqueId?string.computer}/root?restapi.response_style=view").message> <#-- get that message from rest -->

<#assign parent = restadmin("/messages/id/${env.context.message.uniqueId?string.computer}/parent?restapi.response_style=view").message> <#-- get the parent message from rest -->


<#if parent.@null[0]?? && parent.@null=="true"> <#-- check to make sure a parent exists -->

<#-- if no parent you can put some text here or nothing -->
<#else>

        <div class="reply-to">

    <span class="reply-author"><a href="${parent.@view_href}">in reply to</a>

                ${parent.author.login}</span>
        </div>
        </#if> <#-- end parent check -->
</#if> <#-- end message context check -->

Now go to the Page tab in Studio and select Forum Message.  This quilt represents each individual message on a thread page.  Add your new component in. I like to put it right under the message header.  Save and Test.  You should see something like this: