From bee8425055e68601c4baa79987eb9038de04d559 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robin Ward <robin.ward@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2017 11:49:20 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] FIX: Don't reply as new topic when quoting a closed topic

---
 app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/topic.js.es6 | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/topic.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/topic.js.es6
index 89d11a01fc7..6bedd2b5f33 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/topic.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/topic.js.es6
@@ -170,8 +170,11 @@ export default Ember.Controller.extend(SelectedPostsCount, BufferedContent, {
 
     selectText(postId, buffer) {
       return this.get('model.postStream').loadPost(postId).then(post => {
+        const composer = this.get('composer');
+        const viewOpen = composer.get('model.viewOpen');
+
         // If we can't create a post, delegate to reply as new topic
-        if (!this.get('model.details.can_create_post')) {
+        if ((!viewOpen) && (!this.get('model.details.can_create_post'))) {
           this.send('replyAsNewTopic', post);
           return;
         }
@@ -188,7 +191,6 @@ export default Ember.Controller.extend(SelectedPostsCount, BufferedContent, {
         }
 
         // If the composer is associated with a different post, we don't change it.
-        const composer = this.get('composer');
         const composerPost = composer.get('model.post');
         if (composerPost && (composerPost.get('id') !== this.get('post.id'))) {
           composerOpts.post = composerPost;