# Quote a previous message

Inside a thread, within a forum, it is often most practical to be able to quote a whole or part of a message. This is the aim of this operation, triggered by the double quote icon. The ![](https://748165138-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LH9CCYPqjHw1VKNcuiq%2F-LioVXsO8I_YmhlcnGyg%2F-LioWOc8rBJfmN6Vwo-w%2Fimages90.png?generation=1562101784829380\&alt=media) answer will be accompanied by the related message to which it is making reference (it will appear in another color in your answer). You can compose a comment etc. as well as edit the quoted text directly.