Someone asked if it was possible to add checkboxes at the bottom of Community comment editor so moderators could mark a Community Post as "Answered" or "Closed for comments" at the same time they posted a reply. Like this:

This can be done by using JavaScript to add the chekboxes and make API calls to update the post.

Quick note before starting: This is customization that is not supported by Zendesk, and you might need a web developer to help you if you have issues.

Go to your Help Center's Edit Theme page and add this code at the top of the JS page:

//Community "Answered" and "Closed" checkboxes
$(document).ready(function () {
 // Replace SUBDOMAIN for account subdomain. For example: var subdomain = 'support';
 var subdomain = 'SUBDOMAIN';
 var windowURL = window.location.href;
 if (windowURL.indexOf('posts') > 0) {
 (function () {
 var $commentFormControls = $('.comment-form-controls');
 var $officialCommentLabel = $('#community_comment_official');
 if ($officialCommentLabel.length > 0) {
 $commentFormControls.prepend($('<input class="community_moderator_tool" type="checkbox" name="community_comment[answered]" id="community_comment_answered">\n <label class="community_moderator_tool" for="community_comment_answered" id="community_comment_answered_label" style="margin-right: 15px;">Answered</label>\n <input class="community_moderator_tool" type="checkbox" name="community_comment[closed]" id="community_comment_closed">\n <label class="community_moderator_tool" for="community_comment_closed" id="community_comment_closed_label" style="margin-right: 15px;">Closed for comments</label>'));
 }
 var $commentSubmitButton = $('input[type=submit]');
 var postSplit = windowURL.split('/posts/');
 var secondHalf = postSplit[1];
 var postID = secondHalf.substring(0, 9);
 var communityJSON = 'https://' + subdomain + '.zendesk.com/api/v2/community/posts/' + postID + '.json';
 $commentSubmitButton.click(function makeCalls() {
 var $checkedAnswered = $('#community_comment_answered').is(':checked');
 var $checkedClosed = $('#community_comment_closed').is(':checked');
 if ($checkedAnswered == true) {
 $.ajax({
 type: 'PUT',
 url: communityJSON,
 contentType: 'application/json',
 data: '{"post": {"status": "answered"}}'
 });
 }
 if ($checkedClosed == true) {
 $.ajax({
 type: 'PUT',
 url: communityJSON,
 contentType: 'application/json',
 data: '{"post": {"closed": "true"}}'
 });
 }
 });
 })();
 }
});

Remember to change SUBDOMAIN to your actual subdomain. For example:

 var subdomain = "support";

Save and publish the changes, and that's it. Here is what it will look like:

See the full code and result picture here.