Hello

I take a very short look to the sources. I guess, the problem is the list of accepted css-classes in line L1396:

["ap", "reply", "thread", "replynew", "threadnew", "thread-sticky", "threadnew-sticky", "reply-search", "thread-search"]

The css class of a link of a locked posting is thread-locked. I believe, we just have to extend the class list by (at least) thread-locked.

Sounds reasonable. It fits my observation of "balloon" not showing up in the main view but in the thread tree of the entry page, where the opening entry is not marked as locked.

[edit]I closed the development thread for the version 2.4 to compare it with the behaviour of the thread from my last entry (only opening entry is locked) and reloaded the main page. The "balloon" disappears in the main view from the opening message but not from the replies which are also locked. You are right, it's the class name of the opening messages HTML-list-item.[/edit]

Tschö, Auge