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Re: layout problem when navigating in the forum while scrolled down in Firefox (edited x3)

20-Jul-20 8:12

hmmm I wonder if it's dependent on forum display settings somehow. I'm running on tight, Normal, 50/page, and fluid layout.

Edit1: A bit of testing, and it looks like it's only a bug with fluid. If I switch to fixed it goes away, only to return when I re-enable it.

Edit2: Also appears to only affect the lounge, not here or insider news.

Edit3: I'm going to scapegoat the "recent x" box in the top left corner of the lounge, combined with the normal cluster Elephant | [mastadon]

that CSS is in the best of cases.

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modified 20-Jul-20 14:19pm.

Greg Utas20-Jul-20 8:37

Greg Utas

20-Jul-20 8:37

I was running fixed. Switching to fluid reproduced it.

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Re: layout problem when navigating in the forum while scrolled down in Firefox

Dan Neely21-Jul-20 3:25

Re: layout problem when navigating in the forum while scrolled down in Firefox

21-Jul-20 3:25

did you see my update edits, Greg and I think we figured out why it was only affecting some times.

Matthew Dennis21-Jul-20 6:10

Re: layout problem when navigating in the forum while scrolled down in Firefox

21-Jul-20 6:10

Are either you or Greg running any browser addins or ad blockers that might be modifying or blocking any JavaScript?

I followed your instructions and was still not able to reproduce the issue.

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Dan Neely21-Jul-20 6:13

Re: layout problem when navigating in the forum while scrolled down in Firefox

21-Jul-20 6:13

Normally yes, but I disabled privacy badger and ublock origin and confirmed it was (and is) still happening before submitting anything.

Disabling FF's build in tracking protection too didn't change anything.

Matthew Dennis21-Jul-20 6:16

Re: layout problem when navigating in the forum while scrolled down in Firefox

21-Jul-20 6:16

Code you try to see if it happens in a new InPrivate window. This should disable any extensions or addins that code affect the display.

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Dan Neely21-Jul-20 7:12

Re: layout problem when navigating in the forum while scrolled down in Firefox

21-Jul-20 7:12

still happens.

PS private mode doesn't guarantee anything about extensions being active or not. It's a separate opt-in, but UBO and PB both run by default in private tabs for me.

Matthew Dennis21-Jul-20 7:42

Re: layout problem when navigating in the forum while scrolled down in Firefox

21-Jul-20 7:42

Have you tried clearing your browser cache to ensure you are getting the latest files.

The left-hand navigation uses JavaScript to setup the stickyness control.

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Dan Neely21-Jul-20 7:54

Re: layout problem when navigating in the forum while scrolled down in Firefox

21-Jul-20 7:54

Just tried a Ctrl-F5 reload, no change.

Matthew Dennis21-Jul-20 8:21

Re: layout problem when navigating in the forum while scrolled down in Firefox

21-Jul-20 8:21

Thanks.

This is a strange one.

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Dan Neely27-Jul-20 3:17

Cannot post questions with a sensible name

27-Jul-20 3:17

I wish i could help more, but debugging weird CSS issues isn't my forte.

Since it only happens to me on the Lounge (where it does about 95% of the time), I tried hiding the message summary element www.codeproject.com##.summary because it's not on any of the other forums suspecting it might be causing a race condition in the layout somehow; but it didn't help at all.

David_Spector20-Jul-20 2:37

20-Jul-20 2:37

When I post a question, it gets posted as from Member 13898393. In Settings, the "Your Display Name" field is empty and cannot be changed.

I don't see how to post a screenshot here.

See How to post questions using sensible name?[^] .

David Spector

OriginalGriff20-Jul-20 3:13

20-Jul-20 3:13

Member 13898393 wrote:
I don't see how to post a screenshot here.

Screenshot is easy, but only works in selected forums for KSS reasons.
When you have the page you want to show, hold the SHIFT and Windows Keys then press S - the screen will "dim" and you can select any portion of it by click and drag. It will be copied to the clipboard (this is a WIn 10 feature)
Then come to this forum - it accepts images - create a message, and paste the image:

If you look closely, it tells you when you can paste images under the input textbox.

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David_Spector20-Jul-20 3:53

20-Jul-20 3:53

David Spector

OriginalGriff20-Jul-20 4:05

20-Jul-20 4:05

No text box at all!
Just for completeness, the admins might find it helpful to know the browser and OS you are running, together with their versions if that's not too much trouble.

David_Spector20-Jul-20 4:10

20-Jul-20 4:10

Env: Windows 10 Home (no obvious version), Firefox 78.0.2. Could be a Firefox issue, since subtle CSS and JavaScript effects can be handled differently on different browsers.

David Spector

OriginalGriff20-Jul-20 4:09

20-Jul-20 4:09

For comparison, I do have a box:

Chrome Version 84.0.4147.89 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Windows 10 Version 1909 (OS Build 18363.959)

David_Spector20-Jul-20 4:11

20-Jul-20 4:11

Impressive that you dug out all that detailed version info!

David Spector

OriginalGriff20-Jul-20 4:36

20-Jul-20 4:36

Easy to do:
For Chrome, click the "three dots", and select "Help ... About Google Chrome" from the menu. You can copy'n'paste from there.

For Windows, hold the Windows key and press R (known as WINKEY+R) then type "winver" and ENTER. You can't copy'n'paste from there, but that's Microsoft for you ... Laugh | :laugh:

Chris Maunder20-Jul-20 4:35

Chris Maunder

20-Jul-20 4:35

Hey David

Do you have an ad blocker such as uBlock installed? They corrupt websites and remove elements that are needed.

I've updated your profile so your display name is David_Spector (David Spector was taken). Feel free to season to taste.

cheers
Chris Maunder

David_Spector20-Jul-20 5:15

20-Jul-20 5:15

I have AdBlock Plus installed, and it is responsible. Turning it off reveals the field. Excellent deduction! Smile | :)

Now how do I mark your reply as The Answer and close this bug report?

David Spector

David_Spector20-Jul-20 6:35

20-Jul-20 6:35

I poked around and found that the problem in AdBlock Plus is in its user-maintained subscription ad element list called EasyList. This list classifies CodeProject with antisemitic websites, resulting in mangling of the settings maintenance page.

I have reported this false positive both to AdBlock Plus and EasyList, so the problem should eventually be fixed.

The user workaround is to turn off AdBlock Plus for this page or to disable EasyList in the ABP addon options page.

David Spector

Dan Neely20-Jul-20 8:15

20-Jul-20 8:15

David_Spector wrote:
This list classifies CodeProject with antisemitic websites,

Reasons why The Soapbox (aka The Troll Pit IMO) had to be deleted?