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Forum Issue: Scriptless editor has very small edit window

evanhevanh Posts: 15,918
in General Discussion
For some crazy reason there is only two lines to work in.

When editing a post in source code mode, it's a real mental effort to visualise the location of both layout and sources and also remember the exact instructions that aren't on display.

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  • evanhevanh Posts: 15,918
    edited 2015-07-19 02:15
    Proviso:  As discovered in other issue report, this doesn't occur with the comment editor at the bottom of the topic.  Only when opening the edit window in a separate browser tab.
  • Courtney JacobsCourtney Jacobs Posts: 903
    Is this a mobile-specific issue?
  • evanhevanh Posts: 15,918
    It depends on having scripting disabled by default. I'm using desktop Firefox.

    Err, it is just two edit lines at the bottom of the topic also. When refreshing after enabling scripting it changes to a bigger edit box.
  • Courtney JacobsCourtney Jacobs Posts: 903
    Our sites, including the forums, were designed to be used with javascript enabled.

    Bugs or errors resulting from users personally choosing to disable scripts, cookies, etc, will not be addressed as they likely wouldn't be experienced if the sites were browsed as intended. If there is evidence that they persist after enabling expected scripts/cookies/etc and refreshing, please let us know.

    For the reasons stated above, I will not be adding this the forum issues list. Sinking this thread.
  • evanhevanh Posts: 15,918
    That's a tad negative. All I'm asking for is likely a single parameter to be set. :(

    Besides, scripting should never be a requirement on any website. The only time it should be a requirement is for limited features that have no HTML equivalent. This forum software is fully functional without scripting. It is clearly built to be used without scripting.

    Also, there is some users, namely Android ones, that currently have no choice because scripted editing is not compatible. Scripting has always been a major source of compatibility issues.
  • TorTor Posts: 2,010
    Javascript works on Android, but not all Javascript works. I call the latter 'bad Javascript'. And  that's why this site doesn't work at all for editing (unless in 'raw' mode) on Android, and the previous version had some issues too (and the one before that was unusuable). On the other hand I access a lot of Javascripted forums from Android and have no issues. But the comment box editor on this site has major issues that I will call bugs.

    Remember that the standard Android browser can handle complex stuff as e.g. Javascript-based CPU- and microcomputer emulators without issues (except speed), so it's not like the Android Javascript support is crippled. Still, this site does not work.

    -Tor
  • Courtney JacobsCourtney Jacobs Posts: 903
    If there are mobile issues not tied to disabling JS, Bump will look for them when he works on theme improvements (responsive design over multiple platforms). I am not trying to be "negative", but there are no resources to accommodate every person's custom browsing preferences, especially with so much other work to do here.

    As I stated, if issues arise while using these forums as we intended, those problems will be addressed. I will add to the issues list that Android users are restricted to raw mode for editing; I have seen that mentioned periodically by multiple users and I doubt that is intended design.

  • evanhevanh Posts: 15,918
    It's just the generic HTML edit box size is all! No additions, no code, no layout, and applies to everyone. Its the forum's fallback and I don't think it could be a simpler fix. This is a bit crazy if you think it's just for me.
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