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Related to hkotsubo's request for a list of new comments, it might be useful to surface a search not only for posts, but also for comments.[1] Having now had some exposure to the kinds of spam patt...
Rationale Today I flagged an answer that was clearly spam. Then I decided to check the spammer's profile to see if there were more. And indeed, I found a comment that was also spam. One detail th...
If I sort the question list by "Score" and then apply a filter, the sort order returns to the default "Activity". Could this be made to maintain the chosen sort order?
Over the last couple years or so, I've occasionally come back to a question where I posted an answer, and the system popped me into the post editor as if I had unsaved changes. This is now happeni...
The search field at the top of the users page appears to only search from the beginning of a username. For example, trying to find my username, "trichoplax", succeeds only for prefixes of the name...
FR: Add a button that formats text as a bullet list. Example from Reddit
Old issue: Posting sometimes doesn't clear the saved post Moshi's comment points out that this old issue (closed in 2021) describes the same problem, so this may be a regression. Other comments su...
FR: Modify the bullet list behavior to automatically insert a bullet point at the start of each new line. Example from Reddit, which automatically insert a bullet point at the start of each ne...
FR: Don't hide tool icons if there's enough horizontal space to show them. I.e., if there some available horizontal space: Show the hidden tool icons: When the user device lacks space, then ...
Bug: Images require a empty new line after <details> to show up. Animated screen recording showing an example
After pressing the "Insert image" button above the "Body" field when creating or editing a post, the tab context is not transferred to the dialogue box that opens, instead remaining on the page beh...
FR: Throw an error message when a user attempts to paste an image over 2 MB Currently, it fails silently and no image is uploaded. I paste via ctrl+V or right-click->paste. I use instance of Br...
@nam to reply to a comment by user name (by typing the 3 first letters) is suddenly broken. The site does no longer autocomplete like it used to do. I have no idea if the user even gets notified if...
Bug: Uploading an image results in a new page containing the image link (instead of adding those images in the current post). E.g.: {"link":"https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/i4ulmix61u43mgf0sn1c...
FR: Use the Escape key to close pop-ups. Example of pop-ups:
Currently image uploads are supported for files of type PNG, JPEG (.jpeg or .jpg), and GIF. In another question I uploaded a video of my screen to illustrate the problem being raised there. This wa...
As pointed out in a comment on a post about comment flagging, currently comment flags only allow entering a free text message, not selecting an option such as spam or abusive. Please could we have...
FR: Add an "edit comment" button without having to view the whole comment thread. E.g., in: I'd like to have an "edit comment" button without having to view the whole comment thread.
We now have notices when a post has been flagged as spam. If I encounter a post that has such a notice and I agree, is it Still useful to flag it myself, perhaps as an endorsement, or Unnecessa...
I'm planning to add a public API to Codidact so people can make applications that read Codidact data automatically. Features and purposes I have my own purposes in mind for this[1], but there are...
UI Bug: The border of the post title input box is red even when the title is under 151 characters when pasting the title. Animated screen recording
FR: send a notification when one of one's question is closed.
The communities "drop-down"/"switcher" menu next to the user profile could do with a few tweaks. The communities appearing there are sorted after order of community creation. That is: Writing, Codi...
FR: order communities in the menu based on rep or post numbers. Currently I don't know how it's order but I never post on the community in rank 1 (writing) so the order seems suboptimal:
Ctrl+Z doesn't undo characters added using the editor's toolbar icons. I tested with the editor's toolbar icon $ on https://software.codidact.com/posts/293830: Ctrl+Z doesn't remove the $$. Tested...
FR: hide posting tips. Rationale: take too much space:
A specific question that was just submitted, doesn't render its body except for when previewing the post during editing. It's not rendered on the question page, not on the comment page, nor is the ...
Below a post the user avatar shows, along with the username and some stats. The username is a link to the user profile page: Note the mouse cursor shows a hand pointing to indicate this is a...
Currently, acting on a notification's item closes the notification menu, which makes it impossible to open all notifications in new tabs without having to reopen the notification menu. The only wa...
I viewed a rejected suggested edit, and then made an edit of my own to the same post. I then viewed the rejected suggested edit again, and noticed that the "before" content (the left hand side) inc...
Generally when making a change in the input text box for a post, the editor preview updates to reflect the change. However, there are two occasions when this is not the case, and the editor preview...
Feature request: Don't move the cursor at the end of the post when an image is being uploaded.
FR: Being able to copy-paste texts and images at once. I.e., selecting some text and images from another source and pasting all that at once into the Codidact editor. E.g. images can be icons/butt...
Since joining I've received eight and two halves (!) copies of the pair of Participate Ability notifications. I don't see why I'm getting spammed? My first thought was that it's per-community, but...
(I'm new and finding my way around. This is mixture of bug report, feature request and perhaps also request for documentation - let me know if you prefer them split?) Since it's quiet, I was addin...
When using the Users search function, sorting by Reputation or Age doesn't seem to have an effect. The order in which users are displayed is unclear - it doesn't seem to be alphabetical, by user ID...
(I'm new and finding my way around. This is mixture of bug report, feature request and perhaps also request for documentation - let me know if you prefer them split?) Since it's quiet, I was addin...
Code blocks in posts have a "Copy" button at the top right, allowing copying all of the code in the block with a click (or a tap on a touchscreen device). I find this very useful, both because it s...
I find the copy button on code blocks in posts very useful. Could this also be added to code blocks in other places such as help documents? For example, the Template for Proposal Posts would be mu...
FR: Remove the timer before saving a post when an image in a post has no alt text. Currently, when one saves a post that has an image with no alt text, one gets this message: It looks like yo...
What is MathJax? Some Codidact communities have MathJax enabled, which allows displaying mathematical notation within a post. This is not enabled for all communities, partly because displaying it ...
In this post history, a very long link greatly overflows the width of the diff box. You can see there is a tail peeking out from the right side, and a horizontal scrollbar at the bottom of the p...
Allow pasting images directly into the editor. I.e., if an image is in the clipboard, ctrl+V would add it into the editor. That'd save a lot of time.
At the top of the user page there is a row of tabs, such as "Profile", "Activity", and "Vote Summary". These are followed by a horizontal blue line which separates them from the content of each tab...
FR: start username autocompletion after typing 1 char after @. Current behavior: username autocompletion starts after typing 3 chars after @, e.g.:
The question How is Temporal.PlainDate.from() constructed? has a body, but it doesn't show. If you look at the history, you will see it. I try to edit, but the body is already there. What happens?
This site runs on the QPixel software, maintained by Codidact. What progress has been made recently? There will be one answer per year. This changelog does not include all bug fixes, but we aim...
On a touchscreen device with an on-screen keyboard (such as a phone or tablet), the input field for a 2FA code brings up a keyboard of letters, requiring switching to numbers[1] before typing in th...
When signing in with two-factor authentication enabled, a code is requested on the next page after entering email and password: The "Code" field is not active (does not contain the text cursor) ...
The "Copy Link" button below a post usually opens a panel that is narrower than the post, but now it is the width of the window. Since it does not start at the very left of the window, this means i...
