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Q&A Comment flagging broken on mobile portrait mode

From a comment thread page, pressing "flag" on a comment results in a pop up panel with a text input and a "Flag" button. On mobile, in portrait mode, this pop up panel overlaps the left hand edge ...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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#2: Post edited by user avatar trichoplax‭ · 2023-08-30T15:52:41Z (about 1 year ago)
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  • From a comment thread page, pressing "flag" on a comment results in a pop up panel with a text input and a "Flag" button. On mobile, in portrait mode, this pop up panel overlaps the left hand edge of the screen so that the flag message being typed and the "Flag" button are obscured:
  • ![Flag pop up panel overlapping the left hand edge of the screen in mobile portrait mode](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/icu4wioi1zc64vmwrjsv95nrwqkg)
  • On mobile in landscape mode the pop up panel is visible in full:
  • ![Flag pop up panel not overlapping the left hand edge of the screen in mobile landscape mode](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/yl9908lw6tefgc3zej8076t1kccs)
  • However, in landscape mode the on screen keyboard takes up most of the screen and leaves very little context while composing a flag message, so some users may prefer portrait mode. Also, not every user will realise that the problem can be worked around by switching to landscape mode.
  • ---
  • A related but smaller problem: The pop up panel appears in front of the comment being flagged, so the context of the flagged comment is obscured while composing the flag message.
  • From a comment thread page, pressing "flag" on a comment results in a pop up panel with a text input and a "Flag" button. On mobile, in portrait mode, this pop up panel overlaps the left hand edge of the screen so that the flag message being typed and the "Flag" button are obscured:
  • ![Flag pop up panel overlapping the left hand edge of the screen in mobile portrait mode](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/icu4wioi1zc64vmwrjsv95nrwqkg)
  • ## Workaround
  • On mobile in landscape mode the pop up panel is visible in full:
  • ![Flag pop up panel not overlapping the left hand edge of the screen in mobile landscape mode](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/yl9908lw6tefgc3zej8076t1kccs)
  • However, in landscape mode the on screen keyboard takes up most of the screen and leaves very little context while composing a flag message, so some users may prefer portrait mode. Also, not every user will realise that the problem can be worked around by switching to landscape mode.
  • ---
  • A related but smaller problem: The pop up panel appears in front of the comment being flagged, so the context of the flagged comment is obscured while composing the flag message.
#1: Initial revision by user avatar trichoplax‭ · 2023-08-30T15:51:18Z (about 1 year ago) 
Comment flagging broken on mobile portrait mode
From a comment thread page, pressing "flag" on a comment results in a pop up panel with a text input and a "Flag" button. On mobile, in portrait mode, this pop up panel overlaps the left hand edge of the screen so that the flag message being typed and the "Flag" button are obscured:

![Flag pop up panel overlapping the left hand edge of the screen in mobile portrait mode](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/icu4wioi1zc64vmwrjsv95nrwqkg)

On mobile in landscape mode the pop up panel is visible in full:

![Flag pop up panel not overlapping the left hand edge of the screen in mobile landscape mode](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/yl9908lw6tefgc3zej8076t1kccs)

However, in landscape mode the on screen keyboard takes up most of the screen and leaves very little context while composing a flag message, so some users may prefer portrait mode. Also, not every user will realise that the problem can be worked around by switching to landscape mode.

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A related but smaller problem: The pop up panel appears in front of the comment being flagged, so the context of the flagged comment is obscured while composing the flag message.
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