trichoplax‭

I am a new user to Codidact that just migrated from StackOverflow and there are some things I would like to get across. Welcome to Codidact! Thank you for sharing your suggestions for improvem...

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

GitHub issue: Automatically focus search bar after clicking search (search-slide) When I click the dark grey search button at the top of a Codidact page a new panel opens containing a search ter...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 6mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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...

4 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 12d ago by trichoplax‭

I've looked around for information on an existing or planned public API for Codidact but I haven't yet found one. I'm not sure if this means it was decided not to include it in the MVP or if it exi...

0 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by trichoplax‭

Previously, clicking on the icon for Notifications or Communities at the top right of the page resulted in the appropriate drop down panel appearing. Today, the panel only opens if the square area ...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭

There is a difference between a flag ("this requires action that only a moderator can take") and a downvote, which expresses an opinion about the post that the community can decide how to respond t...

posted 2y ago by trichoplax‭

When I flag a post for moderator attention, an acknowledgement message appears, but if I revisit the post later there is no indication that I have flagged it. I would find it useful to have an indi...

2 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Monica Cellio‭

Currently, we can search for posts by a particular user by including user:unique_user_number, where the unique user number can be found from the user's profile URL. Would you find it useful to be ...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 12mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

In the list of posts, or at the bottom of a post, there is an indication of how long ago it was posted. In a desktop environment with a mouse, hovering over this duration gives an exact date and ti...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Moshi‭

Are there any rules about a user having multiple Codidact accounts (sometimes known as sockpuppet accounts)? What should a user do if they suspect another user has multiple accounts?

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 9mo ago by trichoplax‭

Horrible hacky dark mode Until there's a real dark mode, here are some quick CSS hacks that you can try out in the developer window of your browser, and add to a userscript or user stylesheet if y...

posted 2y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Karl Knechtel‭

I was confused by the unusual layout of text below a post in the question list: Note the long gap after "posted 3y ago by". Viewing the individual question page shows the underlying cause: ...

2 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 9mo ago by Olin Lathrop‭

Code blocks have a maximum height, after which any extra content scrolls vertically. This can make it tricky to copy the code for testing or adjusting when answering a question, or assessing an ans...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 2y ago by trichoplax‭

Prevent zero only I'm comfortable with preventing users from posting zero character comments and posts. I agree there are times when insisting on 15 characters is unhelpful. For comments, I se...

posted 2y ago by trichoplax‭

There are things I like here, but I don't think all of it will work. I like the following: Welcoming specific questions rather than only general questions. Including hints at more general solu...

posted 11mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 11mo ago by trichoplax‭