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Posts by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Copy button for comment code blocks

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...

0 answers  ·  posted 6d ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 6d ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A How should the "all communities" profile tab handle deleted profiles on other communities?

Keep it simple To keep things simple, deleted community users should not show up for anyone on the "All Communities" tab. For global moderators and global admins, separate tools can be made for tr...

posted 22d ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 22d ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Indicate stale reactions based on user activity

Wary of trying to be too general Although I like the idea of this for making sure indications of interest don't last indefinitely on Codidact Proposals, trying to find a general use for expiring r...

posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Could we have a way to edit without bumping posts?

By default all edits should show Every time an edit is made, the post or its parent should move to the top of the question list. This reduces the chance of an edit being missed by the community. ...

posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Editor preview left outdated after adding content without the keyboard

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...

0 answers  ·  posted 10mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Seeing which moderator marked my flag as helpful (which should be hidden)

Correct behaviour At the bottom of the right hand panel of the user profile page (or at the bottom of the page on mobile where there is no right hand panel), the number of flags that the user has ...

1 answer  ·  posted 10mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 10mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Use question body preview to navigate to a question

Should clicking on the question body preview in the question list take you to the question page, in the same way as clicking on the question title does? I personally would find this more convenien...

0 answers  ·  posted 10mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Maintain sort order when returning to normal answer view

When viewing a specific answer, it has a message above it including a link to return to the normal view: If the answer sorting order is changed to "Active", the specific answer stays at the top ...

0 answers  ·  posted 10mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A How should the "all communities" profile tab handle deleted profiles on other communities?

Until the system has a way to distinguish between the different reasons for deletion, we should ensure we consider users who have done nothing wrong, and have a strong reason for concealing that th...

posted 22d ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Draft of previous edit (including edit comment) loaded for new edit

I'm not sure if the underlying cause is related, but I've seen a similar problem for drafting a new post. I just pressed "Ask Question" to post a new Meta question, and the text of this question (t...

posted 3mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Should inline SVG or SVG uploads be supported in posts?

Codidact posts support a safe subset of HTML. Currently the <svg> tag is not supported. SVG images can still be safely included using the <img> tag[1] (or a Markdown image link, which i...

0 answers  ·  posted 9mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 9mo ago by Mithical‭

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Q&A Clash between footnote numbering of posts on the same page [duplicate]

If a post uses a Markdown footnote, and then another post on the same page also uses a footnote (such as a question and one of its answers, or 2 answers to the same question), the footnote link goe...

1 answer  ·  posted 7mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  closed as duplicate 7mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Clash between footnote numbering of posts on the same page

This answer is just an example with a footnote so you can see the problem described in the question. Click on the footnote link[1] in this answer and you will be taken to the footnote at the botto...

posted 7mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Sorting answers without a page reload

Below a question are buttons for sorting the answers: Pressing one of these buttons results in a page reload, with the answers now sorted according to the chosen criterion. For cases where ...

1 answer  ·  posted 5mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 3mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Codidact Collab - should it be listed?

An example in favour of listing Need Help Setting Up Email Verification in Codidact is a question that was posted to Codidact Meta, because this is the closest match of the communities in the drop...

posted 5mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Should details tags work in comments?

I can imagine the following uses for hidden <details> sections in comment threads. Some of these uses will apply to some types of Codidact community, and other uses will apply to other types....

posted 10mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Our site incubator concept needs a re-think

I don't know whether I like the following idea better or worse than the current approach with a tag for each proposed community, but I agree we could benefit from discussion of new ideas, so here's...

posted 7mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 7mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Should details tags work in comments?

In a post a <details> tag can be used to hide information until a user chooses to click on it, useful for spoilers or puzzle solutions. For example, the following raw text: <details> ...

4 answers  ·  posted 10mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 10mo ago by Karl Knechtel‭

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Q&A Minor typo fixes on Blog posts activate the activity indicator circle

When an edit is made to a Blog post, the new activity indicator circle appears on the Blog tab: This is useful when there is a new Blog post, but less useful when there is a minor typo fixed. W...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Indicate change in reputation in voting summary

In the Vote Summary tab of the user page, each of a users posts shows how many votes up and down: This shows voting, but does not make clear how this affects reputation. In this example, the fir...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Community sort order

As the list of communities gets longer, it becomes more difficult to find any particular one in the various places they are listed. Sorting Would it be helpful to have sorting buttons, similar to...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by trichoplax‭

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