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Posts by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Can I use SVG in posts?

SVG is only supported in an img tag SVG is only supported inside an HTML <img> tag, or a Markdown image link (which is rendered as an <img> tag behind the scenes). The image upload bu...

posted 5mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 5mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Attempting to restore an answer deleted by a moderator gives no visible feedback

After a moderator has deleted an answer, it looks like this to the poster of the answer: If the poster of the answer clicks on "Restore", the action is prevented, and a message is shown at the t...

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

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Q&A It should be more clear what comment an attribution belongs to

I altered a few settings to give some options. None of these are finished but should hopefully give starting points for further discussion of which things to change and how much. The effects are ex...

posted 2mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 2mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Option to sort answers by Age

Currently answers can be sorted by Score or Activity: I'd like to be able to also sort them by Age. Would this be useful to anyone else?

2 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 9mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Assessing the 5 tag limit

We currently have a limit of 5 tags per question. Should we keep this the same or would any changes be of benefit? For example: Should the limit be higher or lower? Should there be different ...

3 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Q&A PolicyDoc and HelpDoc hidden from search

Searching for post_type:3 (PolicyDoc) gives no results. Similarly for post_type:4 (HelpDoc). Should these post types be excluded from the options presented when the user types post_type:, or shoul...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Poll for chat users and non-chat users

There is a link in the right hand panel (or bottom of the page on mobile) to "join us in chat". Chat is an entirely optional extra, but I'm curious about one thing, so this question is intended as...

3 answers  ·  posted 1mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 1mo ago by Michael‭

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Q&A Text colour works in edit preview but not in saved post

The fix for "Although div tag is not allowed, it's rendered in the preview" has also fixed this inconsistent style problem. Entering the same raw text into the input text box now results in an edi...

posted 6mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Minor suggested edits to old posts

My own view is that even minor edits are valuable, even on old posts. I appreciate that there will sometimes be reason to reject such edits, but I would not personally take the age of a post into a...

posted 9mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Hide sorting tab when there are 0 answers on a question

Good idea, not just for closed questions I like the idea of hiding the sorting buttons when they serve no purpose. I see no reason to restrict this to closed questions. If the visibility of the so...

posted 9mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Add an entry for the "Participate" ability to the help center

While that page is being edited, there's a typo that could be fixed at the same time: There are 6 Abilities you can earn on this site (not neccessarily in this order): Note that this is corre...

posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Code block copy button in more places, such as help documents

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...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Cannot view with no filter when a category has a default filter

This is the filter section above a post list: In a category where I have set a default filter, I can temporarily view the post list using a different filter by selecting it from the "Predefined ...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 12mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Confusing percentage on Edit Posts Ability page

Related: Tracking progress towards the Edit ability The Activity tab of my user profile, filtered to Edits shows 20 helpful suggested edits, and 1 declined. The Edit Posts Ability page sho...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 12mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Odd behaviour of the user page filter tab

On the filters tab of the user page, there is a drop down box called "Predefined Filters": On mobile, tapping on the drop down box for the first time after page load results in a pop up selectio...

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

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Q&A I can't search for -finalized

(This is not just an issue on the specific site mentioned - it seems to affect any Codidact site.) If I search Code Golf Codidact for "finalized" there are results, showing that the word "finali...

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

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Q&A No title text on edges of buttons away from icons

The "Dashboard", "Notifications", and "Mobile Sign In" buttons in the page header at the top right of the page have title text which displays those names. However, the title text is on the icon rat...

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

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Q&A The mystery of the alt text warning in a post with no images

Amusingly, a post about alt text triggered the missing alt text warning: I can see why the warning was triggered - the post contains the markdown for an image, which has the standard placeholder...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Quicker replacement of image alt text placeholder

After adding an image to a Codidact post, the automatically entered markdown looks like this: ![Image alt text](https...) The Image alt text part is to be replaced with a meaningful description...

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

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Q&A Surprising page load after pressing "follow new"

Clicking "follow new" below an answer results in the page being reloaded with that answer as the highlighted answer at the top of the answer list, with the message "You are accessing this answer wi...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A A way to edit my suggested edits

In addition to the mistakes in edits mentioned in the question, I would also find this functionality useful for times where I want to make a second (unrelated) edit before the first edit has been a...

posted 2y ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Codidact Collab - should it be listed?

For people looking for a route from here to there For now, while Codidact Collab is not in the drop down list of communities, I've realised that Collab is included in the dashboard, which is avail...

posted 2y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 26d ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Markdown spoiler sections - is there any need?

Standard markdown does not include spoiler sections (hidden until clicked on). Personally, on those rare occasions when I find need to temporarily hide something, I'm happy using <details> HT...

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

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Q&A Total number of search results

At the top of the posts page, the total number of posts shows. At the top of the search results page, there is not a total number of results. I would find the total number useful on the search res...

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

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Q&A Title text (tooltip/hovertext) shows on unrelated parts of the page

GitHub issue: https://github.com/codidact/qpixel/issues/1109 At the top of the posts list, the total number of posts is shown on the left. Hovering the mouse pointer over this number shows ...

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