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Posts by trichoplax‭

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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 Issues with copying post source from revision history

I see the described behaviour in Firefox but not in Chromium. Operating System: Fedora 38 Firefox version: 116.0 Chromium version: 115.0.5790.102 Example of a Post History page where this b...

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

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Q&A Notifications sometimes stay unread after clicking

I suspect the add ons and fork mentioned are not relevant. I see a persistent notification circle on standard Firefox with no add ons. It doesn't seem to be completely consistent but the general be...

posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A How to edit a post for small modifications without affecting the visibility of other posts?

I like this, but... I've often wanted this feature. I feel bad about cluttering the top of the question list when I make a minor typo fix on an old post. However, having thought about it more ove...

posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Can we have a "show post source" button?

Why I like I like the idea of a button that shows me the raw Markdown (or MathJax or HTML depending on the post) so I can see how certain styles are achieved. I too find the "Edit" button unsatisf...

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 Clearer community proposals transition for skim readers

During the transition from having a Site Proposals category on Meta to having a separate Codidact Proposals community, there is a message at the top of the Site Proposals category with a link to th...

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

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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 Tag-only edits only sometimes have a tag diff

I noticed that the edit to the tags in this edit history does not have a tag diff section. It makes it appear that the second version of this post has no changes: For comparison, here is tag-onl...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Comment threads remain active even if all comments are deleted

This bug appears to be fixed, but it is not. The following works for me, but the original poster of the answer can still see the deleted thread. How it seems to someone who didn't post the origina...

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

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Q&A Mobile browser cannot open older Codidact images

Difference between older images and recent images Following a link to the url of an image uploaded to Codidact redirects to an AWS link for recently uploaded images. For older images, following th...

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

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Q&A Can't edit a question just to add tags.

It appears that this problem has been fixed. See the related How to make an edit that only changes the tag list by adding a tag that does not exist? which has been marked "status-completed".

posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Inconsistent use of "abilities" and "privileges"

The Your abilities page looks something like this (depending on your current abilities): To a moderator looking to grant or suspend abilities, there is a mod-only page called "Privileges", which...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Mithical‭

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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...

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Q&A Adding the search guidance hints to the search results page too

When entering a search term, there is some guidance showing above the text box: The guidance is only shown before the initial search. Could it also be shown above the text box of the search resu...

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

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Q&A Unclickable suggested edit button below post

After suggesting an edit to a post, it is displayed differently to indicate that the edit is pending. This difference is in 2 places. The top of the post shows a message in a box: Below the pos...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Sorting by score after excluding a tag gave me a 500 error

First, to quote from the 500 page: It's not your fault. Thanks for raising this. Instant workaround For your particular combination of filters and sorting criterion, here is a corrected lin...

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

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Q&A Premature confirmation of successful sign in with 2FA

When signing in with two-factor authentication enabled, a code is requested on the next page after entering email and password: However, before the code is entered, a green banner at the top of ...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Hiding "Initial revision" on the Edits section of the Activity tab of the user profile

When viewing a user's Edits on the Activity tab of the user profile, it includes "Initial revision", which seems to me more like a posting than an edit: In the edit history of an individual post...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 1y ago by sau226‭

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Q&A Should we have category specific reactions?

Reaction types can currently be switched on and off for a community (by a moderator) so different communities can have different reactions (including custom reactions). However, each reaction th...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Show total number of posts on individual user Posts page

There is a Posts page showing all the posts by a given user. Could this have a total number of posts shown at the top, similar to the front page?

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

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Q&A Easier way to get to the individual user Posts page

There is a Posts page showing all the posts by a given user. However, the only place it is linked to appears to be the bottom of the long list of posts on the user profile. An example of when this...

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

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Q&A No escape from reactions dialogue box

Since this question was posted, the user interface has been updated so that clicking outside a pop up panel makes the panel disappear. This means a new user unfamiliar with the site will now be abl...

posted 2y ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Edit activity show, but not allowed to approve

I agree that seeing the indicator circle when unable to review edits is not useful. I've raised an issue on GitHub.

posted 2y ago by trichoplax‭

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