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message box scroll bar problem

Postby J. St.C. Patrick » Mon Sep 07, 2009 1:32 pm

I've noticed that when I start to write a long message - editing someone's story or posting my own - and try to make edits to it in places that need to be scrolled to be seen, the scroll bar at the side of the message box keeps moving back to the top every time I type a single letter. ( i.e. I scroll down to see what needs editing, press a key and the scroll bar jumps back to the top of its own accord)

Has anyone else had this problem?

Is there some way of stopping it from happening?
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Re: message box scroll bar problem

Postby CRBWildcat » Mon Sep 07, 2009 1:50 pm

I've had this problem if I need to use Internet Explorer to make any posts. I don't know what browser you're using, but if that's the one then maybe you could try using a different one and see what happens. Otherwise, I'm not sure.
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Re: message box scroll bar problem

Postby PCHeintz72 » Mon Sep 07, 2009 4:27 pm

I have this same problem... unlike the other issues I've run into with the forum, this one does seem to be IE specifc, and not old theme specific.

Regrettible, as I prefer IE over the other browsers, though Opera serves as a decent backup for me.
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Re: message box scroll bar problem

Postby SpaceKnight of Chaos » Mon Sep 07, 2009 5:44 pm

It's been bugging me for ages, I think since this site underwent its skin change, possibly before.
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Re: message box scroll bar problem

Postby Makoto » Mon Sep 07, 2009 6:55 pm

It happens to me often on the default theme, using Firefox (but I'm not entirely sure it happens across all my systems and Firefox setups). If I'm entering a long message (including PMs), then cursor back slightly and hit one of the formatting buttons, it'll jump to the top of the message.

I've got the Text Formatting Toolbar extension installed in FF, which helps (it doesn't jump if I enter the formatting codes that way (or manually, of course :D)), but that's just a workaround.
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Re: message box scroll bar problem

Postby CRBWildcat » Tue Sep 08, 2009 8:09 am

For me, this started some months before. I hadn't had the problem on IE prior; that day I updated my version of Internet Explorer in an attempt to get the dialogue box to quit bugging me. Ever since then...well, you know the rest.
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Re: message box scroll bar problem

Postby Spokavriel » Wed Sep 09, 2009 1:11 pm

I use to have trouble with that and I've been using different versions of Seamonkey (A mozilla browser) for a long time. It seems as long as I keep the mouse inside the area of the text entry field it doesn't cause it to jump back to the top. But I wouldn't be surprised if it's just some bug with PHP.
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Re: message box scroll bar problem

Postby talonhunter » Sun Sep 13, 2009 10:29 pm

IE8 seems to have that issue, but I have had no problems with Safari
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