Edit window text "jumps" when typing characters after a certain number of lines

[steve_qix]

There is a problem with the textarea code, and the problem is apparently an issue involving IE8.  From what I've researched, there is a correction which can be made in the BBS code to correct the problem.

The problem is this (and I'm sure someone else must have seen it):  When adding or modifying or replying to a post, once a certain number of lines have been typed (or quoted) into the textarea box, the textarea box will scroll after every character is typed, and the text you just typed will not be visible (it will be scrolled out of view).

There is a discussion of this, and I believe a fix here:  http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=1757835&hilit=text+jumps+top

This is has been going on for a LONG time, but I figured I'd mention it - someone else must be seeing this problem.

Let me know if help is needed of if you need more information !

Thanks and Regards,

Steve

[Todd, KA1KAQ]

TNX Steve, we'll take a look at it.

[Pete, WA2CWA]

This issue has been mentioned and discussed numerous times over the years generally in posts unrelated to this actual issue.
It's a function of using I.E. (it's happened with every version all the way back to I.E. 5),  hence the notation on the left side of the screen Best Viewed with FireFox. I believe it starts jumping after line 11 or line 13.

[steve_qix]

This issue has been mentioned and discussed numerous times over the years generally in posts unrelated to this actual issue.
It's a function of using I.E. (it's happened with every version all the way back to I.E. 5),  hence the notation on the left side of the screen Best Viewed with FireFox. I believe it starts jumping after line 11 or line 13.

It is an IE issue, but I believe there is a server-side workaround.  FireFox has its bugs too (believe me as an IT person, I see them!)     Just not that one!

I have not tested this with Google Chrome, which looks pretty good from what I've see of it.  Anyway, if it's possible to work around it, that would be great!

Thanks and Regards,

Steve

[Steve - K4HX]

The link you provided is for phpBB. This site uses SMF.

I've tested the site with Firefox (and several other Mozilla variants), Safari, Opera and Chrome. The jumping text is not a problem with those browsers.

[Pete, WA2CWA]

I only found the problem with I.E. As you point out, the others are fine.

[Jim, W5JO]

It would be nice if someone could fix the problem.  I hate Firefox and other browsers because I had more trouble with them than IE.

[KF1Z]

It WAS fixed for a while, then the big overhaul , last year? year before? is when it resurfaced.

[K1JJ]

Yep, using IE for short posts is no problem, but when doing an old buzzard, it gets near to impossible to type towards the end due to the latency and page jumping.  Editing a long post is the same.  

I'm not complaining cuz the solution is to "select all" and copy paste it to the word processer for the long ones.  Then do your thing and paste it back.  But if it gets fixed, then FB.

BTW, is there a way to turn on the spell checker when typing a post here?  Gary once told me it was here, but I never saw the option in the preferences or profile pages...

T

[w3jn]

I enabled the spell check.  There was a note in the control panel "does not work well with all servers" so we'll see how it goes.

If anyone has issues please let me, Steve, or Todd know.

[Steve - K4HX]

Doesn't Windows have a built-in spell checker now?

[K5WLF]

I use Firefox under Linux, and something has been spell checking when I post here. I figured it was the forum software and thought it odd that some of the commonly used radio words were flagged. But, since W3JN just enabled the forum spell checker, I guess it must be Firefox that's doing the checking.

[K1JJ]

Testing the spel chacker.

T




Update: So solly - it let those words thru.  I wonder if anyone knows how to activate IE spell checker for use here? It already works under WinWord.

[Pete, WA2CWA]

As far as I can tell, I. E. never came with a spell checker. Firefox does have one and its automatically turned on when you first installed Firefox. However, you can manually toggle it off or on.
For an I.E. spell checker you could look into this: http://www.iespell.com/download.php or just simply Google I.E. spell checker and review your other choices.

[Pete, WA2CWA]

I enabled the spell check.  There was a note in the control panel "does not work well with all servers" so we'll see how it goes.

If anyone has issues please let me, Steve, or Todd know.

If you eenabled spell check, it doesn't worrk in I.E. whhich I amm uusing noow.

In Firefox, spell checker generally is turned on when you install it, so enabling the board spell checker is a non issue.

[Pete, WA2CWA]

If you're using I.E. and you respond to someone's long post by quoting it, instead of starting your response below the quoted post, start it at the top of the quoted post. I just played with a long quoted post to respond to, and by adding my comments above the quoted message, I was able to get 50 plus typed lines there without any line bounce.

Again using, I.E., if you don't quote any previous message, and just type a message, there should be no bounce for a typical 10, 20, 40, 60, line old buzzard response. I just did one using I.E. and it was 62 lines with no bounce.

[steve_qix]

If you're using I.E. and you respond to someone's long post by quoting it, instead of starting your response below the quoted post, start it at the top of the quoted post. I just played with a long quoted post to respond to, and by adding my comments above the quoted message, I was able to get 50 plus typed lines there without any line bounce.

Again using, I.E., if you don't quote any previous message, and just type a message, there should be no bounce for a typical 10, 20, 40, 60, line old buzzard response. I just did one using I.E. and it was 62 lines with no bounce.

It's not the end of the world of course, but there really is a server-side work around for this problem.  I just wrote a very complex "on-the-fly HTML generator" database application (in C in this case).  Of course, I found numerous browser problems - problems with all browsers AND among various versions of browsers.  For example, there are LOTS of people still using IE6 out there, and there is a problem in IE6 with certain types for formatting.  Looks great in all other browsers.  I worked around the problem in my code so it would display correctly on the [buggy] IE6 because I can't in good faith tell my users to change their computing environment when there was a workaround - anyway, just an example of the numerous bugs that lurk in the stuff we use every day 

Please don't think I'm trying to P & M, because you folks who run this BBS do a fantastic job, and being in both system administration and engineering myself, these types of dumb but annoying little problems are a PITA.  But, if there's any way we can get the workaround here on this BBS, that would be great!  If you need another pair of hands (so to speak) to help fix the problem, let me know and I might be able to help out.  I would need access to your specific BBS source code on your server so I can see exactly what you're running.

Thanks and Regards,

Steve

[WD8BIL]

It's not limited to this site either. Facebook has the same problem. When I know I'm gonna ol' buzzard a response I'll type it up in Word or some other processor and copy n' paste it into the reply field. Saves time and keyboards.
I can't use anything else here at work than what I.T. provides!

[Steve - K4HX]

Just keep the posts short! NO OLD BUZZARDS.