I'm experiencing a problem when replying to topics. The area to type in is fine while there is not much content, but once the field of view is full of text (needing to scroll up and down to see the whole of the reply), the...well, how do I convey this...I can still type and keep going, but at some point the cursor jumps back and forth with each character and I basically cannot see what I'm typing. I can stop, scroll down to the point where I should be viewing, click there and the view jumps back up to the top. If I type, the view jumps down, I see the character for an instant and it jumps back up to the top of the reply. And so it goes if I continue to type.
I'm hope you understand what I'm trying to say.
Also, if I need to select a portion of text, it will not scroll automatically down as I hold the mouse button down...it sticks to the last sentence in the view.
It's really odd and annoying.
Thanks for your help.
hmm..what browser are you using?
Post a chunk of text the length that gives you problems...that might help me try to replicate the issue.
This post (http://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7449.msg113285#msg113285) is the last one that this was happening to. Once I got to the second quote, is when it all started up. I'm using IE-8.
Are you posting on a laptop with a mouse pad? I've had problems in the past when the mouse pad sort of 'stalls' and things can go peculiar.
I haven't used my laptop since the forum changed to the new format. It's a desktop PC.
Not that then.
Browser IE or Firefox or something else?
Do you happen to have a pen tablet and your phone or some sort of magnet is on or near it? My mouse was jumping around the other day and it took me a while to realize it was because my phone was sitting on the tablet pad....figured it out when I sat my phone on a paperclip and it picked it up....
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Fixing this may end up being a non-issue...after consulting with my friend I'm going to update to the RC5 version of the SMF forum. It's the final release they just haven't issued it officially because of some administrative who owns what type of discussion the SMF group is having; so it's safe to go ahead and upgrade.
The upgraded version looks nicer on the default theme and has the ability to easily include the worldview field again. I know no one is having problems with it.
On my way out. I do have my phone next to me, so tomorrow I'll try moving the phone away.
I just posted again...a "long" post. I made sure my phone was away from the computer.
It didn't make any difference.
well...the good news is that I can replicated the problem in IE-8. The bad news is that I don't know how to fix it. But the good news on that is I think upgrading should fix it. I'll run this problem past my friend.
Thank you.
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Quote from: AnimatedDirt on May 25, 2011, 03:43:17 PM
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And probably a levaquin infiltration or two.
Oh erythromycin and campylobacter dogs sound interesting, who would have thought to combine the two.
Quote from: The Magic Pudding on May 25, 2011, 03:56:46 PM
Quote from: AnimatedDirt on May 25, 2011, 03:43:17 PM
Spam! Grr.
Come on Dirt, you know you need some Tramadol.
And probably a levaquin infiltration or two.
Oh erythromycin and campylobacter dogs sound interesting, who would have thought to combine the two.
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http://youtu.be/vPUE4Fo4RCc
There's no "i" in Temocil, at least not where you'd think.
FYI, I'm still experiencing this problem on IE. It's quite annoying. I have since forgot to check if it is doing this on Safari on my laptop. I'll do that this evening. (string on finger)
It seems to be and issue with IE only so far. I've not (yet) had the problem on Safari.