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This isn't the first time I have this: typing away on the "Reply to Message" page (with FF3.0), I hit some unfortunate key combination (don't know which, pretty sure there is a CTRL involved) and all the sudden my page no longer holds a text edit box, all I see is:
1. a row of widgets (bold, italic, ..., link)
2. the words "Text, Signature, Options" at the left
3. the smileys immediately next to them
4. my signature edit box and the 4 checkboxes to the right of that (2, 3 and 4 have same height)
5. the "Post Message", "Preview" and "Cancel" buttons as usual
Is there a way to get my edit box back (including its content)?
some other magic key combination perhaps?
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]
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Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]
I only read code that is properly formatted, adding PRE tags is the easiest way to obtain that. [The QA section does it automatically now, I hope we soon get it on regular forums as well]
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Google Chrome allows you to resize most textboxes. Perhaps you could use that as a temporary workaround until the CP staff gets this fixed.
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I have the page still open in one of my FF tabs. I don't see how Chrome would be able to get at the text.
Are you saying my best gamble is to hit "Post Message" anyway and publish an unfinished message? (that would throw away the edit page in my FF tab)
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]
I only read code that is properly formatted, adding PRE tags is the easiest way to obtain that. [The QA section does it automatically now, I hope we soon get it on regular forums as well]
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Hmmm, didn't know you were trying to save the text you are currently typing in the textbox. Try this...
Click into the textbox for the subject line. Press tab so focus is set to the main textbox. CTRL+A (select all) then CTRL+C (copy). Paste that into Notepad then close your window and make a new reply (paste in the text that is in Notepad).
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Great suggestion. I didn't think of that. Unfortunately it does not work. Tabbing away from the subject box seems to activate the entire page: a CTRL/A selects everything I can see, CTRL/C and CTRL/V to Notepad yields all text but the piece I'm after.
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same as when one tabs away from the message edit box on a regular reply page.
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On the plus, I now hold all the alternative texts for the smileys:
Smile Grin
Laugh Wink
Tongue Poke Sniff
Frown Sigh
D'Oh! Cry
Zzz Shucks
Blush Roll eyes
OMG WTF
Mad Huh?
Unsure Hmph
Sick Suss
Cool Rose
Thumbs up Thumbs down
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]
I only read code that is properly formatted, adding PRE tags is the easiest way to obtain that. [The QA section does it automatically now, I hope we soon get it on regular forums as well]
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Problem "solved" in two ways:
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with some FireFox/FireBug magic, based on luck more than proficiency, I was able to inspect the current HTML (did not show the message edit box!), but also the "DOM", and that was happily showing what I entered.
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hitting the "Post Message" button resulted in a funny error page stating two problems:
- you must supply some content
- there were problems with your new message
however, dismissing that page returned the original message edit page, with everything visible and present!
So the acute problem is gone. I still hope to learn which key combination resulted in this phenomenon, and then, how to disable it!
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]
I only read code that is properly formatted, adding PRE tags is the easiest way to obtain that. [The QA section does it automatically now, I hope we soon get it on regular forums as well]
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I think that's a control device implemented by CodeProject. It seems your posts are routinely too long, so it's trying to send you subtle messages to keep the noise to a dull roar.
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001
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0) A circular scatter chart that would post a dot for each user at a distant point along a radian line indicating their distance between 0 and the highest current reputation value. The first user plotted would be at radian 0, the next at radian 1, etc. Finally, your own position in the chart would be indicated by a single thin black line that goes all the way around the chart.
1) A pie chart that shows the percentage of users in a certain reputation range, such as 0-25,000, 25000-50,000, etc.
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001
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With the first idea, you could also have a spoke on the wheel for each of the reputation types.
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Not sure I want more fancy graphs, however:
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Histogram information about CPians would be welcome (bronze/gold/platinum count, reputations, countries, ...).
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Sorting and searching members based on total rep (and maybe specific rep) in the Who is Who would be useful and easy to add.
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]
I only read code that is properly formatted, adding PRE tags is the easiest way to obtain that. [The QA section does it automatically now, I hope we soon get it on regular forums as well]
modified on Saturday, January 30, 2010 4:20 PM
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I am curious to know who has the highest overall reputation... Christians is WAY up there....
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001
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AFAIK no one but CG exceeds 100K; the runner up seems to be Dave Kreskowiak at 90K (that's .53 CG).
BTW: your "About Member" rant has been followed up!
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]
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Luc Pattyn wrote: your "About Member" rant has been followed up
Haha, there was a thread in the Lounge about the new "About [Member Name]" and I'm pretty sure he replied to it with mention of his previous "member" observation.
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I must have missed part of the saga, and I'm incapable of locating it quickly, the search facilities still aren't what I would like them to be...
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]
I only read code that is properly formatted, adding PRE tags is the easiest way to obtain that. [The QA section does it automatically now, I hope we soon get it on regular forums as well]
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I just mentioned that it's different now. No bid deal.
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001
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Luc Pattyn wrote: BTW: your "About Member" rant has been followed up!
That wasn't a rant, I was just making a joke.
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001
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A scatter chart with nearly 7 million dots? It's going to be just bands of dark.
What about a bell curve?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Most of those 7 million dots would be plotted in the center (near the "zero" point).
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001
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Even so, I can't imagine there being less than a few thousand discrete values. At one radian per discrete value you're still looking at hundreds of spirals...
3x12=36
2x12=24
1x12=12
0x12=18
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Would it be feasible to only disallow someone from 1-voting a message less than two minutes from posting his/her last 1-vote? This would hamper/slow down the vengeful 1-voters that crop up here from time to time.
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001
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IMO voting rights should be throttled based on the voter's reputation. Say a maximum of totalrep/10 votes (whatever value) per five minutes. That way more active CPians can still operate quasi unlimited.
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]
I only read code that is properly formatted, adding PRE tags is the easiest way to obtain that. [The QA section does it automatically now, I hope we soon get it on regular forums as well]
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What would you say is an acceptably high reputation that would warrant unfettered voting capabilities?
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001
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2^20
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]
I only read code that is properly formatted, adding PRE tags is the easiest way to obtain that. [The QA section does it automatically now, I hope we soon get it on regular forums as well]
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| We have this in other parts of the site but not everywhere. I've opened a task to have this made consistent across the board. cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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