alphaomega Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 Anyone have any idea what to check to figure out why I can not use the up/down arrow keys while composing a topic? It used to work (running slackware 13.37). Now when I use the up/down arrows inside the box while composing... instead of the cursor going up/down... the whole page in Firefox goes up/down. If the box has more text than will fit in the composition box and the scroll bar appears...the box (instead of the whole page) goes up/down. For some reason I can not use the up/down arrow to move up/down the lines of text I'm composing. Any ideas? TIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 Hmm... I'm using Slack 13.37 w/ FF. It works fine for me as long as the posting area is active. In other words, the cursor is blinking in the posting box. If that's the case, when I arrow up or down, the cursor moves with in the posting box. If I click on the page outside of the posting box and use the arrow keys, then the entire page scrolls. Are you blocking (ads, scripts, java, etc.) anything in FF? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 Yes, no problem with that here with FF 8.0 as long as I allow scripting through NoScript. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphaomega Posted November 16, 2011 Author Share Posted November 16, 2011 (edited) The cursor is blinking in the composition box and I am using noscript... but at this moment I am running firefox with addons disabled and the problem still happens. Weird. Those keys act like the scroll wheel on the mouse. P.S. Those keys do work correctly when composing a new topic at linuxquestions. P.S.S. the up/down arrows on the number pad also exhibit the problem. The left/right arrow keys work fine. Also, the problem happens with Caret browsing (F7) on and off. While on I can move the cursor to select text on the page (just not in the composition box). Edited November 16, 2011 by alphaomega Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 When did you first notice this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphaomega Posted November 16, 2011 Author Share Posted November 16, 2011 (edited) When did you first notice this? It's been a while since I've posted so I just noticed it when I was trying to reply to Réjean's editing fstab thread. That is when I noticed that my up/down arrow keys were not working quite right. Oddly enough...they work correctly it I hold down the shift key and move up/down to highlight a section of text. But they do not work by themselves to move the cursor up/down. The up/down arrow keys also act up in windows w/firefox. They work fine in windows w/ie. Edited November 16, 2011 by alphaomega Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphaomega Posted November 16, 2011 Author Share Posted November 16, 2011 I appear to have found the problem... Could someone using firefox check to see if they encounter the same problem? When composing a reply...up in the right hand corner is an icon with two arrows (switch between standard and rich text editor). I'm not sure which is which. In one setting...there are 9 icons on the first row and 16 icons on the second row. In the other setting...there are 10 icons on the first row and 17 icons on the second row. row 1 new icon is to toggle html source. row 2 new icon is for outdent. I am assuming that the setting that gives me the extra icons is the rich text editor. When using the rich text editor...I have the problem with the up/down arrow keys. When using the standard editor...I do not have the problem with the up/down arrow keys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphaomega Posted November 16, 2011 Author Share Posted November 16, 2011 Testing another post to see if I am still having the problem. Best I can make out...I probably switched to the rich text editor at some point (which exhibits the problem)... and forgot to switch the setting back to the standard editor (which does not exhibit the problem). Cheers P.S. when using the rich text editor (where I have the up/down arrow key problem)... if I toggle html source...the keys work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 AHA! The old rich text/standard text editor issue. Yesss... I hadn't thought of that. We've had a few questions from folks before about odd differences in behavior between the two options. It's a feature; not a bug. However, sometimes it can bug you. Hmmm... oddly enough, my arrow keys work properly regardless of whether I'm in Rich or Standard modes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphaomega Posted November 17, 2011 Author Share Posted November 17, 2011 Hmmm... oddly enough, my arrow keys work properly regardless of whether I'm in Rich or Standard modes. Oddly enough same here...(at least while composing this message). And while composing the previous two messages I noticed once in a while as I would toggle back and forth between the two...every once in a while it would work in either mode...but mostly it would only work while in standard mode. I thought I was going crazy there for a moment. Not exactly sure why it's acting the way it is. I know when I first started this message...it was already in standard mode. I then switched to rich text mode and the keys worked. Am going to check and see if it makes a difference if I start a message in rich text mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphaomega Posted November 17, 2011 Author Share Posted November 17, 2011 Oddly enough same here...(at least while composing this message). And while composing the previous two messages I noticed once in a while as I would toggle back and forth between the two...every once in a while it would work in either mode...but mostly it would only work while in standard mode. I thought I was going crazy there for a moment. Not exactly sure why it's acting the way it is. I know when I first started this message...it was already in standard mode. I then switched to rich text mode and the keys worked. Am going to check and see if it makes a difference if I start a message in rich text mode. I set the editor to rich text before I posted the last message... and now when I went to reply to it...the editor started in rich text mode... and the keys are giving me the problem again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphaomega Posted November 17, 2011 Author Share Posted November 17, 2011 (edited) I set the editor to rich text before I posted the last message...and now when I went to reply to it...the editor started in rich text mode... and the keys are giving me the problem again. I set the editor back to standard mode before I posted the previous message...and now when I went to reply to it...the editor started in standard mode...I switched to rich text mode...and the keys are working again. It appears that I have the problem if it is in rich text mode when I start the reply. Edited November 17, 2011 by alphaomega Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 Weird. You should dump all your cookies/cache and restart your browser. Just to see... this could be a corrupted javascript cookie or something like that. I've seen it happen before on my own phpBB3 board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphaomega Posted November 17, 2011 Author Share Posted November 17, 2011 Weird. You should dump all your cookies/cache and restart your browser. Just to see... this could be a corrupted javascript cookie or something like that. I've seen it happen before on my own phpBB3 board. I will give it a test and post back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphaomega Posted November 17, 2011 Author Share Posted November 17, 2011 (edited) I will give it a test and post back. No go. I deleted all the cookies from the board and restarted the browser. The editor was left in rich text mode. And when I went to compose this reply the problem is still there. As long as the editor starts in standard mode...I do not have the problem. Could you reply to this message...but before you post the reply... set the editor to rich text mode? Then come back and reply again so that when you start the second reply the editor starts in rich text mode and see if you encounter the problem? Edited November 17, 2011 by alphaomega Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 Rich mode is my default here at Scots. Replying... Replying... Replying... Up/Down arrow keys scrolling page; not moving cursor in posting area. 2nd reply... Testing... Testing... Testing... Up/Down Arrow keys still scrolling page; not moving cursor in posting box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 Switched to Standard 3rd reply... Testing... Testing... Testing... Up/Down arrow keys now move within posting box; only scroll page when clicked outside of posting box. ===== Is this contagious. You broke my browser, abarbarian! I think I'll stay in Standard mode. It's got everything I need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 By the way, I was wrong. Standard was my default setting... and still is. You can set your default editor setting by clicking on My Controls --> Board Settings --> Post Settings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphaomega Posted November 18, 2011 Author Share Posted November 18, 2011 Is this contagious. You broke my browser, abarbarian! Abarbarian? Oh well...either way. Thanks for the feedback. Glad to know that the problem is not specific to my machine/setup. And thanks for mentioning that setting. Although it does not appear to force the setting (at least not here). Mine is set to the standard editor but If I change the setting while composing a reply... the setting sticks until I change it again. I would have thought...if I left the setting in rich text mode after posting a reply... that the standard mode setting in my profile would override the rich text setting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Uh... I meant α-Ω. How'd abarbarian get involved in this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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