Like Button Changes: Is it New?

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The discussion revolves around a confirmation pop-up that appears when liking a post, with users reporting varied experiences. Some users do not see the pop-up, while others mention it appears when selecting reactions. The issue may be linked to individual user settings or potential JavaScript problems, as some users experience new pages instead of direct functionality. A specific post containing ill-formed Java code seems to trigger the confirmation pop-up and disrupts other functionalities, suggesting a possible bug. Overall, the confirmation pop-up appears to be an inconsistent feature, potentially related to user-specific settings or coding issues.
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When you click to like a post, a confirmation request pops up. Is this new?
 
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No pop-ups for me.
 
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Nor me.
 
No confirmation, but I do get a popup letting me choose what reaction I attach to the post
 
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Did you disable javascript?

I don't have a popup either, but getting new pages/windows instead of the direct functionality is a typical sign of disabled JS.
 
This confirmation pop up @PeroK @DrClaude :
I should have attached this earlier

Screenshot_2020-08-30 Confirm action.png
 
jim mcnamara said:
This confirmation pop up:
View attachment 268607

I don't get that upon either liking or removing my like from a post. Perhaps there's a setting somewhere that you have turned on/off?
 
@Greg Bernhardt - this happened on a post I wanted to "like" by @harborsparrow

MAybe there are some options local to the person getting the like. AFAIK I have changed nothing. ...right...o0)
 
Just tried it on the above post. Awarding a Haha changes the Like button to Haha. Clicking it again removes the awarded Haha, equivalent activity awarding a Like.

There used to be a button called Remove Like, or something similiar.

Curiouser nad curiouser!
 
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I just got a "normal" response from a like to @Tom.G 's post above
@harborsparrow has been around a long time, it is possible that this was a feature in a previous version of VBforums, which is now our Xenforo.

@Greg Bernhardt - this means the response is local to a user. Somehow.
 
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jim mcnamara said:
I just got a "normal" response from a like to @Tom.G 's post above
Does it still happen elsewhere now?
A difference by user would be really odd. In particular, I can like a post by harborsparrow without needing confirmation.
 
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I get it too, must be a super rare bug.
 
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Greg Bernhardt said:
huh I'm stumped on this one!
Greg Bernhardt said:
I get it too, must be a super rare bug.
Since it's so rare, we will forget about it. Please let us know when that 'stump' changes to 'stomp'. :oldbiggrin:
 
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Post 3 to 5 all have that problem. Something starts the problem in post 3.
Post 3 has some java code that *should* not influence anything... but maybe something goes wrong there?

Let's test it here. I need someone else to test it or reply to it however, as I can't "like" my own posts.

Edit: Here is the code that breaks things, probably because of ill-formed quotation marks:
[CODE lang="java" highlight=""15-17,25,""]public[/CODE]

If I include this then saving an edit doesn't work properly and replying to the thread is difficult as well (see the following post). If I don't include it everything is fine.
 
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Clicking on Like, I got the 'Confirm' popup. Then when it came back to the thread the Reply window (box) was missing. I clicked on 'Post reply' btn., got the usual Empty error msg., dismissed it, which brought the Reply window back.
 
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Thanks. I found the bad code using your post as additional test case, see my edit above.
Edit: Here is the code that breaks things, probably because of ill-formed quotation marks:
[CODE lang="java" highlight=""15-17,25,""]public[/CODE]

If I include this then saving an edit doesn't work properly and replying to the thread is difficult as well (see the following post). If I don't include it everything is fine.
 
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