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berkeman said:
Middle Vdot() set next to the picture thing, then 3rd icon from the right (the Greek Parthenon symbol)
Middle? I've got 4 vdot()s. Next to the picture thing (Insert Media) shows 3 icons Smilie, Media, Quote.

Ahh! Just noticed the scroll bar at the bottom of the window. The window is 1250 pixels wide, horizontal scrolling is still required with full screen of 2048 wide. Lost Icons.png
 
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Keith_McClary said:
There is "CHANGE WIDTH" at bottom of page. Was that there before? It gives me most of the width of a 1920x1200.
Always new things to discover and explore ! And it works ! From now on I can write really big equations -- not, of course, to intentionally nag the cell phone crowd 😈

Great fun to see more than 20 inches of white space on the toolbar ! Plenty roooooooooooooooom for more buttons ! Even more when using drop-downs and vdots (##\ \vdots\ ##) 🤑

If it was there before ? I don't know: never ventured that deep into the PF cellars 🥴

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Wrichik Basu said:
Could you add a shortcut for inline code?

You don't mean this, I take it. . ? . :smile:
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OCR said:
You don't mean this I take it. . ?
I do mean that one, but when I am using it many times, it becomes tedious to go to the drop-down menu and select it. A shortcut would be better.
 
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mfb said:
You can also type [icode][/icode] manually.
Yes, I can do that. But if I am using it many times, it becomes somewhat tedious. I can copy that BB code, but if I copy something else later, then I would have to look up the clipboard manager again.

Even strike-through has a shortcut, but I haven't seen that being used much. On the same line, it probably makes sense to add a shortcut for inline code.
 
@Greg Bernhardt one thing I noticed is that to dismiss notifications you now have to click through to the actual threads, instead of them automatically dismissing themselves once you press the bell button. Was that an intentional change? 😜
 
etotheipi said:
@Greg Bernhardt one thing I noticed is that to dismiss notifications you now have to click through to the actual threads, instead of them automatically dismissing themselves once you press the bell button. Was that an intentional change? 😜
I have noticed too and need to investigate.
 
etotheipi said:
@Greg Bernhardt one thing I noticed is that to dismiss notifications you now have to click through to the actual threads, instead of them automatically dismissing themselves once you press the bell button. Was that an intentional change? 😜
You can modify that setting in your personal preference:

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jack action said:
You can modify that setting in your personal preference:
oooh, thanks!

Wrichik Basu said:
Also, while posting a new thread, the summary field is present twice. Probably once is enough.
Similarly when posting in the homework forums the "homework statement" and "relevant equations" fields also each appear twice; it's the second one that works.
 
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etotheipi said:
Similarly when posting in the homework forums the "homework statement" and "relevant equations" fields also each appear twice; it's the second one that works.
oh yikes, I'll look into this tonight
 
Did you already fix it Greg, or is it browser dependent? Using FireFox on my Win10 laptop it looks okay:

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berkeman said:
Did you already fix it Greg, or is it browser dependent? Using FireFox on my Win10 laptop it looks okay:
Yeah I worked on it, good to know you can confirm!
 
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Greg Bernhardt said:
I have noticed too and need to investigate.
Also, first time In the morning they are dated "Tomorrow". I don't remember that happening before. Not a big problem, but maybe a clue.
 
Inserting a link in a fresh edit window yields a pulldown that doesn't go outside the edit window:
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No
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to click on !

It can be worked around if you notice a scrollbar has appeared, but I find it unexpected behaviour ...##\ ##
 
BvU said:
No
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to click on !

You can press Enter.
 
BvU said:
It can be worked around if you notice a scrollbar has appeared, but I find it unexpected behaviour ...
I think this is due to a change I made today. It is not expected behavior. Looking into fixing it.
 
Keith_McClary said:
Also, first time In the morning they are dated "Tomorrow". I don't remember that happening before. Not a big problem, but maybe a clue.
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The display should always be in the local time zone you set in your profile. A post can never have been made tomorrow in your set time zone.
 
In the Trophies section, some icons are not visible. In addition, the number of trophies earned out of total number of trophies under a certain category always remains 1 out of 1:

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Not a major issue, by the way.
 
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mfb said:
The display should always be in the local time zone you set in your profile. A post can never have been made tomorrow in your set time zone.
I see no place for time zone in my profile page.
@Greg Bernhardt
 
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