Questions tagged [bug]
Indicates you've found an erroneous or unexpected behavior in the system that needs to be fixed.
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Typo or incorrect logic on protected questions?
I could be mistaken, but on this page I see I need 10 rep to answer:
I have 25 rep and can't answer. I'm not sure why?
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Escaped \` works in comment, but not answer
In the question & answer editor, the input:
`\``
produces the output:
```
Whereas in the comments, the same string correctly renders a code block containing a back-tick.
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Why was archive.is question deleted?
Why was the archive.is (cached) question deleted without a trace? (Apparently, " deleted by Sathyajith Bhat♦ 6 hours ago ".)
It's been heavily upvoted (75+ for question and top answer each), only a ...
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Main and meta favicon are indistinguishable
There is no difference between the favicon / small logo (the one which is used e.g. in the Achievements dialog) of Web Applications and Web Applications Meta:
(click to enlarge; the top one is meta, ...
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Minimum reputation message shouldn't display with "Join this community" message
The "Join this community" step should pop up without the required reputation message:
PS: I was trying to upvote.
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0answers
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Profile page layout bug
phwd’s profile page layout has a bug, as seen below:
Tested in Safari, Chrome and Firefox, on Mac.
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Why isn't the +2 reputation from accepting an answer on your own question negated when that question (as well as the answer) is deleted?
Unless a post has a score > 3 and was visible on the site for > 60 days, the reputation gained and/or lost from it is reverted if it gets deleted.
Except it doesn't revert the +2 reputation for ...
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Different labels on main page
There's two questions on main page, both mention authors, but only one of them has label "asked", why?
Links to questions:
Birthday notifications on Google Calendar
How to configure Google Calendar ...
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Tooltip flows under header
The tooltip for the impact widget on the profile page flows under the header.
(I have checked only on Ask Different and it behaves correctly there.)
Affected browsers:
Safari (Mac OS)
Google Chrome ...
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1answer
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CSS issue on Safari on Mac
When browsing a user profile with Safari on Mac this happens:
On hover, the reputation underline is mispositioned.
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0answers
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The 404 not found image is not unique [closed]
This site's 404 not found image is not unique. It's shared with Pro Webmasters SE and Photography SE.
https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/404
https://webapps.stackexchange.com/404
https://photo....
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1answer
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Search operators not working correctly
I like to search for questions that aren't closed, that has at least one answer but which doesn't have an accepted or upvoted answer, so that I can surface hidden gems that deserve votes.
closed:no ...
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Search index is way out of date
I think there's something wrong with this site's search reindexing job.
For instance, a search for [google-chrome] closed:0 (sorted by relevance) lists this question having been asked in April, 2014 ...
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Bottom border is not displaying in the profile page
There are few bottom border issue in the user profile page.
In the Profile tab - Top Posts section, the bottom border is not displaying.
In the Activity tab - Questions, Answers, Badges and Active ...
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1answer
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Percent-encoding of asterisks (*) in links
In this answer I linked a URL that contains a * character:
http://wayback.archive.org/web/*/http://www.alexa.com/topsites
The * char seems to be converted to %2a. When I click this link, I get the ...
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1answer
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Voting on question disabled because voting on answers?
I voted on the answer, not on the question. or does starring count as voting?
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Nothingtoinstall redirects to webapps.stackexchange.com
Now if you type in nothingtoinstall.com in your URL you will be directed to webapps.stackexchange.com.
Isn't this a bug?
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2answers
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The username on meta is not editable and does not reflect the username on the parent site
I recently changed my username on the main site (from Crossbrowser to GoodEnough), but meta hasn't followed. At first I thought I had to change it on meta's side, but there's no edit button.
Is it a ...
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1answer
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Targeted answer in URL hash fades to white not transparent
When you use an answer link the answer in question is highlighted briefly when you visit the link. The highlighting fades to white for the current sites. For example, try this link: FAQ for Stack ...
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The new gold and bronze badges are too close in color
The colors of the gold and bronze badges in this design are too close in color and hard to distinguish.
Here's a screenshot from the header:
Here's a screenshot from the badges page
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Better landing page for users without site access
Pre-beta the site only is accessible to those of us who committed on Area51. The site landing (the index) shows a login page to users who do not yet have access, and a message suggesting that they ...
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1answer
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When trying to create a question, if a new tag is suggested, it unticks the community wiki box
To reproduce:
Start a new question
Tick the community wiki box
Fill in question and answer
Make up a new tag
Submit the question
The page comes back complaining about not being able to create the ...
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1answer
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Can't include wildcards when creating a tag link
I wanted to create a tag link including a wild card:
[tag:google*]
but when I typed it I got:
[tag:google*]
i.e. Nothing.
It wasn't converted into a tag link.
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1answer
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Oops, something bad happened
I have been trying for the last half an hour to post a question about wordpress and privacy on Web Applications. All goes smoothly till it comes to time of submitting the question to the site. Once I ...
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1answer
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No-longer-ignored tag displays as ignored
I have a tag that is displaying in question lists in faded form as if it is one of my ignored tags, but it isn't.
I had it as one of my ignored tags for quite a while, but as I started using the app ...
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1answer
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Inserting an image inserts extra bracketed numbers
I don't know if this is a bug or what so I'm reporting it as a bug.
Insert an image using:
Then see what seems to be an extra pair of brackets wrapped around a "1":
This doesn't seem to affect ...
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1answer
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Old answer (nov 2010) shown as new
An answer from late 2010 has just became available in the review section as a new user’s answer to an old question.
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Phantom triangles on downvote warning
There are phantom triangles on top of the warning bubble when low-rep users downvote a post:
I'm running Chrome 40.0.2214.115 m on Windows 7 x64.
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1answer
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No completion of the name after @ in comments in Meta for Web Applications
There seems to be no completion popup when adding a comment to a particular answer. Steps to reproduce are:
Navigate to Clicking on tag link on a question does not list other questions with that same ...
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1answer
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CSS bleed-thru on tags
I'm seeing an issue with CSS on Firefox (22, Windows) where the little triangles in the new tag icons are bleeding through popups.
Here's a screenie:
I have not checked it in other browsers.
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1answer
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Only featured questions being shown
Why are only featured questions being shown at this URL?
https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/facebook
Before, this URL would show all questions tagged with 'facebook'.
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"Title" label isn't aligned with the rest of Meta's ask question page [closed]
I noticed that on Web Apps meta, the "Title" label isn't aligned correctly on the ask question page. Compare the meta page:
To the page on the main site:
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Horizontal scrolling bar on Users page
I noticed a horizontal scrolling bar above the footer on the Users page. This happens in any browser on Mac OS 10.6.8.
Update 11/10/2012: I’ve just seen this bug again. I’ll nominate the question for ...
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On webapps.stackexchange.com, the protected question banner overlaps the “Not the answer you're looking for'?” banner [duplicate]
This is the same on all protected questions:
The top of all tall letters (N,t,h,',l,k,f,B,d - in order) are overlapping the yellow box.
This is a zoomed in image.
Page Examples here and here, in ...
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Number of Featured Questions Not Corresponding
I just answered one of the featured (bounty) questions. Checking the other questions, made me realize that only 4 questions were shown:
After clicking the complete list link, it showed me this list:
...
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1answer
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Reputation updated globally, but not for comments?
Friend, new to SE, contributing to WebApps just sent me a screenshot, that shows, that reputation updates are reflected on general counter (user bar at top) but not in comments mechanism:
Is this a ...
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1answer
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"You don't have the permission to use this type of flag"
In the Flagged Posts queue, I choose the "it has invalid flags" option. I receive this message:
I most certainly should have this permission. Certainly I have before now. The flagging dialog also ...
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Tags on the Users page get truncated when they are too long
When the tags are too long, they overflow and the result is as in the image below.
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Clicking repeatedly on the flag button repeats the “waiting” animation
When clicking repeatedly on the “flag” button, the “waiting” animation gets displayed as many times as there were clicks.
(To reproduce this, the AJAX response should take longer than expected.)
I ...
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Render Difference vs. Mobile
The table, created by Tom, renders a bit awkward on my Nexus 4.
On my desktop it renders OK: Answer on Web Applications
On my phone:
Model: Nexus 4, OS:4.3, Browser: Chrome Beta
OS: Win7, Chrome (...
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1answer
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Tag missing from wildcard search
I did a search for all tags starting with "google":
[google*]
And it returned this url:
https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/google+or+google-spreadsheets+or+google-drive+or+google-...
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1answer
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Edit suggestion rejected and approved at the same time
Some hours ago I have fixed multiple issues a post. This edit was rejected by the community user without any reason, a long standing bug on our network.
Strange enough, but now I see my edit was ...
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Excerpt Not Starting Correctly
The excerpt for the excel tag is not showing all of it's information. This is how it should start:
Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet application.
but it starts with:
a spreadsheet application.
...
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1answer
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New Tag Not Properly Set to Cope With Text
I tried to update my profile and found the following with the newly styled tag:
Before and after is just one white space. It seems the spacing isn't properly set to cope with text.
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Render Error on Main Site
I noticed this (Chrome 26, Windows 7) on the main site of Web Applications:
As seen above the info image is too close to the unanswered image on the sprite
rev 2013.4.8.61
Firefox 19.0.2 - Windows ...
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Reputation difference chat vs. normal
I had a chat session with @badp just the other day. Afterwards I noticed the following difference:
Chat
Normal
Does a mathematical relation exist between the two ((2*normal)+10...haha)? Is it a bug?...
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1answer
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Reputation in the user profile is not vertically aligned
The numbers that show the reputation in my profile are not vertically aligned. See the following screenshot:
Also see the following zoomed screenshot which shows that 3 is one pixel taller than the ...
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Users listed on Badge slightly misaligned
On the gmail badge page, this is seen, Rebecca is lower than Al and Senseful.
.mod-flair span seems to be pushing Rebecca down.
Seen in the following browsers
Google Chrome Mac 12.0.742.91
Safari ...
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Add Buttons render differently in IE to Chrome
During a stay at my parents in-law (I don't use IE), I noticed that the buttons render differently in IE 10(version 10.0.9200.16466) and IE 9. See added snapshots:
IE10 (main)
IE9 (meta)
Should ...
