Spurious line breaks 11 January at 7:04PM edited 12 January at 5:09PM in Site Feedback 11 replies 174 views

eskbanker

I've noticed from a couple of posts today that if a word is italicised then the forum software seems to insert an uneditable line feed for no apparent reason, is this just me?

Edit: added a comment about the same happening with bolding but editing seemed to fix the original issue!

JJ_Egan

Is this Line Break Dancing ???

coffeehound

I noticed the same thing after a member call-out too, @esbanker!  Not sure if it will work here . . 

coffeehound

Yes it will.

Jenni_D

I observe the same issues and was going to create a post about this, but then saw this thread.

I find that hitting Enter at the end of the line is a workaround against this "foible". It even works for a user name callout, like if @coffeehound is mentioned.

Jenni_D

Is MSE aware of this @MSE_James? (Tagged you as you seem to have responded in this board most recently).

MSE_James

Yes we've spotted this thread - thank you all for your reports. We were aware of the odd behaviour when @-mentioning a username, but the line breaks when formatting text are a new one. 

It's on my list to delve in to and make sure it's reported and raised with our suppliers if necessary.

I'll post back here when there's any update.

Manxman_in_exile

Just to add that I'm certainly experiencing this after putting text in bold. 

Seems to be more noticeable when editing - but maybe that's just because I'm more likely to put stuff in bold or italics when editing.

It's very annoying!

Jenni_D

It is annoying ... but I've got into the habit of hitting Enter right at the end of my post (whether I've used formatting or not) - this resolves the foible.  

Edit: and I go and prove myself wrong by NOT hitting Enter on this post 🤣

binao

The list increases.

Email alerts for threads I have  not book marked.

Name tagging, MSE James became MSE Martin top hint.

Problems selecting text.

Line breaks.

TIA. Thanks in advance. 

MSE_James

We believe this issue is now resolved - thank you again for your reports and your patience.

Please let us know if you see any recurrence of the problem.