Too much white space..

MikeJXE

It's ok  on MacBook Pro and iPad

Not so on iPhone so seems to be smart phone related 

glennevis

Brie said:

I don't get any of that with a pc.

Mobile phones and (some) tablets have narrower screens.

Don't developers ever test on mobile platforms before deployment (sigh)?

MSE_James

Our forum software provider released a software update last night that had a few unwanted side effects - rest assured we'll be liaising with them to get things back to normal

vic_sf49

Thanks for commenting on here everyone, I was just about to faff about with settings, but it's not user error this time. Phew.

Seeing this fault on an 8" Samsung tablet, using Firefox browser.

MSE_Stephen

Hi everyone.

I'm working on a temporary fix while we wait for our forum provider to look into this.
Hopefully it'll be in place soon.

MSE_Stephen

...and I've just added a temporary fix. 

Please let us know if you see anything that doesn't look right. 

There are still some pages where you'll se spaces:

- The Homepage
- Search results
- Latest Threads

Those need a bigger change. But I'll add our fix to that page later today if we don't see any problems caused with this fix.
(Edit. Bigger temporary fix now in place)

Gerry1

There's too much white space within individual posts.

When you hit Return at the end of a paragraph the system adds another line break automatically.  It also adds more breaks at the end of a post, more and more as you keep editing.

If you compare my posts with those of @Scot_39 you'll see what I mean.

Until it's fixed the answer is to hit Return only once at the end of a paragraph.  In Windows you can click on the </> symbol and delete unnecessary appearances of <br>.

Scot_39

If I leave a blank line between paragraphs the system inserts space. 

So this line has a spare line above it but not below it - and that makes it look crowded as type. 

So this line probably looks better spaced when view posts - but looks cramped as typed. 

I suspected for a while my issue might be in part that I block typekit on some of my systems - blocked by my script blocker under Firefox on my Windows PCs - and as it doesnt get a clear rating from all major security suite providers I wont tend to enable it. 

And the button </> makes it look even less legible before posting - havent tried going back in to edit.

PS I do sometimes look at the posts and go back in and delete some of the spaces - but its a pain.

Edit PPS

But some of my posts will be from Chrome on Android systems  - Samsung phone and tablet - and Chrome and or Firefox on Linux.  

Scot_39

If I leave a blank line between paragraphs the system inserts space. So this line has a spare line above it but not below it - and that makes it look crowded as type. So this line probably looks better spaced when view posts - but looks cramped as typed. I suspected for a while my issue might be in part that I block typekit on some of my systems - blocked by my script blocker under Firefox on my Windows PCs - and as it doesnt get a clear rating from all major security suite providers I wont tend to enable it. And the button makes it look even less legible before posting - havent tried going back in to edit.

If I use the </> it seems to convert everything into one formatless paragraph.  Which people often complain about.

MSE_Stephen

Hi everyone

I think this issue has been resolved earlier this month.

I'm going to remove the fix I put in last month. Please let me know if you see any issues with whitespace.