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Author Topic: Forum weirdness, forum doesn't recognize a single <Return> (FIXED)  (Read 702 times)

martinuzz

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For about 1.5 - 2 years now, whenever I type a post on these forums, it does not recognise single <Return>.
If I want my text to jump to the next line, I need to add an extra line of blank space (by typing another <Return>).
The forum turns text that should look like this:
One sentence.
Two sentences
Three sentences


Into this:
One sentenceTwo sentencesThree sentences.

I have no idea how or why, it just suddenly started doing that about 1.5 years ago.

EDIT: it only does this for this forum.  It is not pc-specific, it started on my old laptop and persists on my new laptop.
« Last Edit: December 22, 2020, 09:48:48 am by martinuzz »
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Re: Forum weirdness, forum doesn't recognize a single <Return>
« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2020, 12:55:51 pm »

Hmmm. I tested, and it's normal for me. Maybe your computer is cursed.
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Re: Forum weirdness, forum doesn't recognize a single <Return>
« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2020, 02:14:37 pm »

Any browser differences? Plugins?

Maybe it's not sending a proper newline or whatever the forum or javascript expect.
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martinuzz

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Re: Forum weirdness, forum doesn't recognize a single <Return>
« Reply #3 on: December 21, 2020, 02:25:11 pm »

Nah, my add-ons and browser (Firefox) pre-date the issue as far as I am aware.
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We can ­disagree and still love each other, ­unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist - James Baldwin

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Re: Forum weirdness, forum doesn't recognize a single <Return>
« Reply #4 on: December 21, 2020, 06:31:59 pm »

Bay12 uses SMF software and on the SMF site, this is a similar problem with no clear solution.

But there is high certainty that if it recurs on both old and new pc, the forum user account settings are involved.
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Re: Forum weirdness, forum doesn't recognize a single <Return>
« Reply #5 on: December 21, 2020, 07:02:12 pm »

Ok so go into your profile settings (Modify Profile > Look and Feel) and uncheck the "show WYSYWIG by default."

Turning that on for me resulted in the same error you have.

Unchecking makes it work "like it should."
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martinuzz

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Re: Forum weirdness, forum doesn't recognize a single <Return>
« Reply #6 on: December 21, 2020, 10:47:18 pm »

Testing...
Testing..


EDIT: IT WORKS!

Thanks for the fix, you just cured me from 1.5 years of huh wtf.
No idea how that option got turned on though, I swear I never touched those profile settings.


« Last Edit: December 21, 2020, 10:49:42 pm by martinuzz »
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We can ­disagree and still love each other, ­unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist - James Baldwin

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Re: Forum weirdness, forum doesn't recognize a single <Return>
« Reply #7 on: December 23, 2020, 08:04:12 pm »

No idea how that option got turned on though, I swear I never touched those profile settings.

*looks at martinuzz' personal text*

hmmm...
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