# UX **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/ux/9.md?page=17 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 18 --- ## [Export event data is a bit painful, and email addresses would be useful](https://meta.discourse.org/t/export-event-data-is-a-bit-painful-and-email-addresses-would-be-useful/242153)
**Author:** [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 12:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/export-event-data-is-a-bit-painful-and-email-addresses-would-be-useful/242153 "2025-08-11T00:52:36Z")
Using the Creating and managing events functionality, I find it quite cumbersome to download and use the . Currently it uses a similar mechanism to the User Export, giving you: a zip file via a PM to those with edit p… --- ## [Featured Categories + Latest Posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/featured-categories-latest-posts/377859)
**Author:** [@agemo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/agemo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2025, 8:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/featured-categories-latest-posts/377859 "2025-08-08T20:34:31Z")
This might be a feature request but it might be handled by a plugin or theme already but I am unaware of it, so I thought posting here as it’s a UX UI outcome bottom line. It would be cool to be able to blend the catego… --- ## [HTML entity issue in notification pop-up – Apostrophe displayed incorrectly (' instead of ')](https://meta.discourse.org/t/html-entity-issue-in-notification-pop-up-apostrophe-displayed-incorrectly-x27-instead-of/368710)
**Author:** [@Samar\_Othmeni](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Samar_Othmeni)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2025, 5:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/html-entity-issue-in-notification-pop-up-apostrophe-displayed-incorrectly-x27-instead-of/368710 "2025-08-07T17:47:39Z")
Hello everyone :waving\_hand: I’m currently facing a small display bug in my self-hosted Discourse instance (version \[add your version if known\]). When a user receives their first notification, the popup shows an HTML e… --- ## [Add Footnote option to the composer gear menu](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-footnote-option-to-the-composer-gear-menu/287688)
**Author:** [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 9:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-footnote-option-to-the-composer-gear-menu/287688 "2025-08-06T21:37:53Z")
Now that this is in core, would it make sense to have it in the :gear: menu of the Composer? --- ## [Scrollbars on backup page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/scrollbars-on-backup-page/377396)
**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 8:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/scrollbars-on-backup-page/377396 "2025-08-06T08:08:51Z")
I have noticed scrollbars on the backup page. But I don’t understand why these are needed. There is no missing content. They disappear when the window reaches a certain width. --- ## [Buttons to order items in value lists is difficult to find on touch devices](https://meta.discourse.org/t/buttons-to-order-items-in-value-lists-is-difficult-to-find-on-touch-devices/377400)
**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/buttons-to-order-items-in-value-lists-is-difficult-to-find-on-touch-devices/377400 "2025-08-05T16:57:18Z")
The buttons to change the order of items on value-list site settings is difficult to find on touch devices because it’s only visible on hover. (I have already re-entered everything to achieve the order I wanted because I… --- ## [Draft topic with scheduled publication misses destination category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/draft-topic-with-scheduled-publication-misses-destination-category/368347)
**Author:** [@hellekin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hellekin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2025, 10:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/draft-topic-with-scheduled-publication-misses-destination-category/368347 "2025-08-04T22:09:57Z")
Edit: @tobiaseigen moved to Contribute \> UX because there is no bug but it is easy to make a mistake here that could be rectified with some UX improvements, described below. Continuing the discussion from Allow tags in… --- ## [Category badge missing on group permission and user summary page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-badge-missing-on-group-permission-and-user-summary-page/365301)
**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2025, 8:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-badge-missing-on-group-permission-and-user-summary-page/365301 "2025-08-04T20:09:07Z")
This is kind of the opposite of Category names missing on group permissions page and Top topics text missing. Now the name is shown but the icon is missing. https://meta.discourse.org/g/team/permissions https://… --- ## [No Gap Between Vote Count and Tags in Topic List](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-gap-between-vote-count-and-tags-in-topic-list/298250)
**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-gap-between-vote-count-and-tags-in-topic-list/298250 "2025-08-04T16:27:16Z")
When you look at the topic list using mobile view, depending on the tag styling, the gap between the tag and vote count is missing. As long as the tag styling is set to simple, everything is fine. But when you set i… --- ## [Color palette problem](https://meta.discourse.org/t/color-palette-problem/357252)
**Author:** [@tenisforum](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tenisforum)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2025, 3:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/color-palette-problem/357252 "2025-08-04T15:56:50Z")
hello, I’m using mint theme on my website and having an issue about colors. there is dark/light mode button on the top, and whenever I change the color of background of the button, it also changing the button color so it… --- ## [Quoted username in reply appears right justified in post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quoted-username-in-reply-appears-right-justified-in-post/376994)
**Author:** [@pmcpa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pmcpa)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2025, 2:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quoted-username-in-reply-appears-right-justified-in-post/376994 "2025-08-04T14:38:08Z")
Rich text enabled or disabled, since updating self hosted install to 3.5.0.beta9-dev ( dfd0c5208c ), The username above a quote appears hard right justified. This is different from the preview shown, and the tradition… --- ## [CSS regression: .navigation-container border-bottom has no spacing after latest update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/css-regression-navigation-container-border-bottom-has-no-spacing-after-latest-update/377088)
**Author:** [@xkhalid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xkhalid)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2025, 2:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/css-regression-navigation-container-border-bottom-has-no-spacing-after-latest-update/377088 "2025-08-04T14:10:50Z")
Hi Discourse team :waving\_hand:, After the latest update, I noticed a CSS regression related to the .navigation-container element in category pages. Previously, there was a natural spacing or margin between the bottom … --- ## [Very minor tag issue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/very-minor-tag-issue/375029)
**Author:** [@Cate\_Soule](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Cate_Soule)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2025, 11:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/very-minor-tag-issue/375029 "2025-08-04T11:28:58Z")
Hi, I’ve noticed a small inconsistency with the tag display style when using the “box” setting. In my forum, I’ve set the tag style to “box” under the tag settings. On the homepage (which is set to Categories and Lates… --- ## [A table renders outside the boundaries of the post/comment](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-table-renders-outside-the-boundaries-of-the-post-comment/375689)
**Author:** [@roke\_julian\_lockhart](https://meta.discourse.org/u/roke_julian_lockhart)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2025, 9:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-table-renders-outside-the-boundaries-of-the-post-comment/375689 "2025-08-04T09:58:33Z")
Context This problem was originally discovered at: …hence it content. However, this method of embedding HTML5 inside Markdown tables is common: \[1\] Reproducible Example \Here's something to make y'all think!\ … --- ## [Chat UI: Emojis render as shortcodes in thread previews](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-ui-emojis-render-as-shortcodes-in-thread-previews/376985)
**Author:** [@Nima1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nima1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2025, 8:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-ui-emojis-render-as-shortcodes-in-thread-previews/376985 "2025-08-04T08:29:46Z")
I’d like to report a UI rendering bug in the Discourse Chat plugin. In the chat channel list, the preview for the latest message in a thread displays the raw emoji shortcode instead of the rendered emoji. Steps to Repro… --- ## [Icons in topic titles miss a space in link anchors](https://meta.discourse.org/t/icons-in-topic-titles-miss-a-space-in-link-anchors/376203)
**Author:** [@hellekin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hellekin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2025, 10:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/icons-in-topic-titles-miss-a-space-in-link-anchors/376203 "2025-07-31T10:59:07Z")
Topic title is « :compass: Getting started… » but links show with a missing space: --- ## [Discourse: the video player should fit to the aspect ratio](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-the-video-player-should-fit-to-the-aspect-ratio/376659)
**Author:** [@twofoursixeight](https://meta.discourse.org/u/twofoursixeight)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2025, 4:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-the-video-player-should-fit-to-the-aspect-ratio/376659 "2025-07-31T04:48:30Z")
I’m not sure what category to choose, but I assume it’s a UX thing. Anyways the viewport of videos in Discourse meta appear to typically be 16:9 aspect ratio regardless of what size the video is? I wonder if there’s a wa… --- ## [Having too many Theme Components stretches the Theme edit page out very long](https://meta.discourse.org/t/having-too-many-theme-components-stretches-the-theme-edit-page-out-very-long/376400)
**Author:** [@Kartoon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kartoon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/having-too-many-theme-components-stretches-the-theme-edit-page-out-very-long/376400 "2025-07-29T15:42:45Z")
This might be related to the new change mentioned in the update or not but it’s somewhat recent. When I used to add components it would stack the list vertically (and would cut off the bottom ones, I’d have to go to the … --- ## [Creating events doesn't respect user's 12 hour time locale](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-events-doesnt-respect-users-12-hour-time-locale/359845)
**Author:** [@SkyeDragon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SkyeDragon)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2025, 8:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-events-doesnt-respect-users-12-hour-time-locale/359845 "2025-07-27T20:52:15Z")
There is a small bug where the plugin does not respect the user’s 12-hour time locale when creating an event, and instead always shows 24-hour time locale. This makes entering events cumbersome and error-prone for US us… --- ## [Opening PDF after save to iOS home screen](https://meta.discourse.org/t/opening-pdf-after-save-to-ios-home-screen/376033)
**Author:** [@Halden42](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Halden42)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2025, 10:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/opening-pdf-after-save-to-ios-home-screen/376033 "2025-07-27T10:18:38Z")
i have found a workaround for this i’d like to share. if you use S3 or another external provider for uploads, you can safely ignore this topic. My workaround only applies to hosting’s where the uploads are stored local… --- ## [Do not swap Approve / Reject buttons in the spam queue!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-not-swap-approve-reject-buttons-in-the-spam-queue/375951)
**Author:** [@Laurent](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Laurent)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2025, 12:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-not-swap-approve-reject-buttons-in-the-spam-queue/375951 "2025-07-26T12:29:54Z")
We’ve been getting a lot of spam lately, sometimes 10-15 posts, and it’s very obvious they are spam so I go very quickly through them to delete and block the user. Doing so made me realise that Discourse has two GUI to … --- ## [When translated, use target language to identify original one](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-translated-use-target-language-to-identify-original-one/375942)
**Author:** [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2025, 11:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-translated-use-target-language-to-identify-original-one/375942 "2025-07-26T11:34:16Z")
I count this as an UX issue: If wanted to tell the original language there should be used same form thru whole sentence: for English speakers in suomi doesn’t mean anything and it should be in Finnish. --- ## [Avatar menu entries are bold](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-menu-entries-are-bold/375704)
**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2025, 10:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-menu-entries-are-bold/375704 "2025-07-24T22:09:14Z")
Is it expected that the icons are blue and the text is bold? --- ## [Moderator shield tooltip translation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderator-shield-tooltip-translation/375595)
**Author:** [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2025, 5:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderator-shield-tooltip-translation/375595 "2025-07-24T17:44:13Z")
Hello :waving\_hand: It appears that when you hover over the moderator shield, the tooltip displayed seem to display the language before the actual string of text its meant to show. Below are a few examples of it happen… --- ## [Groups Tab in Admin Inconsistent With Other Tabs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/groups-tab-in-admin-inconsistent-with-other-tabs/224825)
**Author:** [@JamesNorth](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JamesNorth)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2025, 12:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/groups-tab-in-admin-inconsistent-with-other-tabs/224825 "2025-07-24T12:09:51Z")
Hi Folks, I use the Groups tab a fair bit in the Admin menu and always find it bizarre and inconsistent that it kind of leaves the rest of the Admin menu tabs behind when you click on it. Here is a video of me clicking… --- ## ['More topics' area in PMs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-topics-area-in-pms/375521)
**Author:** [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2025, 11:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-topics-area-in-pms/375521 "2025-07-23T23:40:26Z")
In PMs, there is a bar at the bottom, below the topic controls. Upon Inspection, it seems to be an area for ‘More topics’: As compared to normal topics, where it’s used for e.g. New and Unread topics/Related topi… --- ## [‘Expand quote’ arrow new line creates gap in quote style](https://meta.discourse.org/t/expand-quote-arrow-new-line-creates-gap-in-quote-style/375067)
**Author:** [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2025, 7:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/expand-quote-arrow-new-line-creates-gap-in-quote-style/375067 "2025-07-23T19:36:35Z")
I’ve been seeing a few of these about recently where the ‘expand quote’ arrow is forced onto a new line due to topic title and/or category length, breaking the flow of the quote formatting: I imagine it’s scree… --- ## [Wrong text color when hovering buttons on the 404 page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wrong-text-color-when-hovering-buttons-on-the-404-page/343829)
**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2025, 9:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wrong-text-color-when-hovering-buttons-on-the-404-page/343829 "2025-07-23T09:02:02Z")
Moving the mouse over buttons on the 404 page makes the text the same color as their background: The buttons’ focus state is ok and doesn’t display the issue. The issue doesn’t occur with the search button at the ver… --- ## [Category and tag badges are misaligned and lose their colour in quotes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-and-tag-badges-are-misaligned-and-lose-their-colour-in-quotes/372897)
**Author:** [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 10:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-and-tag-badges-are-misaligned-and-lose-their-colour-in-quotes/372897 "2025-07-22T10:55:09Z")
Title says it all really. :slight\_smile: But here’s a screenshot to provide some extra visuals: Should a deactivated user receive an email? - #21 by JammyDodger --- ## [Can the "groups" link on \`/admin/users\` link to \`/admin/groups\` instead of \`/g\`](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-the-groups-link-on-admin-users-link-to-admin-groups-instead-of-g/375106)
**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-the-groups-link-on-admin-users-link-to-admin-groups-instead-of-g/375106 "2025-07-21T17:32:25Z")
Is there a reason why the groups link at /admin/users still links to /g instead of /admin/groups? I always find it a bit confusing when I am taken out of the admin area and then have to switch back to it via the side… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/ux/9.md?page=16) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/ux/9.md?page=18)