Usercards screenwrap back to you when scrolling away far enough to load new posts

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The issue involves a usercard reappearing unexpectedly when scrolling away from its original post, creating confusion as it appears in a different context. twofoursixeight reported the bug, reproducing it on Linux Mint 22 with Firefox, using the mousewheel. lindsey asked for device and browser details, and twofoursixeight noted it didn’t occur on tablets, suggesting it’s desktop-specific. j.jaffeux clarified that the usercard isn’t designed to close on scroll, but the behavior of it reappearing outside its original context is problematic. lindsey confirmed the concern: the usercard appears open but not tied to its original post, which may be a usability issue despite not being a strict bug.

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Reproduction steps:

  1. Click on a usercard.
  2. Scroll away from that user’s usercard.
  3. The usercard appears again even though you have not clicked on their usercard afterwards.

Video:

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Hey @twofoursixeight, thanks for the report — could you please include your device / browser / version details so we can try to reproduce?

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That was reproduced on a linux mint 22 machine running firefox. I don’t have access to it right now but it was running the latest version.
I will check if I can reproduce on my mobile devices. I cannot reproduce on my tablets as touching the screen makes the usercard disappear, so I presume this only happened to my desktop device. It involved using the mousewheel I believe.

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We don’t close user card on scroll, we could close it when it goes significantly out of viewport though.

So not a bug per say, it’s expected behavior atm.

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I think the issue here is that the open user card is appearing outside its original context. It’s a little tricky to tell in the video but I think what’s happening is:

  • Open user card on post A
  • Without closing the user card, scroll up or down a ways
  • Same user card appears opened, but not on post A

I can’t reproduce it at the moment — for me, if I open a user card on post A and scroll way up / down, the user card only shows as opened when I scroll past post A.