Users report a bug on mobile where moving selected posts to a new topic is difficult because the action dialog appears at the top of the page, forcing users to “chase” it as new posts load while scrolling downey. maia_internet confirms the annoyance and notes they’re on Discourse v1.4.0.beta10. codinghorror asks eviltrout to investigate, suspecting a regression. eviltrout explains the behavior is a workaround for iOS’s broken position: fixed support, requiring users to scroll to the top. tophee questions if the iOS bug still exists and suggests adding a hint or limiting the workaround to iOS. eviltrout confirms iOS still has issues and asks where a hint should go. sam proposes placing a hint near the wrench icon on mobile. tophee shares a mockup and suggests long-pressing the “selected” button as an alternative. Finally, sam notes the mobile UI has since been revamped, making post-moving easier — implying the issue is resolved in newer versions.
Sorry but I’m on the go and the nature of this problem didn’t allow me to do any screenshot.
After selecting 1+ posts with the wrench in a looong topic, I can’t then move the post to a new topic, because the blue dialog box is at the very top of the page. When I scroll up, I can’t use the dialog because more posts keep loading. As a result I’m constantly “chasing” the dialog.
Indeed, It’s rather annoying having to chase up the screen or goto the post count box and click top.
I’m on Discourse v1.4.0.beta10 +17
cheers
This might have regressed, can you check it tomorrow @eviltrout? Selecting / moving posts on mobile.
I believe we did this to get around position: fixed bugs in ios. It still works, but you have to scroll to the top of the topic to do it.
Does this bug still exist today? If not, it would be great to get rid of that work around. I was also thinking the select posts function is broken on mobile…
If the work around is still necessary, it would we have some hint after selecting a post on mobile that you have to scroll up for further action? Or at least limit the workaround to ios devices?
As of the latest major iOS release, yes. They are still really screwed with postion: fixed.
I’m not sure how the hint would work. Where would you suggest to put it?
We could put a hint near the wrench on mobile, then you would click on it to scroll up for actions, or something like that
Admittedly, it’s not great. But it could work with half the font size of “selected”. But here’s what I actually tried, first thing of all: long press the “selected” button. Could that be a solution?
UI has been totally revamped on mobile and it is easy to move posts now.
