ScottWorld reports an issue using Discourse on Chrome for iPad, where the text box disappears when posting or replying due to limited screen space caused by Chrome’s top tabs. Jagster suggests scrolling or using the << icon to resize the window, noting such issues are common across browsers and likely stem from iPadOS limitations. ScottWorld confirms the workaround helps for replies but not for new posts, and speculates that Discourse might need a workaround for the scrolling issue caused by Chrome’s interface.
Hello there,
I use Chrome on my iPad Air 5 as my default browser, but Discourse doesn’t seem to work on Chrome for iPad.
Whenever I am trying to post a message or reply to a message, the entire text box disappears because there is no room to display it.
Please see screenshot below.
Is there any way to workaround this issue?
Thank you!
Scroll a bit, flip direction or use << to get smaller window. Such tricks helps quite often. That happends every now and then, even with Safari, and I’m quite sure that, and several other similar issues, are from Apple/iPadOS and can`t be fixed. Ever.
Thanks, @Jagster!
I actually never saw these problems on Safari for iPad, and I used Discourse on Safari/iPad for 6 years.
However, on Chrome, tapping the >> icon seems to solve the problem when replying to messages… thank you for that tip!
However, tapping the >> doesn’t solve the issue when posting new posts.
Do you have any insights on possibly solving this problem for posting new posts?
Thank you!
Oh, I see what the problem is. The Chrome tabs at the top of the screen take up too much vertical space.
When scrolling, the tabs disappear, but it doesn’t allow scrolling when creating a new post. 
I wonder if Discourse could workaround this scrolling limitation in some way?
