The Gramps FOSS Discourse support forum is a hosted instance provided by the Discourse project. (Thank you) A recent update makes the new posting Editor less usable on small mobile devices (smart phones) When replying to a Topic, all the features are accessible. Even after clicking in the (tiny) c…

Hi Brian :slight_smile: It looks like you may have switched to desktop view on that device. Could you try switching back to the mobile view and see if that helps? [IMG_3580]

That’s better. (Although the icon to switch to Mobile is a bit of an Easter Egg. You have to know to select the Hamburger menu icon to reveal it.) We used to have a custom prompt in the text area. ((Please include your Gramps version and Operating System)) Now you’ve dragooned that for your prompt…

[image] Brian McCullough: That’s better. (Although the icon to switch to Mobile is a bit of an Easter Egg. You have to know to select the Hamburger menu icon to reveal it.) There is also a #theme-component which shows a banner when you use desktop view on mobile. [image] …

[image] Moin: There is also a #theme-component::category which shows a banner when you use desktop view on mobile. That looks cool. Unfortunately, the free hosted system doesn’t really allow add-ons. We’re serving as crash test dummies teetering on the bleeding edge. Which is a good trade-of…

Don’t mobile keyboards take up like, half the screen anyway? So it’s bound to cover up some stuff (e.g. post replies when editing a post).

[image] justanotherperson: So it’s bound to cover up some stuff ( Except that the Reply CSS correctly pushed the buttons above the virtual keyboard. But the New Topic does not. The difference seems to be that the Reply starts with the Text box inactive. (So no virtual keyboard) The New Top…

You can have #theme-component on the Free plan. :+1: (But your #plugin are the ones available on the Standard plan, and Translator is currently available on the Enterprise plans). (The Basic plan, however, doesn’t allow theme components)

[image] JammyDodger: You can have #theme-component::category on the Free plan. Great! We are in crunch time… 2 weeks to a new release of our genealogy software. So I will set a 1-month reminder to talk to our webmaster about that Desktop-Theme-on-a-Mobile banner. The Translator probably is …

This #theme-component might interest you. It will display a banner on mobile if in desktop mode. [image] Desktop to Mobile View Banner Theme component information_source Summary This theme component adds a warning banner on a mobile device if it’s using …

Those are great! Thanks @Heliosurge Thanks to everyone.

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There is also a #theme-component which shows a banner when you use desktop view on mobile.

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