# Weird Blank Space Under Post

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-blank-space-under-post/120424
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [June 15, 2019, 3:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-blank-space-under-post/120424 "2019-06-15T03:21:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author: ![Chaboi\_3000](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chaboi_3000/32/163015_2.png) [@Chaboi\_3000](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chaboi_3000)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2019, 3:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-blank-space-under-post/120424/1 "2019-06-15T03:21:21Z")

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My original topic got deleted, so here are the repro steps.

1. Open up full post from a quote. Clicking the down arrow  
 ![30%20PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/c/a/cafc4cca79123ed673b5ac5a6320cb01524a40f7.png)
2. Scroll up to the very top of the topic  
 ![40%20PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/9/5/953c95d6a3edda56eacb308e1df2cb7f73991f07.png)
3. Scroll back down to the post. You should see a white space under it.  
 ![49%20PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/c/3/c3ba44e887734c4ddbab8bd1877385f344166226.png)

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### Author: ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2019, 5:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-blank-space-under-post/120424/2 "2019-06-28T17:52:13Z")

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Can you find a post here on meta where this is happening?

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### Author: ![Chaboi\_3000](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chaboi_3000/32/163015_2.png) [@Chaboi\_3000](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chaboi_3000)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2019, 12:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-blank-space-under-post/120424/3 "2019-06-29T12:32:33Z")

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I can repro this on this post:

> [@Babble Chat](https://meta.discourse.org/t/babble-a-chat-plugin/87297/31):
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> Hmm it seems like discourse has changed the way they render their header on mobile slightly. I’ve put in a fix; let me know if that works for you. I’ve also fixed some oddness with the new post action dropdowns. Excelsior! [image] JanJoost: I took some time yesterday and created a Dutch translation Thanks for the contribution! I’ve pulled it into master and it should be available in the latest.

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### Author: ![seanblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@seanblue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seanblue)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-blank-space-under-post/120424/4 "2019-06-29T15:59:11Z")

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I can reproduce with that post as well, by using the arrow/icon that shows the whole post above.

![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/e/0/e02699f1cdbc3eee74b7c2b3651615284f89ae08.png)

I’ve had this happen to me many times, but I’ve never found clear enough repro steps to report it.

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### Author: ![Chaboi\_3000](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chaboi_3000/32/163015_2.png) [@Chaboi\_3000](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chaboi_3000)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2019, 12:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-blank-space-under-post/120424/5 "2019-08-13T00:59:41Z")

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Bumping because this hasn’t been fixed for a while. Any updates/plans to fix this?

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### Author: ![Ed\_S](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ed_s/32/134015_2.png) [@Ed\_S](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ed_S)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2023, 12:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-blank-space-under-post/120424/6 "2023-09-01T12:16:26Z")

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Just seen the big blank space in a PM topic on my instance. I see the div for the head post has a min-height of 1561.19p and I can’t see why it should have any min-height. There are no images nearby. We have no plugins or adverts.

Screenshot (scaled down massively)

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/4/a/4/4a46368c40cc41075a631bbfd2014619e7ff6e19.png)

Here’s a clip from Chrome’s inspect window:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/5/1/c/51c679cb92af9d08be99c64c1ad96a335190a66f.png)

I’m running Google Chrome 116.0.5845.110 on Mac OS.

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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2023, 12:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-blank-space-under-post/120424/7 "2023-09-01T12:18:09Z")

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Is it similar to this one?

> [@Clicking on links in posts and go back makes incorrect post height](https://meta.discourse.org/t/clicking-on-links-in-posts-and-go-back-makes-incorrect-post-height/271708):
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> Hello waving_hand If I click an inline link in a topic post and go back to the topic than the posts has incorrect calculated (heigher) height. Repro: Go to for example this topic [Do we need a help button on the composer? - #13 by Don](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-we-need-a-help-button-on-the-composer/72505/13) Click the link on that topic: New User Tips Go back to that topic with the browser or os native navigation. Or clicking the back link under the post. On desktop view On mobile view Thank you slightly_smiling_face

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### Author: ![Ed\_S](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ed_s/32/134015_2.png) [@Ed\_S](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ed_S)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2023, 12:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-blank-space-under-post/120424/8 "2023-09-01T12:24:21Z")

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Ah, yes, I think it might be. Feel free to move my post. Also, might it be related to “topic list previews”? That’s the default theme and my preferred theme. I selected a different theme and it didn’t seem to happen, on my instance.
