Questions tagged [notification-bar]
The notification bar refers to the messages that appear in a banner on the top of the page until you dismiss them. These banners are used to welcome new users, inform users of new privileges they've gained among other messages.
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"Tag edit confirmed" notification seems to use relative or wrong URIs [duplicate]
While being at networkengineering.stackexchange.com I noticed that I had received a "tag edit confirmation" for "UNIX & Linux".
However when clicking on the notification I ...
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Can the AI banner disappear globally once dismissed on any site?
I've dismissed it here on MSE, but I still see it on Super User. Given that I've already seen and dismissed the banner once, I don't really want to have to dismiss it on each site.
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Vote buttons in the banner are different from the actual vote buttons
When you visit a site you haven't joined yet, it shows this banner:
The current vote buttons don't match with the ones in the banner. Is there a redesign in progress for the banner?
Note: From my ...
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Hide Meta banner on the Enter the Private Beta page
The "Enter the Private Beta" page (visible if you open https://languagedesign.stackexchange.com/ in a private window, or in a regular window if you haven't joined yet) contains a banner ...
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Can the banner on Beta sites be closable?
I joined a site in Private Beta, and there is a banner at the top of the page. Here's a screenshot of it (laptop)
Here is a screenshot of the whole page (mobile device)
And the transcribed version (...
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Tags linked in the site maintenance banner can be updated to avoid synonym tags [duplicate]
During Site Maintenance there is a banner for read-only mode, which contains the following content.
This site is currently in read-only mode. We’ll return with full functionality soon. Visit our ...
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The "You can accept your own answer in <period>" alert is missing a period․
When trying to accept your own answer too early, you get an alert like
You can accept your own answer in 11 hours
According to the Stacks design guidelines, it is missing a period; it's a full ...
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Read-only mode banner has broken link to stackstatus.net
The banner that appears on the sites when they're in read-only mode reads as follows:
This site is currently in read-only mode. We’ll return with full functionality soon. Follow @StackStatus, visit ...
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In the top banner shown to users who haven't logged in, the site description is inaccurate on per-site metas [duplicate]
Let's take a look at the text in the top banner of Ask Ubuntu Meta:
Ask Ubuntu Meta is a question and answer site for Ubuntu users and developers. It only takes a minute to sign up.
Well, Ask Ubuntu ...
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How do I get rid of the banner on Bioacoustics beta?
I thought that visiting meta there might make the banner disappear when returning to the main site, but no.
Logging out and returning to the site didn't help either.
Please can we have a "close ...
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Banners clutter search engine results
I am not sure under which exact circumstances this happens, but when doing a Google search this morning for "Warning: use -cacerts option to access cacerts keystore" I noticed that banners, ...
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"Please consider nominating in the current election" banner is shown to anonymous and low-rep users
If you visit a site that has a running election in the nomination phase (example, at the time of writing the post), you get a banner with the following message:
We need your help! Please consider ...
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Link to "recent meta posts" search results in "read-only mode" banner contains redundant tags
The site has this banner right now that there is an ongoing maintenance:
This site is currently in read-only mode. We’ll return with full functionality soon. Follow @StackStatus, visit our status ...
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Improve Meta awareness banner on private beta sites
Sites in private beta (current example – screenshot for when it reaches public beta) have a yellow banner on all pages making users aware of the Meta site:
got a question about the site itself? ...
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'Duplicate accepted' banner suggests there are multiple originals
When you 'accept' a duplicate target for your question, the question will be closed and a banner will be shown:
Great! We'll associate your post with these questions so future visitors can easily ...
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Why is the "load new answers" link so low contrast in this orange top bar notification?
I ran into this top bar notification earlier. The orange looks really off on GD.SE but I can understand a bright color would be used to make it visible. It left me wondering if it was related to the ...
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Why does the "welcome back" banner appear on almost every question? [duplicate]
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I really often vote on questions and answers. I really do. I don't if I read it partially or so.
But I keep seeing this annoying banner even if I see a given question for the first time.
It ...
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I filled out a survey and now the system is thanking me all the time
I've just finished answering this survey, and now every time I go to some page at SOpt, it shows me this banner:
It happens for every single page I visit on SOpt (main and meta). It doesn't happen ...
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No notification for new answers [duplicate]
Today I got a new answer to my question: It's possible to create empty content fields - particularly question titles and bodies - on sites but no notification was ...
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Podcast advertisement banner does not hide permanently after clicking "Listen Now"
Today a new top notification bar appeared on Stack Overflow to advertise the podcast:
When I click "Listen Now", the link opens in the background and the banner hides itself on SO.
But if I ...
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Close Stack Exchange chat banner by clicking anywhere
To me, a little but convenient feature would be to close the "Welcome to the Stack Exchange network chat" banner by clicking anywhere (like the Next Badge menu, which has an X but closes ...
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"don't forget to vote both the question and the answers up" even when they're all locked
When I visit a site I haven't visited (while logged in) for a while, I see:
Welcome back! If you found this question useful, don't forget to vote both the question and the answers up.
That's often ...
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Is it possible to disable the Welcome Back banner?
I have been a Stack Exchange member for over 6 years, with accounts on over 90 sites. I have several thousand total rep. I've seen the "Welcome Back" banner hundreds of times and clicked "close this ...
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I'd like the reopen notification removed from my notification history if possible (/ bug report)
About 10 minutes ago, this question of mine was reopened after being closed as a dupe. This gave me a notification that I've never seen before:
Hooray, this question was reopened! Anyone can answer ...
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Why is the "Through the loop" banner only on Stack Overflow?
When I happened to visit Stack Overflow today, I noticed a banner advertising the "Through the loop" survey:
However, I hadn't seen this banner on any other site on the network:
Is this status-...
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Can we reserve the top bar announcements for actual site news?
Would it be possible for Stack Exchange to reserve top bar announcements for things that are actually important to the network, and not use them to advertise things like the podcast? We've got the ...
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Option to hide the "Sorry, we no longer support Internet Explorer" banner? [duplicate]
Recently, official support for Internet Explorer ended. Ref this question (status-complete):
Maybe it's time to formally drop support for IE 11
Due to dumb IT policies at work, out of my control,...
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Add a way to dismiss the "Internet Explorer is no longer supported" banner
When browsing the site using Internet Explorer, a new banner indicating that IE is no longer officially supported appears:
Unfortunately, there is no way to dismiss this prompt. Can there please be a ...
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Notification Bar (podcast, etc.) should be dismissed on sites where you don't have an account
Opening bug report for:
Ooh, good point. We can actually fix that, though. Would you mind writing up a separate bug report for that, please? – Adam Lear♦︎
Have an account on any Stack Exchange ...
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Dismiss the "Meet The Overflow" and Podcast Episode banners network-wide
There's a new banner shown on some of the technology Stack Exchange sites:
Meet The Overflow, a newsletter by developers, for developers. Fascinating questions, illuminating answers, and ...
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Flag ban banner showing false ban lift day [duplicate]
Not that I am complaining about being allowed to flag posts, but I got really scared when I saw this banner in my flag history after I had randomly tried to flag a post and succeeded and assumed that ...
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Show banner asking for nominations only when user has enough reputation
When visiting Tor Stack Exchange, I'm seeing the following banner:
Want to help moderate this community? We need more candidates in the ongoing election!
It's a decent idea for getting more ...
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"This post has been deleted - no more edits are allowed" when editing own Roomba'd question
While editing one of my questions which got Roomba'd, I got a "This post has been deleted - no more edits are allowed" banner, and the 'Save Edits' button was disabled:
As mentioned here, I could ...
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Persistence of already viewed activity changes on the profile page
This has always confused me. I'm not sure if it's a deliberate design that takes reputation points into account (for some reason), or a bug.
When I get responses and/or new reputation points, the top-...
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Tell answer-author when the question is being voted to close
When I am in the editor writing an answer to a question, the system will notify me (in real time!) when another answer has been posted. This is presumably so I can see if the new answer may have ...
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Automatically dismiss 'Please consider adding a comment' message when loading next review
Whenever you cast a downvote, if you have less than 2k reputation, you get a message reminding you
Please consider adding a comment if you think this post can be improved.
This used to be shown ...
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Can we please nuke the "Welcome Back" banner?
I've got accounts on a lot of sites across the network. Some I use daily, others are more ad-hoc.
Every time I visit a site I haven't seen in a while, I get
Welcome back! If you found this question ...
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How to hide the welcome back message effectively? [duplicate]
In theory, using the * wildcard on uBlock Origin should work, but it doesn't:
*.stackexchange.com###overlay-header
How to do this properly?
Related: Disable “don't forget to vote” message in Meta ...
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Reputation notifications seem to be broken again
Likely the same problem that happened on Are the reputation notifications broken again? (April 2017) and Reputation not appearing in Rep. Notification Queue - yet it is given silently (August 2018). ...
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The "don't forget to vote" message should not be telling me to upvote answers if I found the question useful
So there is this message that I saw for the first time today that says:
Welcome back! If you found this question useful, don't forget to vote
both the question and the answers up.
Here is a ...
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"comment shorter than 15" notification is blocked and makes the whole answer scrollable
See the pale yellow "box" below the "Add Comment" button. Y'all know it's the "comment must have at least 15 characters" notification, and it's just cut in half and no readable text is shown.
Plus, ...
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Don't you think minus rep could cause negative effect? [duplicate]
When you gain something, it means that you will lose it some days. That is indeed. However, there is 2 kinds of losing. Lost something without aware of it and vice versa. And I believe that when we ...
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The site description in the hero header is wrong for per site metas
The hero header contains the same description for the main and meta sites. Here's the one for Meta Stack Overflow:
Meta Stack Overflow is a question and answer site for professional and enthusiast ...
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How will SE draw attention to the Code of Conduct once it's no longer new?
The Code of Conduct is still new right now, so it appears in the notification bar at the top of the page:
Join us in building a kind, collaborative learning community via our updated Code of ...
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Code of Conduct banner needs closing everytime on a site [closed]
After the enforcement of "New code of Conduct", a new message banner appeared on all the sites across the network.
We can close it by clicking a 'X' mark at the right corner. This needs to be closed ...
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Code of Conduct banner looks awkward on some sites (GD, AU)
The new Code of Conduct banner is displayed awkwardly on some sites; there's a rather large gap between the top bar and the banner. Check Graphic Design (... the irony ...)
and Ask Ubuntu:
On ...
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Code of Conduct banner fails to 'Be Nice' (enough) for small screens
When viewing Meta Stack Exchange (with the responsive design) on Safari on iOS (or any browser with a small width), the text in the Code of Conduct banner overlaps with the site icon. The link (in ...
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Welcome back banner isn't centered
The 'Welcome Back' banner isn't centered:
Here's another example on Physics.SE:
I'm currently on Chrome v64.0.3282.140, but I reproduced in Safari 11:
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"Thanks for the feedback" notification persists for less than four seconds
I downvoted an answer in the Stack Exchange Android app and I got a notification at the top of the app saying
Thanks for the feedback! Votes cast by those with less than 125 reputation are ...
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Vote prompt on locked posts [duplicate]
So this popped up
But the prompt makes absolutely no sense since the post is locked.
Should this be fixed?
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