Questions tagged [user-interface]
For questions about the user interface elements (inputs, checkboxes, etc.) that make up this site. For questions about the design of elements, use the [design] tag.
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Change the attach-pictures icon to something more appropriate?
We spend a lot of time explaining to newbies that the "attach photo" button is the mountain-landscape icon.
Aren't we overdue to replace that icon with something more self-evident, like a ...
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Can we have the SE site's clicked icon enlarge but zoom upward, and put the open button at top?
When I start SE at https://stackexchange.com/sites?view=grid, the sites are tiles to be clicked on. When I click on a tile, it enlarges, then zooms down so it lines up with the row below, and the open ...
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How can I hide related questions section in all sites?
I suppose this is trivial, but my Google searching didn't yield any solution.
I suppose you all know what "related questions" means, the section of the sidebar (or middle bar) that displays ...
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Close button for 'join this community' banner is too low contrast
The close button on the sign up banner when visiting a site that you're not a part of is too difficult to see, not only does the low contrast make it harder to see, but it's also near other "...
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Logout link appears duplicated on narrow screens
On narrow screens (typically mobile devices), two logout links are displayed.
Screenshot:
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When positive and negative rep changes add up to 0, I am unable to see the details on the rep list
When my answer was accepted on Math Stack Exchange, I got +15 rep.
The next day (18 June 2023), the OP changed the accepted answer, which gave me -15 rep.
The same day, I got +15 when some other ...
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The delete button doesn’t wait for confirmation on iOS
On iOS (Safari iOS 16.5), when I vote to delete a question or answer, an alert appears asking if I’m sure. However, the page refreshes out from under the alert, and the vote is recorded — in some ...
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What are the differences between the question and answer follow buttons? [duplicate]
I just realized that the original question has a clickable follow button and also if someone answers a question that has a clickable follow button.
If I want to follow the original question, I ...
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How do I change vote arrow buttons back?
I have noticed that the vote arrow buttons have changed to this:
This change has been implemented on all Stack Exchange sites.
I didn't consent to the change, I don't like the new style. The styling ...
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Why do I have to reset my password every single time I log in? (It says my password is wrong.)
Every time I try to log in it says the password is wrong, so my only choice is to reset it.
I'm using my e-mail address and password, not an OAuth provider.
Why do I have to reset my password every ...
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What are the selected vote button colors?
Edit: user3840170's stylesheet does what I was planning to do, and is a cleaner solution than anything I would have come up with.
I'm working on a userscript to reverse the upcoming vote button ...
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No error message is shown when trying to send a chat message that is too long using the mobile design on Chrome for Android [duplicate]
In the example below, the chat message is too long but clicking on the arrow does nothing. No error message is shown. Tested on Chrome on Android with a Google Pixel 6 with the mobile design.
Note ...
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"network profile" and "unregistered" overlap on some profile
"network profile" and "unregistered" overlap on some profile.
Example from https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/users/83718/christine-adams:
Tested on Chrome on Android (Pixel 6)...
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Don't let users enter a sixth tag in the first place
Yes, in the fine print it says "Add up to 5 tags".
Then don't let users enter a sixth tag. Currently it is like Cheech & Chong, "Don't take those. I already took them.".
Once ...
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Missing space in suggested edit notification [duplicate]
I suggested an edit on Seasoned Advice, and it said:
Thanks for submitting an edit.It is only visible to you until it’s been approved by trusted community members.
It should say:
Thanks for ...
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Reviewer stats "button" does not appear as a button
When an edit review is pending, the notification window includes what appears to be a link to see Reviewer Stats.
On hovering, we can (barely) see that it's actually a button with a transparent ...
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See private notes on saved posts
About 6 months ago Bookmarks evolved into Saves. (see: Bookmarks have evolved into Saves)
Features of this evolution are the abilities to add private notes to a saved post, and to organise saved post ...
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Clicking on voted candidate does nothing on election page
On the moderator election page, e.g. here, the name of the candidate you have voted for is clickable (according to the cursor type as hand), but clicking it does nothing at all.
Clicking on the &...
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Ask a "public" question… as opposed to what?
When I clicked "Ask Question", the next page shows "Ask a public question". I heard that Stack Exchange can be purchased for use within a company through the Stack Overflow for ...
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jQuery fallback link reloads the page instead [duplicate]
Currently, if the jQuery script cannot be loaded, SE displays a banner on the top of the page with a link saying "Retry using another source". However, this link, when clicked, will add the &...
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Scrolling issues on data.stackexchange.com
I am encountering a couple of scrollbar issues viewing the results table on data.stackexchange.com. I am using OS X 10.14.6 using both Firefox 108.0.2 and Chrome 108.0.5359.98:
This happens only in ...
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"Similar questions" disappear on right click
I really like the "Similar questions" functionality when I'm composing a question. However, there seems to be a bug when I want to right-click (e.g. to open the link in a new window). On ...
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Inconsistent Saves / 'For Later' message
When I 'save' a post in my 'For Later' list, I get the following message:
Question saved to [For later].
But when I remove it from the list, I get:
Question removed from saves.
Shouldn't the popup ...
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Remove "Your Own" wording from a new site proposed in Area 51
At the end of Stack Exchange sites page it is mentioned:
I know there are many ways of interpreting "own" as like mentioned by Shadow The Kid Wizard over here:
Single user can propose a ...
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Sponsor logo takes over a second to appear and shifts the entire page
Sponsor logo takes over a second to appear and shifts the entire page. This messes up one's clicks if the page shifts while clicking. E.g., if often messes up my click on "Ask Question".
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The Saves button is not always shown active when it should be which leads to error when using it
Easy steps to reproduce:
Go to any review queue.
Open the post in a new tab and click the Save button.
Go to the tab with the review and refresh the page. The Save button will show as inactive.
Click ...
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New activity indicator (bullet/dot) in Custom Filters no longer displaying
One of my favorite and most useful features here was that, when I went to a Custom Filter (e.g. Watched Tags), I used to get an indicator (dot/bullet) next to questions with new activity. That seems ...
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Don't show the "New! We have saves now!" popup on every session, please
I use more than three devices and multiple browsers and am frequently not logged in and/or clear my cookies.
This means that multiple times a day, I'm greeted by this obnoxious popup:
Yes, I know, ...
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Include the daily flag limit in the flag dialog
Inspired by this MSO question, I think it would be a good idea if the flag dialog shows the daily limit alongside the number of remaining flags.
Currently, the message at the bottom right of the flag ...
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Make query tips clickable in the search field
The search field has some query tips. That'd be convenient if one could click on them to help write the query. E.g., clicking on "is:question" would add "is:question" in the query....
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Reduce screen space for "Have you considered accepting an answer or starting a bounty for this question?"
I find that the messages
Have you considered accepting an answer or starting a bounty for this question?
take too much screen space. E.g. I only see 3 questions on a user profile's question list ...
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What can and cannot be implemented in the advice guideline for new users? [duplicate]
Context: Chemistry SE is going through changing their interface shown to new users
When a new user decides to write their first question, they are greeted with this pop up,
My question, is what can ...
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Seeing double for username info boxes in macOS Safari [closed]
If a picture is worth a thousand words, look at these thousand or so words.
What’s up with the seemingly doubled user info for these three items on Super User? I am using plain old macOS Monterey (12....
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Attempting to protect a question that is no longer eligible for protection silently fails
I opened a question that had just gotten a new answer. The answer scores were as follows:
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The protect link was present on the question. ...
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"Add Original" button not reachable on mobile browser
If a question is closed as a duplicate (of one other question), and then if I try to edit it to add more duplicate questions, it's ok on a PC desktop browser.
However, on a mobile browser (Chrome on ...
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Editing (or live-refreshing) a post that you follow resets the text of the Follow button
I followed a question, then started editing it. After I saved the edits, it returned to the post (as usual) but I noticed that the text of the Follow button has been reset to "Follow" ...
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"Answer your own question" toggle stops working after ticking the checkbox consecutively
In some case, the "Answer your own question" is unchecked, but the answer box is present. This happens when clicking a few times on "Answer your own question".
Demo:
I didn't ...
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Has the warning/question about retracting delete votes been (intentionally) removed? [closed]
As far as I remember (and It's possible to retract and re-cast a delete vote on answers, contrary to the tooltip's advice confirms this) there used to be a warning/question whether to retract ...
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When will Blender Stack Exchange get dark mode? [duplicate]
In 2020, Stack Overflow finally got its dark mode release.
When will it be available on Blender Stack Exchange?
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Is adding a Back button and/or a Next Question button a good UI/UX decision? [duplicate]
In terms of UI/UX it is a good decision, also for accessibility reasons. But is it worth the screen space it takes?
To clarify, I'm talking about a Back button that would take you the previous ...
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A question edited while the close dialog is open fails to refresh properly
I was closing a question, and while I had the close dialog open an edit was made to the question – I saw the usual "this post has been edited" banner appear in the background. When I ...
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Can the different user event navigators on user profile pages be united?
I have always wondered why there are two different ways to navigate to user events/actions on the user profile page.
There is a left navigation bar (on mobile, a dropdown list) with "Summary&...
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Remove Introductory banner for signed in accounts over a certain age?
I noticed today that this banner appeared again on my front-page:
I recall having removed the banner several times after I understood how the site works many moons ago, yet it keeps on reappearing ...
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Suggested edits on answers show the author of the parent question instead of the answer's author as they used to [duplicate]
In this suggested edit on an answer it shows the user that asked the question above the revision and the user that proposed the edit below it. The answer was posted by a different user and that is not ...
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Is the accept/bounty reminder still shown after the Activity page revamp in 2021?
Back in 2019-2020, there was still an accept/bounty reminder that was shown on the user's profile page (despite the possible layout bug): Alignment issue with the accept reminder message in Activity -&...
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Can feature requests not be questions? [duplicate]
Even as a someone who is something of a UI/UXtist myself, I found it pretty awkward to navigate to the right place to submit feedback. I don't want a "Ask Question" button, I want a "...
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Show 40 last votes, rather than 30, on my Votes tab
On the currently-logged-in user's Votes page, a list of the the last 30 votes is displayed.
I would like propose that the number of rows should be adjustable, preferably by a URL query parameter (e.g. ...
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Part of new privilege notification text is in Russian [duplicate]
I just got a notification that I'd earned a new site privilege. For some reason, though, part of the notification text is in Russian, not English:
Apparently it says "Узнайте больше об этом в ...
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Apply synonyms while typing tags
When I type in a tag that is a synonym source, a box with the synonym target pops up. This is good because when I am somewhat paying attention and know about synonyms, I see what kind of change will ...
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Old capitalization shown in Help Center screenshot of 10k privileges
Currently the 10k privilege page in the Help Center has a screenshot of review queues dropdown of the top-bar that shows "All queues" and "Tools" written in lower case while it's ...
