spacebar difficulties solely in FTT ...anyone else?

[Smokin Harley]

Ok, something weird is happening today. Right away writing this post fresh makes it even weirder. This mornings daily coffee and FTT session on the usual laptop proved that I could not simply post a reply to an already existing post without the spacebar refusing to actually space .Every other website and email I had written it worked just as it should. So, I had to use my tablet to pm Bob who in turn cc'd to Don about the issue and now I'm not sure what is going on because i am again back writing from my laptop and as you can see its functioning just fine.

 

[RyanM22]

I've been having that problem when trying to reply to a PM; space bar doesn't work

 

[Smokin Harley]

ok, good (sort of) then Don can address that to the site manager .

 

[deluxestogie]

Which operating systems and browsers are you using when the space bar misbehaves?

Bob

 

[MarcL]

space bar space bar space bar.. I'm okay with a Mac pro with Firefox. but, often a shut down, wait a minute or two and then power up will do it.

Not a re-start..

I was given a Mac Book Pro to fix with a intermediate problem like this. It was over heating and jacked the key board. after an internal cleaning and keyboard replacement it was good.

 

[RyanM22]

Chrome here

 

[Smokin Harley]

chrome. toshiba chromebook. same one I use everywhere else.

 

[FmGrowit]

test test.

Chrome here, working fine.

Is anyone still having this problem?

 

[deluxestogie]

There is both a Chrome web browser (which I'm currently using) and a Chrome operating system, which is used on "ChromeBooks".

Bob

EDIT: Plus, the Chrome browser can be running on any computer or mobile phone operating system. All very murky.

 

[RyanM22]

Chrome web browser. Still having the spacing problem on PM's

 

[Strelok]

Google Chrome works fine on Windows 7. Android on the tablet works fine, too.

 

[Leftynick]

Look like it's fine now. Last time I keep refreshing the page until I can use space. I thought that my keyboard has problem, because it has give me the same problem before. Using chrome on windows 7.

 

[Smokin Harley]

problem still exists...in PM only.

 

[deluxestogie]

In reviewing the vbulletin tech support forum, I found the following discussion from the past month (up to 17 Nov 2016). The problem seems to be only in the editor when it is set to "WYSIWYG", and is the result of changes that occur in updates to the Chrome browser (which happen at different times for different operating systems).

Since upgrading to the latest Chrome version, I cannot use the space bar under the following circumstances:

When using Quick Reply, and the cursor is positioned right BELOW the quoted text. The spacebar does not work. If you re-position the spacebar above the quoted text, the spacebar will work. To reproduce the issue, you must use Quick Reply.

Also, if you go to Advanced Mode on the reply, the spacebar works. I have verified this on three computers. It is definitely from the latest Chrome update.

The problem does not exist when using Internet Explorer.
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If I move the cursor back in the middle of the text I typed and press space bar, it works. But if the cursor is at the end of the text, it doesn't work. It looks like the editor is trimming the entered text at the end which causes the space bar to appear not to work.
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this issue doesn't cause the WYSIWYG to be unusable, it merely causes the space bar not to work unless you press return first and only when quoting and only when using Chrome on Windows.
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The issue will probably occur on all platforms supported by Chrome as Google rolls out versions of that software. Different platforms get changes to Chrome on different versions though..

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/foru...ooting/4356452-space-bar-not-working-on-reply

[If you read the entire 4 pages of the above vbulletin discussion, you'll see how truly pissed off some folks can get about this.]

I see three choices:

1. If the spacebar doesn't work, press enter, and the spacebar should work.
2. In your personal settings, switch to "standard" editor, instead of WYSIWYG.
3. Use a browser other than Chrome.

Bob

 

[Smokin Harley]

sent Bob a PM, seems to work fine now...in Standard editor .

 

[deluxestogie]

Yay!

Bob

 

[Smokin Harley]

Give that man a cigar !!