+Pontiac_CZ Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Please deactivate CSS ::selection pseudo element with {text-shadow: none;} on logging page, it is higly inconvenient to make a selection without actually seeing it. 5 Quote Link to comment
+niraD Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Or more generally, don't break things that are part of the normal user interface. For example: 1 Quote Link to comment
+thebruce0 Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Yes. And I've opted to add my own custom CSS to give some more contrast for highlighted/selected text throughout the entire site. Highlighted text, link text - both seem to be inconsistent across the site, but most noticeably annoying on the logging page. 1 Quote Link to comment
+K13 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 And I thought it was just some unknown browser setting I had inadvertently clicked. Quote Link to comment
+barnold Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Also the selection is missing in the message centre Quote Link to comment
+Pontiac_CZ Posted September 12, 2018 Author Share Posted September 12, 2018 (edited) Hello, anyone from the support team listening ? Please disable this feature, it's still there! Edited September 12, 2018 by Pontiac_CZ wording Quote Link to comment
+barnold Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 5 hours ago, barnold said: Also the selection is missing in the message centre I have to add, of course, that this occurs in Firefox. in Chrome there seems to be no problem. Selections are clearly marked, as it should be. Quote Link to comment
+The A-Team Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 It's good to see that it isn't just me. I was thoroughly confused when I found that I apparently couldn't select anything on the logging page anymore. I now see that it does select, but the selection formatting change isn't being displayed, so there's no indication that the selection is succeeding. I use Firefox almost exclusively for caching on my home computer. 1 Quote Link to comment
+K13 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 1 hour ago, The A-Team said: It's good to see that it isn't just me. I was thoroughly confused when I found that I apparently couldn't select anything on the logging page anymore. I now see that it does select, but the selection formatting change isn't being displayed, so there's no indication that the selection is succeeding. I use Firefox almost exclusively for caching on my home computer. Same here! I recently muddled through logging 136 caches, and the inability of seeing what I tried to select was very frustrating. Why can't someone fix this issue, or at least acknowledge that they are now aware of the issue? 1 Quote Link to comment
+The A-Team Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 1 hour ago, K13 said: ...or at least acknowledge that they are now aware of the issue? They generally don't acknowledge or otherwise discuss issues, because that leads to expectations that the issue will be resolved. Based on past performance, it's also unlikely that we'll see any notification that the issue has been resolved. We'll probably know when (if?) this issue has been resolved when we try to select something and it works as expected. 1 Quote Link to comment
+thebruce0 Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 (edited) I use greasemonkey and have already added a bunch of custom scripts to "fix" the website to my liking, and this :selection thing with the 'new' pages was a recent "fix". I just added a "::-moz-selection,::selection { background: #DDF; }" clause to the global css to be thorough. Very annoying. (make the colour whatever you want; high contrast color foreground and background) Edited September 13, 2018 by thebruce0 Quote Link to comment
Sassy Bandit Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 (edited) For those experiencing this issue, can you tell me what version of Firefox or Safari you are using? Also, what OS/version you're running. I'm able to see text selection styles in both Safari and Firefox. Additionally, the ::selection pseudo element with text-shadow: none is not a new change. We've had that style in place for over a year. Edited September 14, 2018 by Sassy Bandit Quote Link to comment
+thebruce0 Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 (edited) Hitting Ctrl-A on that same page (same effect as blocking with the mouse) "highlights" all the text - verified by pasting whatever's on the clipboard into Notepad. In doing so, I noticed the highlighting appears when the page body no longer as the focus (different window selected, or even the address/search entry boxes in the browser frame) Highlighted: Highlighted with body not having the focus: I'm using Firefox 63.0b2 64-bit Dev edition. If I turn on my custom CSS, this is what I get, all the time I select text, the only difference being I force a background colour on the pseudo-element: This strangeness of the ::selection happens on all the 'new' website page and not their old versions (new dash, new logging, new drafts, new lists, message center, likely some others too) Edited September 14, 2018 by thebruce0 Quote Link to comment
+GeoTrekker26 Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 (edited) Using FF 62.0 in Win 10 When I select text, I cannot see that it is highlighted, as others have reported. I can Ctrl-C copy it and paste it elsewhere. However, while it is highlighted (invisibly), when I type a characte, it is inserted into the visible string instead of replacing the selected text as it should if the text were correctly selected. Edited September 14, 2018 by GeoTrekker26 fix typo Quote Link to comment
+barefootjeff Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 I'm seeing the problem on Firefox 62.0 running on 64-bit Windows 10 Home (version 1803 build 17134.285). In the screenshot below I've "highlighted" all the log text, and if I press Del the whole text disappears so internally it's selected it, it's just not showing. Quote Link to comment
+hiuppo Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 Problem with FF v 62 64-bit as reported above. There is a problem to mark a text when you can't see it highlighted in PM. You can still copy all the text and paste it to your notepad, or if you are lucky you can copy a part of a text do you need. Other option is to use Chrome. Please fix it. Quote Link to comment
+reybr Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 (edited) Firefox v62 64 bit with no add-ons enabled on Windows 10 Pro build 17134.228 There's also some strange things happening with the Personal Cache Notes field on the cache page. Previously I could click anywhere in the field to edit it, but now I have to click on the text already there to open the edit box Edited September 16, 2018 by reybr Added information Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 Seems to be working as expected for me, FF 61.0.1 (64-bit) on Linux. I don't have any custom CSS or any greasemonkey scripts active for the logging pages. Quote Link to comment
+thebruce0 Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 I should add this highlighting issue has been around for quite some time. I lived with it until recently when I implemented my CSS fix. Quote Link to comment
+Viajero Perdido Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 This triggered some memory circuits... Yes! Some time ago I had troubles in Firefox with things not displaying properly, colors white on white or something like that. According to my notes, setting layers.offmainthreadcomposition.enabled=false in about:config fixed things up, and then I forgot all about it. This advice comes with no warranty, of course. But it might help. Good luck, and let us know. Quote Link to comment
+K13 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 I use FF Quantum ver. 62.0 (64 bit) on Windows. Quote Link to comment
+Pontiac_CZ Posted September 17, 2018 Author Share Posted September 17, 2018 FF 62.0 x64 on Windows 7. I confirm thebruce0 investigation - I press CTRL + A, the selection has been made but not highlighted. Then I click into the address box and voila - the highlighting appears. Quote Link to comment
+The A-Team Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 I only started seeing this within the last couple of weeks, so it may be something slightly different than what thebruce0 and Viajero Perdido have seemingly been experiencing for a while. I'm currently running FF Quantum 62.0 64-bit on Win10 1803. Interestingly, I realized I still had an older version of FF (56.0.2) installed on my work system. I tested with that and selection worked as expected. I then updated that to the latest version (62.0), and it started experiencing the same issue. This is a completely stock and uncustomized installation, so there's no chance of any about:config changes or extensions being the problem. I was also able to replicate the issue in BrowserStack. FF 61 didn't have the issue, but 62 does. Quote Link to comment
+noncentric Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 (edited) Found this thread after coming to the forums to see if this issue had been reported yet. I've been mostly offline for the past month and just noticed this as I started working through my Drafts a couple days ago. I'm experiencing the same behavior that barefootjeff described (quoted below). I'm also seeing this behavior (selected text not visibly highlighted) when editing the "About" section of my Profile. I do not see this issue when using the 'old' logging page. Firefox Quantum 62.0 (64-bit) - no add-ons or scripts Windows 10 Pro On 9/14/2018 at 4:30 PM, barefootjeff said: I'm seeing the problem on Firefox 62.0 running on 64-bit Windows 10 Home (version 1803 build 17134.285). In the screenshot below I've "highlighted" all the log text, and if I press Del the whole text disappears so internally it's selected it, it's just not showing. Edited September 20, 2018 by noncentric Quote Link to comment
+B&B Joy Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 I use Firefox 62.0 and can't see which part of the text I have selected on the site of Geocaching.com. The cursor won't move over the text. Other sites don't have that problem, the selected text is than higlighted. Quote Link to comment
+kunarion Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 (edited) I saw the other similar post, and although I don't use Safari, and don't currently have Firefox installed I guess this is related and a suitable place to reply. Wow, that selection thing is very naughty! I tried Chrome, IE11, and Edge, with somewhat varied results. Basically when I try to select something in "Recent Activity" for example in the New Dashboard and can't consistently do so. Here in the bottom log I was able to highlight and copy the exact text I want. But after I expanded that top log (by clicking "More"), I get the elastic disappearing blue selection bar, and nothing is selected when it snaps away again. I can at times right click and "Select All" of that log, not just the text I need. I'll give you one guess why I opt out. Edited September 21, 2018 by kunarion Quote Link to comment
+The A-Team Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 I've also noticed this issue on GeoTour pages. For example, if I try to select anything on this page (ANYTHING, including header, footer, images, text, even anything inside the embedded map), I don't get the expected highlighting. This seems to be an easy issue to replicate, so hopefully the developers will be able to figure out why it's happening and fix it. Quote Link to comment
+31BMSG Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 I started another thread before I realized that this one existed so I'll move the conversation here. I can also confirm the text is being selected as I can paste after making the invisible selection. There appears to be inconsistency with this, on the example that The A-Team gave I cannot make a selection, but it works fine for me on the log pages where others above are reporting problems. Now that I know text is actually being selected I can make it work but this is sure annoying. FireFox 62.0.2 on Windows 10 64 bit. Quote Link to comment
+B&B Joy Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 I received an answer from Geocaching.com: Hello D- Thank you for contacting Geocaching HQ. It appears that this is a specific issue with Firefox 62.0, and the Firefox team is looking into it from what I can tell. In the meantime, downgrading to Firefox 61.x will fix the issue. Instructions on how to do so can be found here. Best regards, MartinCommunity Management Lead Quote Link to comment
+thebruce0 Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 I'm in Firefox 63. Quote Link to comment
+noncentric Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 On 9/21/2018 at 9:47 PM, B&B Joy said: It appears that this is a specific issue with Firefox 62.0, and the Firefox team is looking into it from what I can tell. If that's the case, then hopefully that means it will be fixed in the near term. It's a bit annoying to work around, but not so bad for me to downgrade my FF for just this issue. I'll just use Chrome to work through my Drafts until it's fixed. It's odd that I see it consistently on the new logging page, new list page, new dashboard page, profile update page, and message center. But I've never seen it on the old logging page, list detail pages, old dashboard page, or cache pages. It seems like something about the 'new' formatted pages doesn't agree with FF 62.0 Quote Link to comment
+Max and 99 Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 This is getting maddening!! 1 Quote Link to comment
+K13 Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 On 9/16/2018 at 7:52 PM, K13 said: I use FF Quantum ver. 62.0 (64 bit) on Windows. Updated to ver. 62.0.2. Still not able to see the selected text. Quote Link to comment
+The A-Team Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 On 9/21/2018 at 9:47 PM, B&B Joy said: I received an answer from Geocaching.com: Hello D- Thank you for contacting Geocaching HQ. It appears that this is a specific issue with Firefox 62.0, and the Firefox team is looking into it from what I can tell. In the meantime, downgrading to Firefox 61.x will fix the issue. Instructions on how to do so can be found here. Best regards, MartinCommunity Management Lead It's too bad it's left to us users to communicate about this issue, rather than Martin coming to this discussion and posting that himself. 2 Quote Link to comment
+noncentric Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 12 minutes ago, The A-Team said: It's too bad it's left to us users to communicate about this issue, rather than Martin coming to this discussion and posting that himself. I'm more concerned that the Help Center response sounds a bit ambiguous about whether "the Firefox team" is actually working on the issue or not. The response says "from what I can tell", which doesn't sound very certain. Would be great to get a more definitive response about whether the problem is being worked by Mozilla or whether it's an issue that GS devs can affect via CSS edits. Quote Link to comment
+The A-Team Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 18 minutes ago, noncentric said: I'm more concerned that the Help Center response sounds a bit ambiguous about whether "the Firefox team" is actually working on the issue or not. The response says "from what I can tell", which doesn't sound very certain. Would be great to get a more definitive response about whether the problem is being worked by Mozilla or whether it's an issue that GS devs can affect via CSS edits. I took a look through the Mozilla bug tracker and couldn't see anything in the last few months that matches. Here's a filtered search for bugs related to selection. @HQ: It would be great if you could give us a link to the relevant Mozilla bug so we can follow it on our own. Quote Link to comment
+thebruce0 Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 And it's not just Firefox 62. Quote Link to comment
+Max and 99 Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 In my opinion, the issue has gotten worse. It's now not copying even when I click to copy the text. 1 Quote Link to comment
+The A-Team Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 On 9/26/2018 at 12:14 PM, Max and 99 said: In my opinion, the issue has gotten worse. It's now not copying even when I click to copy the text. 62.0.2 here and I'm still able to copy, but still no highlighting. Quote Link to comment
+barefootjeff Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 I'm also seeing the same no-highlighting problem in Message Centre - it got very annoying when I was trying to respond to an EC answer. Running Firefox 62.0.2 on Windows 10 64-bit home edition. Quote Link to comment
+Max and 99 Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 42 minutes ago, barefootjeff said: I'm also seeing the same no-highlighting problem in Message Centre - it got very annoying when I was trying to respond to an EC answer. Running Firefox 62.0.2 on Windows 10 64-bit home edition. Message Center and Update Home Coordinates are where I'm having issues. And until this "bug", I was copying and pasting Home Coordinates A LOT! Quote Link to comment
+thebruce0 Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Pretty much on any 'new' updated page designed in the last, maybe, year or two-ish? 1 Quote Link to comment
+thebruce0 Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 It's definitely a new website-wide new design template thing - I just used the PM gift form entry page and it has the same text highlighting bug. 1 Quote Link to comment
+TheVoytekBear Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 I came here to report this and I can see that the party already started. Under FireFox the selection is invisible (under the newest one the message content in the past discussion acted as sort of a canvas and wanted to be dragged). Now I found out that you can see the selection if you change Focus (e.g. select text and place the cursor in the address bar). Not hte most usable thing ever. And now the surprise: in MS Edge it works just fine. Quote Link to comment
+fizzymagic Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 I am seeing the issue as well. Started with the last update. I guess I don't understand the need for fancy color formatting for input boxes. Quote Link to comment
+Bl4ckH4wkGER Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 A fix for this was deployed. All should be back to normal. Please let us know if you continue to experience issues. Thank you for your patience and happy geocaching! 1 Quote Link to comment
+The A-Team Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 2 minutes ago, Bl4ckH4wkGER said: A fix for this was deployed. All should be back to normal. Please let us know if you continue to experience issues. Thank you for your patience and happy geocaching! I can confirm that it's working as expected on FF 62.0.3. Thanks for the fix. That being said, it would have been nice to get some acknowledgement of the issue and be advised that it was actively being worked on by HQ. As far as we knew from the information in this discussion and the response from Martin above, this was being treated as a non-GCHQ issue and wasn't being worked on. Something as simple as "we've confirmed that there's an issue and are looking into it, but can't promise a timeframe for resolution" would suffice. Quote Link to comment
+Pontiac_CZ Posted October 4, 2018 Author Share Posted October 4, 2018 I can see my selections on the logging page again. Thank you! Quote Link to comment
+barnold Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 indeed, blue is back again. thank you. Quote Link to comment
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