Message center bug?

[+FamilieFrohne]

Hello all, 

 

Just curious: was there a change for the message center? Or is this a side effect of another change?

 

Reason I ask: I've had the checkbox for sending the text in the textbox with enter disabled (for a good reason), but since this evening 8 p.m. in Germany (CEST or UTC-2) every time I hit the enter key for a new line the message is sent and the checkbox is enabled. Turning it off again didn't help. Also reloading the page didn't show any improvement. 

 

Don't know if this is a bug or a side effect and where to file the issue if it is one

 

Yours

 

 

Erik.

[+FamilieFrohne]

Forgot to mention: The behaviour is reproducable on my PC with Firefox 87.0 and Chrome 89.0.4389.114 

[+Team Achterban]

Hi,

We have noted the same issue.

Used browser: Chrome v 89.0.4389.114 

Language : Dutch

12th April 9PM local time

[+CuriosityGirl]

Hello,

 

I just had the same issue.

Browser: Chrome Version 89.0.4389.114

Language: English

12 April 4PM local time

[em_adventuring]

Thank you for reporting this issue. We have passed it along to the Engineering team.

[+MarvinLeRouge]

Hi,

 

Precision : this bug is not specific to this person. I have it on several browsers, several OS, and i hear it all around me.

And it's REALLY annoying. Quite as if there was a js function that did not check the checkbox value (my website engineering background popping up, sorry :) )

[+frisbee'r]

Starting on April 12th, I am no longer able to press the Enter key to feed a new line in the Message Center function.   I send complex messages that require hitting the Enter key to start a new line of text.   I noticed for the first time a check box "Press enter to send" that's next to the SEND button.  Even unchecking the box still sends one line of text.  The screen also jerks down a couple of inches when pressing the Enter key or the Send. 

 

A recent example: 

 

Andy,

 

I should have given you more information rather than just give you the numbers. My data though is incomplete. Google FCC Region map. You will see the US divided up into regions numbered 0-8. For the life of me I can't find the map for Canada which is IC instead of FCC.

The alpha codes are abbreviations for US states or parts of states, Canadian, or I just don't remember.

WCF - 4 - I don't have a clue. Doesn't match US or Canada abbreviations. I thought it might be West Central Florida which works but that is a stretch.
EWA - 7 - Eastern Washington
SNJ - 2 - South New Jersey
CO - 0 - Colorado
WV - 8 - West Virginia
STX - 5 South Texas
EMA - 1 Eastern Massachusetts

 

Now, I cannot send anything beyond ........ Andy,

 

I have Firefox but it also happens in Chrome.   I am in contact with a Lackey and it is not happening to him but it is with other Geocachers. 

Edited April 19, 2021 by frisbee'r
text correction

[+team Tong]

If it helps, I am seeing this behaviour, where the "enter to send" button is being ignored and any time I press enter, it sends. I see this on PC/Mac/iPhone with firefox/safari.It started doing this yesterday?

 

Edited April 14, 2021 by team Tong

[+Chalupa_Dad]

This is happening to me to. Enter sends a message no matter what at the moment. It's very annoying, and now I know with 100% certainty that I'm not missing out on anything by not using that option. It's HORRIBLE. I'm way too longwinded to not need multiple lines

[+teddy.66]

I also have this behavior now. It is very annoying :-( .     The checkbox "Press enter to send" has no function. It switches to active on every "enter" or "shift enter" and the text is sent out.

Only way to circumvent this is to create the message in editor and paste it to message center.    Please check for the BUG

[+TeamRabbitRun]

To anyone experiencing this: Does "SHIFT + ENTER" work?

That's the windows key combo for other similar functions.

For example, MS Teams's normal chat behavior is to Send on Enter, but SHIFT+ENTER just gives you a Line Feed.

For another example, in MS Word, you can stick a paragraph split into a bulleted list without another bullet by using SHIFT+ENTER.

Feel free to test with a msg to me.

 

Might work; all these things manipulate many levels of standard programmed control behaviors which may be in conflict with each other, so maybe ....

 

If it works, then there's a workaround until it's repaired.

[+frisbee'r]

I tried "SHIFT + ENTER" and it does not work.  The first line is sent.  Keep in mind, the screen jerks up a couple of inches as soon as a few letters of text is typed.   That is  precursor to failure. 

Edited April 24, 2021 by frisbee'r

[+_geocat_]

Same problem here... I can uncheck the 'press enter to send' as often as I want... the check returns :/. 
Tried to solve it by deleting cookies and using different browsers... logging out and back in... nothing works. 
These checks:
  
can't be removed either... 

Hope this will be fixed soon!! 

[+Team_Spoorloos]

@em_adventuring
Same problem here, multiple browsers, multiple OS (Windows, Mac). This is a Javascript bug I'm pretty sure. This must be fixed ASAP cause people are getting crazy about this very annoying issue! Thanks in advance for the swift response!

[+BethKatzPA]

Argh!

 

I thought I was just being dense while sending Earthcache answers. I always put the answers on separate lines. Shift-Enter isn't a workaround on my iPhone. it's good (but bad) to see it is a bug. 

With further research, the box doesn't do anything on my Mac desktop using Chrome as the browser. Shift-enter doesn't work there either.

[+reybr]

I was just sending some earthcache answers and the CO must be going nuts from all the alerts he will get from me because of this bug.

Shift+enter doesn't work. Unchecking "press enter to send" doesn't help either

Please fix this.

Edited April 17, 2021 by reybr

[+Drumpldeer]

I have the same problem. It is very annoying. Please fix it.

[+Seawind]

The Message composing screen definitely defaults to "Press enter to send".  This is a terrible change!  I have sent about a dozen messages now that are just the greeting, since it sends when I hit Enter after the salutation.  I've ended up composing messages in a text editor and then pasting them into the Message box.  PLEASE change it back to not defaulted!

 

Thanks!
Seawind
 

[+demek]

I have the same issue in Google Chrome and on the GeoCaching App on Android. I used to uncheck the "Press enter to send" as that is my standard so I can add a few different topics in the message. 

[+lefisher]

This happened to me today as well.  I sent numerous, partial messages to a CO because I didn't realise that pressing carriage return would automatically send the message.  Once I realised, I still forgot that pressing enter sent my message so the CO received a number of one sentence messages before I had finished..  This was despite the fact that I had unticked the "press enter to send".  It drove me nearly mad and I am sure made the CO wonder if I knew what I was doing.  I hope this can be sorted out.  It should be enough to just untick the box once.

[+Pontiac_CZ]

It's been a week since this was reported and the bug still persists.

[+Fryvola]

What is the status of the bug with the 'Enter' button? When it is pressed the message will be send although the box for sending by pressing 'Enter' isn't ticked? This is very annoying and results in lots of separate mails.

Regards, 

Fryvola.

[+bergmannfamily]

This is also a problem on my Mac this week, both in Chrome and Safari.

[+Lilla22]

Same problem with Firefox.

 

Please fix. Unclicking the "Press enter to send" does not help. Actually is seems to make no difference at all.

[+Muetze57]

Same problem with Microsoft Edge.

[+Max and 99]

I'm using Firefox and cannot duplicate the issue. I know, everyone else can! The box is unclicked. I TRIED to get the message to be sent by clicking the Enter/Return key, but it only went to the next line.

 

I have been getting a lot of:

Hello Max and 99...

Hello Max and 99...

Hello Max and 99...

Edited April 19, 2021 by Max and 99

[+solid-rock-seekers]

We've been having this same problem for a few days now, too.  The problem occurs on multiple computers, with multiple browsers, and is a new problem as of a few days ago. 

 

Came here tonight to see if it is a known bug, which apparently it is.

 

Just adding our request to please fix this to the dozens of other people that have reported the same problem, too!

[richlv]

Seeing the same problem with Firefox. Shift+Enter does not work. Pasting some text with a newline in it can rasult in the unfinished message being posted 3 times in a row.

Edited April 21, 2021 by richlv

[+Allgäuerin]

Same here. Sent out some "hi..." Messages accidentally yesterday as I normally opt out the "press enter to send" function. The receiver of the mails must have been thinking I'm not able to use my keyboard properly :( Please fix this bug! Firefox here too.

[+ecrane]

Looking forward to seeing this fixed. I got sensitized to it, so even now I'm thinking before hitting <Enter>.

[+ecrane]

Oops, same problem here on the forum too.

[+ecrane]

Just kidding!  But seriously, I hope to see this fixed soon.

~ecrane

[+Viajero Perdido]

Bugs that make us look bad, tend to make us mad. 

 

But somebody managed to send me an actual 2-paragraph message last night, so either she's got magic, or they've fixed it.  (I don't feel like experimenting with the mouse trap any further.)

[+ardila.nl]

The message center icon also changed. Or is this by design?
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[+Hermannsländer]

unbelievable, that this bug is still not fixed - what are you doing?

[+Max and 99]

6 minutes ago, ardila.nl said:

The message center icon also changed. Or is this by design?
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I was just wondering about the same thing. 

[+ChriBli]

Very strange. Now it seems to have changed back again. One can't help wondering what is going on...

[+Max and 99]

On 4/23/2021 at 6:34 PM, ChriBli said:

Very strange. Now it seems to have changed back again. One can't help wondering what is going on...

When I log onto the site I get the new icon. When I click on my profile I then get the old icon.

Edited April 25, 2021 by Max and 99

[+HHHP20]

This bug was reported nearly two weeks ago and the problem still persists. It is happening to me on multiple devices. I have EarthCache answers that I need to respond to. I just sent five separate messages to one person by accident and unchecking the press enter box serves no purpose. Please please please fix this bug!

[+Calcows]

Same here, and let's hope the SUPER annoying bug gets fixed and fixed FAST.  I have my doubts though, since so many other annoying things never seem to get addressed.  For example having to sign into forums when already signed into site.  Mobile Adventure Lab app that sucks the phone battery.

[+Valkarie63]

Maybe the GC messaging bug is a 'feature' where it now acting line 'text' messaging?!

 

Hope not because it's very, very annoying to send 5 separate messages (or a text wall) for a single note.

 

Please prioritize, fix, regress test, and release soon!

 

[+Pianodan]

OK, this is a super janky workaround until they get this fixed, but you can compose your message in a text editor with line breaks and paste it in. I DO hope it gets fixed soon, though.

[+ChriBli]

I just got a message from another geocacher clearly affected by this bug. Or rather, I got an email notification that the geocacher sent me a new message with only "Hi" and my name. I can see the yellow blob on the message center icon, but if I go in there I don't see that geocacher at the top as I would expect. I scroll down many pages, and there it is, with a yellow blob on that too, but the communication there does not include the new message. Not even the first part that was apparently sent in error. I have updated several times and waited for quite some time.

 

I find it strange that developer resources are wasted on changing the message center icon while bugs like this are allowed to remain for weeks. Or maybe it isn't considered a bug? I see no acknowledgement above.

[+ChriBli]

After some time I got a full message from the other geocacher, including that first line but with more text after it clearly separated into paragraphs. I don't know if that means he realized what happened and pasted the test into the box instead of typing it. Not even sure how one notices this as a sender, I responded and hit enter several times as I did. Maybe I sent a whole bunch of messages? It would be very appreciated with some kind of acknowledgement of this bug and whether or not it has been fixed.

[+IceColdUK]

1 hour ago, ChriBli said:

I see no acknowledgement above.

 

On 4/12/2021 at 10:59 PM, em_adventuring said:

Thank you for reporting this issue. We have passed it along to the Engineering team.

I tested this earlier today (Windows 10 / Chrome) and it seems to have been fixed.

[+PereSant]

4 hours ago, IceColdUK said:

 

I tested this earlier today (Windows 10 / Chrome) and it seems to have been fixed.

Nope. I tested it just now with Windows10/Firefox, and the bug is still bugging

[+Pianodan]

Can confirm - still broken for me. W10/Chrome

[+pencoise]

This annoying problem seems to affect different users at random.

It occurs on various platforms including my Samsung Note 8 running Chrome and my Apple Notebook also running Chrome.

Can we have some acknowledgement that it is being worked on - it is a very  very tedious bug.

Mike

[+manex]

The problem is still existing on each PCs I have, all running W10 with Firefox 88.0(64-Bit)

[+teddy.66]

The bug is still there.   I just testet with W10/Firefox and with Linux/Firefox. I dropped the browser cache, but nothing helps.

Is there any progress since "  On 4/12/2021 at 11:59 PM, em_adventuring said: Thank you for reporting this issue. We have passed it along to the Engineering team. "   ????