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Can't open a cache on map view.


Firefighter Skippy

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I've looked about and haven't seen anything on this but when I view a map on the website via laptop (using chrome) and browsing caches I can no longer get the cache to open on the cache page. In other words, I used to click on a cache icon on the map and be able to open the cache page in another widow or add it to a list. Now when I hover over the icon it just tells me the name of the cache. Anyone else have this trouble?

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5 hours ago, Firefighter Skippy said:

browsing caches I can no longer get the cache to open

 

This makes me think Firefighter Skippy is using the Browse map (my preference as well!) rather than the Search map that DOES have the option on the right side.  The Browse map gives you a pop up window where you can click on the cache name to open the cache page.

 

I have been having issues with Chrome and have switched to using Edge for all things geocaching.  However, when I tested this today it all seemed to be working for me.  Have you tried a different browser?

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5 minutes ago, capoaira said:

This error occurs randomly on the browse map approximate since the search map exists. Sometimes I can click on the cache icons, sometimes not.

That's exactly my experience. Under Windows with different PCs and browsers.

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1 hour ago, Hynz said:

That's exactly my experience. Under Windows with different PCs and browsers.

Yes, I can add Linux to the list, so it seems not an OS or browser specific bug.

 

But I think I read somewhere here that there will be unfortunately no maintenance for the old map...

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1 hour ago, capoaira said:

Yes, I can add Linux to the list, so it seems not an OS or browser specific bug.

 

But I think I read somewhere here that there will be unfortunately no maintenance for the old map...

I have been seeing this too for several years,  the "flat hand" pointer doesn't change to a "pointing finger" so can't click the cache, I'm also running Firefox on Linux. I do find that sometimes zooming in/out to different zoom levels will enable clicking the caches.

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On 10/17/2024 at 9:21 AM, MartyBartfast said:

I have been seeing this too for several years,  the "flat hand" pointer doesn't change to a "pointing finger" so can't click the cache, I'm also running Firefox on Linux. I do find that sometimes zooming in/out to different zoom levels will enable clicking the caches.

Yep this has been an issue with the browse map for years. The 'clickable zone' script has a bug that likely puts it either somewhere else or fails to render it for those icons. I end up flicking around the zoom levels until, maybe, it works. Or I give up and manually enter the GC code. AFAIK it's not related to any particular browser.

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