Questions tagged [bug]
Indicates you've found an erroneous or unexpected behaviour in the system that needs to be fixed.
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Unfair use of Moderation tools
The question in question has been reopened and closed but is still need to be open so more answers can be given. I will gladly read even if it is hypothetical and upvote.
I have a question about my ...
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TeX Delimiters should be changed
The current LaTeX escapes of $ ... $ need to be changed.
Several questions/answers have two dollar signs in the text somewhere. E&R has a number of ...
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TeX should be supported on E&R, like on Math.SE, et. al.
Want (La)TeX. 'nuff said.
e.g. Ugly single-line equations
The problem is still here, two months later. I could add some more examples which I've read and written in the meantime, but it seems ...
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Inline LaTeX doesn't seem to work
Has anyone been able to make the inline LaTeX equation delimiter work?? I pulled the following example right from the advanced editing help example, and the LaTeX just won't happen!
The Gamma ...
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CircuitLab's MOSFET symbols
The MOSFET symbols provided by CircuitLab have two issues:
While the symbol is one of the many "standards" followed for MOSFETs, it is, at least to my mind, perhaps one of the least intuitive to ...
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This captcha thing is a pain in the butt
I tried to post a lengthy answer, and the system won't post it makes me enter a capcha. That's one of those things where they show images of smeared text to foil automatic text interpretation ...
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Circuit editor missing from Ask Question page?
Have we lost the Circuitlab circuit editor feature? I started asking a question this morning, and the button appears to be missing from the editor. Maybe it is down for maintenance or such?
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New users can't edit posts and leave images edited in by privileged users
This bug report was brought on by this question: Help identifying a motor and how to control it with an Arduino. Here is its timeline. The summary is that a new user attempted to post a question ...
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TeX Delimiter Behavior **HAS** to be explained somewhere in the New/Edit question dialog.
Ok, I ran into the problem with the TeX eating my dollar sign symbols.
The use of the $ to delimit TeX is an issue. However, Far Worse is the fact that this ...
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“needs more focus”: Significantly different from former “too broad” close reason
The question
I am planning to start manufacturing of smart locks and smart bulb that are integrated with tuya application. How should I make a circuit?
was pretty rightfully (imho, but I think ...
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I can't edit my old schematics
I have noticed that I can't edit my old schematics because the EDIT button under the schematic doesn't appear after I go into edit mode on my answer. What could be the reason?
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Error for profile less info
When I press less info in my EE profile, some information are overlapped. See below:
I thought this could be only in my browser, but my ...
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Long Usernames cause issues with the theme
If an unregistered user's name is long enough, it will cause the network profile and mod links to wrap to a second, hidden line. You can access this line by drag-selecting the username down, but there ...
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Contrast of hyperlinks
Is it possible to increase the contrast between normal text and hyperlink text?
In this example, you can barely tell the difference... the words "Slip Rings" are a hyperlink:
It's not obvious until ...
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Circuit editor disappears without warning and without saving when you click outside it
I just spent about thirty minutes working on a somewhat involved schematic for an answer, only to accidentally click to the side of the circuit editor, whereupon the whole editor closed without saving ...
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Number of pending edits hardly readable
This is how it shows
and at least on my monitor I can hardly tell the number from the orange background. Can a more contrasting color be used?
By the way, is this readable for others?
edit
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Was the "Tour" removed?
In researching to respond to a question, I tried to find the site tour and couldn't find it. Is it gone? I hope not -- it was a good resource, even for experienced users.
Update: Found it here: ...
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Can't flag answer for "other" reason
I can't seem to create moderator attention flags when the reason is "other" and which therefore means I need to enter some text. As far as I can tell, I have checked the right box and entered the ...
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Electronics Election - Votes Remaining
Not the most world-shattering misbehaviour, but while voting in the Electronics Moderator elections, I am informed that:
Initially, that I have three votes...
After placing my first vote, that I have ...
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Why is the schematic editor damaging questions when editing schematics?
I've noticed that sometimes, when editing a schematic (but not adding a new schematic) to a question, that some of the text above the schematic will be eaten. It's not just me, either. See my latest ...
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What does this message mean?
I was working on tags (between answers) and when I wanted to suggest a tag synonym I got this message:
What does it mean?
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$\LaTeX$ turning into $\\LaTeX$ in the meta titles on the main site
What's this about? The question on the main site (that links to Test the new LaTeX markdown in this Sandbox question!) gives an error $\LaTeX$ ("Misplaced \"), but when meta links it, it ...
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The LaTeX sandbox question is crashing the page
In Chrome, the EE.SE LaTeX test page crashes the tab. Link below:
Test the new LaTeX markdown in this Sandbox question!
The page partially loads (at least everything near the top for me), and then I'm ...
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Schematic editor is 404
Trying to edit the schematic in this answer, I get redirected to circuitlab, see some dialogs flash too quickly to read, then land at a 404 resource.
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TeX markdown needed on Meta
As seen in the recent sandbox question, TeX markdown isn't enabled on Meta.
It should be. It's needed for the sandbox, and we're likely to have questions on how to do something in TeX, TeX bug ...
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Has there been a body text CSS change on EE.SE?
The line spacing on Q&A text has opened up making each line look like a separate paragraph. This is the same on Chrome / IE and on Android Chrome.
Are some of the guys in the basement twiddling ...
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What's happened to Community Wiki?
The option to mark a question as a Community Wiki appears to have disappeared. Is this deliberate or has a bug crept in to the SE engine?
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CircuitLab plugin doesn't load for me in latest Firefox
Out of curiousity I clicked on the circuitlab (Ctrl-M) in a post to play with it, but it doesn't work for me. (Up to date Firefox, 20.0.1)
When I click it my screen flashes white for a second with a ...
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Incorrect example in editing-help page
Both https://electronics.stackexchange.com/editing-help#latex and https://electronics.meta.stackexchange.com/editing-help#latex have incorrect mathjax syntax in the example given. It is
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Found a weird user giving out SE account details
I have posted a question and found myself surprised about a comment. (Check last comment to the posted question, the comment by the user who is called "asdf"). "asdf" is most probably a bot, and is ...
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CircuitLab "simulate this circuit" bug
In my answer to a question, I included a CircuitLab circuit that can be simulated to demonstrate the principle being discussed.
When I edit the answer and the embedded schematic, everything works ...
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Why do some users have a dotted border?
I noticed this:
As you can see, some users have a dotted border around their profile picture. I recently changed my profile picture, but Renan didn't, as far as I know. This really isn't something ...
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Bug report: merging new users' accounts into suspended accounts
A suspended user logs in with a new account. The system seems to detect the sockpuppet, and merges the accounts. But while the new account is merged into the existing one, the user seems to be able to ...
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Is there a site problem with uploading images to answers?
I can't seem to be able to upload images.
I get this message: -
An error occurred when uploading the image:
It also happened yesterday but, it seemed to be fixed about 0930 this morning. But, it's ...
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CircuitLab integration
I've noticed that, when using the schematic editor for recent answers, the "Save and Insert" button saves the schematic but does not close the editor and return to the answer edit box.
I can click ...
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@Names disappearing in Comments, Why?
In this question I was trying to write this comment:
@RichardFreedman @MattJenkins @vicatcu
please check my edit to the question
and see if I have understood
correctly. Thanks!
No matter how ...
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Cross-site loading of objects slowing/freezing page loads
Apologies if this is in the wrong place, I've experienced the same thing across other stackexchange sites but I spend most time here so I'm posting in meta here.
Browser is FireFox 22.0, with ...
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Vote to close as exact duplicate requires manual typing
When I paste a link into the vote to close as an exact duplicate, I have to hit something on my keyboard before it will register what I have pasted in. This only happens when you use the mouse to ...
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Dismissing messages
A few days ago, we got yellow messages like "please consider adding a comment if you think this post can be improved". When you clicked on such a message, it disappeared. With the new style (red), ...
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refresh required to read inbox messages
Since a few days ago, when the red dot appears, indicating new messages, I can't click it. I always have to refresh the page first. Previously it worked fine. It's not the end of the world, but it's ...
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Issue/bug with inline mathjax equations
\$ V^{+}_{DUT}=0 \$
\$ V^{-}_{DUT}=Vout_{Servo}*\frac{50}{50k+50} \$
I think there is an issue with the mathjax escape detection. As you can see, (at least for me), the first line renders correctly, ...
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lang-none specifier only works in preview
This question uses an ASCII diagram and has the verilog tag.
To avoid syntax highlighting, I used the <!-- language: lang-none --> directive. Per the SO ...
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Seeing what flags are marked as invalid.
I am not sure if this is a bug, me not knowing where to look, or a feature request.
I know I can see all of my flags and see how many are valid versus invalid, but I have not been able to find any ...
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Can we have the correct prefix for "people reached"?
Of course, this should be capital M from mega, not the lower case m from milli!
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Stuck "Flagged posts" indication?
There's the yellow "pending flags" indicator, but this is what appears on the "flagged posts" page:
Sometimes there actually are some flagged posts to be dealt with, at other times none, but that ...
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Failed to upload image; the format is not supported
Some images just fail to upload with mentioned error message. For example: What is wrong with this image that it is refused?
http://media.digikey.com/Photos/FCI%20Photos/10118192-0001LF.JPG
This ...
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Javascript Preview and WMD are inconsistent on headings (or WMD has developed telepathy)
The preview shows non-bold text for H2 level headings like ## Overview as shown here:
I don't think this stands out well. I thought about changing it, but I ...
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About Me box on user page not in the right place
What's with the formatting of the top of our user pages?
It used to be, the "About Me" box (with sort of a light yellow background) was at the top right of the page, directly across from the user's ...
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Why doesn't finish signup work?
I was first going to ask this on Meta, but that was not possible because it required me to do "finish signup" which doesn't work for me. I always have this thing at the top of the screen next to my ...
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Answering closed questions
(Possible) bug: this answer was posted a few minutes ago, despite that the question was closed an hour earlier.
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