14 votes

Are links to specific comments broken for everyone? Just me?

Posted by teaearlgraycold
Tags: self post, ask.help, bug, comments

Any time I click a link to go to a comment I am linked to the top of the page.

7 comments

  1. [5]
    cfabbro
    Link
    Currently Tildes uses HTML anchors to link to comments. It's a bit wonky though. If new comments have been made in the topic since the person last visited, and they click an anchored comment link...

    Currently Tildes uses HTML anchors to link to comments. It's a bit wonky though. If new comments have been made in the topic since the person last visited, and they click an anchored comment link it will fail to go to that comment location since it's collapsed due to the "Collapse old comments" feature. Same goes for if the comment was labeled with Noise and so is auto-collapsed too.

    At one point a replacement permalink system (like how it works on reddit) was "in progress" but it unfortunately never got finished. I should probably remove the "in progress" on it.

    15 votes
    1. [2]
      Amarok
      Link Parent
      Yup. I hit this all the time on threads with new comments. I just hit expand all, then refresh.

      Yup. I hit this all the time on threads with new comments. I just hit expand all, then refresh.

      6 votes
      1. petrichor
        Link Parent
        I think turning off the "Collapse old comments" setting was one of the first things I did, and I've had no problem with it. Though I might consider turning it back on after seeing how large...

        I think turning off the "Collapse old comments" setting was one of the first things I did, and I've had no problem with it. Though I might consider turning it back on after seeing how large threads are getting now...

        5 votes
    2. [2]
      teaearlgraycold
      Link Parent
      I've actually tried refreshing with no luck. Maybe refreshing on mobile safari keeps your scroll state and doesn't reset to the anchor?

      I've actually tried refreshing with no luck. Maybe refreshing on mobile safari keeps your scroll state and doesn't reset to the anchor?

      1 vote
      1. cfabbro
        (edited )
        Link Parent
        Ah, yeah. Just a refresh alone doesn't usually work to move the screen location on mobile Safari. You have to click the address bar, then click Go again to get the screen location to move to the...

        Ah, yeah. Just a refresh alone doesn't usually work to move the screen location on mobile Safari. You have to click the address bar, then click Go again to get the screen location to move to the anchor.

  2. [2]
    Ganymede
    Link
    Do you use any browser extension that might interfere with an anchor in the URL? Tildes links to specific posts go to the main thread and use an anchor (e.g. #comment-857x) to scroll your browser...

    Do you use any browser extension that might interfere with an anchor in the URL? Tildes links to specific posts go to the main thread and use an anchor (e.g. #comment-857x) to scroll your browser window to that specific comment.

    1 vote
    1. teaearlgraycold
      Link Parent
      This is happening on my iPhone. I don't think I have any extensions there.

      This is happening on my iPhone. I don't think I have any extensions there.

      1 vote