Question

There's a problem with the equation editor

Answer 1

Everytime you type in an letter or a number it just 'de-selects' the equation editor, making further writing not possible, however if you 'click' back the equation editor, you still can type again, but its annoying, everytime you type in one letter or number it just deselects it

Answer 2

One more, the cursor doesn't seem to blink when typing.

Answer 3

A look will be had, thanks for letting us know.

Answer 4

What browser are you on?

Answer 5

Chrome

Answer 6

Hm. Odd. I'm not seeing the issue with typing dropping the letter.

Answer 7

I think it happens when you type something in the equation editor

Answer 8

Sorry, typing removing focus from the text box.

Answer 9

Oh wait heh. I'm on Chrome Canary. Two seconds.

Answer 10

Hm. No, still nothing. I can type normally. Can you tell me which version of Chrome by any chance?

Answer 11

20.0.1132.11

Answer 12

I've tested on chrome canary too , its the same

Answer 13

using chrome beta as main

Answer 14

… Very odd. I'm having issues with neither 19 or Canary. So what's happening is you hit the equation button, type anything, and then if you type anything else the text box is no longer selected, correct?

Answer 15

yes

Answer 16

Strange. This is Windows or Mac?

Answer 17

windows

Answer 18

Hm. I suppose that may be the difference, but that would surprise me.

Answer 19

I'll ask the other guys to look into it and see if they can reproduce it or if we're going to want to use a Windows VM to see if we can make it happen there.

Answer 20

Ok

Answer 21

Hey Sam, shadow asked me to look at this further.

Answer 22

To be clear, you're typing *in* the box in the equation editor, right?

Answer 23

yep

Answer 24

Ok. Two seconds.

Answer 25

\[e^2 + 3nt\]
\[204o430d3\]

Ok. Both of these worked without incident. Do you know how to check the error console in Chrome? If you know about Chrome Canary I figure you might. hehe.

Answer 26

I think I'm getting the same issue. When I try to type something in the editor, it switches to the other chrome window I have open. However, it doesn't do that if you put { and start typing what you need. Just hit } when you're done, and you'll only have to deal with the problem once.

Answer 27

To the other Chrome window??

Answer 28

yup.

Answer 29

Doube-You to the Tee Eff. Kk.

Answer 30

@KingGeorge I was about to say that too :D

Answer 31

Other chrome window? I'm a bit lost here. heh.

Answer 32

If I minimize the other window, it just deselects the textbox in the equation editor without switching windows.

Answer 33

So you have two windows with OpenStudy open, and you are getting kicked in between them?

Answer 34

Still not s'much :/

Answer 35

One window has OpenStudy and the other window has email/music/videos.

Answer 36

Ok, are you seeing anything telling in the error console?

Answer 37

There's no error but there's warning

Answer 38

Not particularly. Whenever I type something it just says "typesetting math: 100%" and then deselects the editor.

Answer 39

@.Sam. I don't expect the warning to be particularly telling, but if you want to copy and paste it in here, that might be good.

@KingGeorge Are you running on Windows as well?

Answer 40

It gets hung up while typesetting the math for me. If I type fast enough to avoid having it do that, there's no problem at all.

Also running windows.

Answer 41

and chrome 19.0.1084.46 beta-m

Answer 42

@KingGeorge beta updated to 20,

Answer 43

@farmdawgnation should I post the warning here? its quite long

Answer 44

Give me the first line or two. If I need the whole thing I can get you to email it or something.

Answer 45

Can either of you tell me if refreshing the entire page fixes the problem?

Answer 46

Got your warning in my DM Sam. That's nothing to be concerned about. Hmm. But yeah. Refreshing?

Answer 47

Refreshing doesn't fix it for me.

Answer 48

Refreshing the page seems to work , but when I use the equation editor it starts again

Answer 49

one more thing , but don't know if its related to this or not,
Screenshot of what I see in canary, but not in chrome beta

Answer 50

That seems like it would be an unrelated issue. It looks like there's some weird font stuff going on in Windows. We'll definitely need to look into that.

Answer 51

I'm firing up a Windows VM to check what I see in Chrome.

Answer 52

Another unrelated bug: The chat window seems to be bugged, and won't say how many new questions have been asked in other groups.

Answer 53

Yeah, we found that one, I think mattfeury is on it.

Answer 54

Ok, I was able to confirm this bug exists in Chrome/Windows, but not in Chrome/Mac. That's very annoying. heh.

Answer 55

ok :)

Answer 56

@.Sam. Is 19 a beta? I have 19 on the mac that reports itself as a stable. o.O

Answer 57

I'm using chrome 20 beta,

Answer 58

I just haven't updated to 20 yet.

Answer 59

Right, but your version is reporting itself as a beta, yeah? Could you try using a stable version of chrome and seeing if the problem persists?

Answer 60

I just want to see if there is an off chance that the problem may only exist on the beta channel.

Answer 61

I'm using chrome 19 right now, its still same

Answer 62

The problem only occurs when I use the equation editor

Answer 63

Alright, I've confirmed the issue and filed it. We'll try to get it fixed ASAP. Thanks for your help. (You too, @KingGeorge)

Answer 64

I've also tried firefox and it works :D

Answer 65

It works properly in Firefox or the bug also exists in firefox?

Answer 66

there's no bug for firefox, except for the summation sign is not there

Answer 67

Also, if you're directly typing the LaTeX into the reply box, it's fine. It's just the equation editor.

Answer 68

or the "Sigma"

Answer 69

/me slaps Firefox with a trout.

Answer 70

I've got to go

Answer 71

K. Thanks Sam. I've filed both bugs. I can't reproduce the issue with the dropdown being too large. :\

Answer 72

ok, we'll chat later if you need more info ;)

Answer 73

I'm having the same issue, the issue where I'm typing in the equation editor and then it switches automatically back to the regular typing box.

Answer 74

Why does it say all the posts in this thread were posted yesterday?

Answer 75

Er. Interesting. The only way that makes sense is if the relative timestamps are, for some reason, being calculated from UTC and not your local timezone. I'm seeing it too. o.O

Answer 76

farm I just thought that OpenStudy invented time travel.

Answer 77

lol i was beginning to put "in it works fine 4 me" but i got to "it wor" before the editor changed. im in chrome as well.