problem with text cursor (scrolling in fact) in the interpreter window

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It might be useful for some firefox users

I've encountered strange cursor behavior in the online python editor - sometimes it doesn't match mouse position. When I scrolling content of the window, row numbers scroll with different pace. If I click after that 30rd row for example, 28th line will highlight.

As it turned out the cause of such behavior is the firefox add-on "Yet another smooth scrolling". I don't really need this addon, so I just delete it.

asked 17 Mar '12, 08:57

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Mine NEVER matches but it is always the same distance to the right. (FF 10.0.2) I can't remember exactly, but it's about 5 or 6 spaces beyond the end of the line. And if do a backspace, it deletes the last char in my code line. But if I forget and don't make my cursor go way right, it might delete in the middle of the code line. It's been like that since day one. I just figured while it was a real pain, it didn't compare to the orange bar and pop up Something's wrong window submission issues, so I didn't mention it. And yes, I've also had the numbers issue, but mostly a page refresh fixes that. Still, as you say, a bit disconcerting.

And, early this morning (about 5 or 6 a.m. EDT Sat/March 17) I couldn't see anything in the Coursework section in Ice Weasel and it had the error msg with a try again later INSIDE the video window.

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answered 17 Mar '12, 09:20

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edited 17 Mar '12, 09:24

Clair, have you try to figure out what exactly causes toubles? I tried another browser first -everything ok, then I created defaultProfile -ok. After that I started to disable addons in my ff profile, something that affects content of page. Second guess was correct

(17 Mar '12, 10:01) Alexey Davydov Alexey%20Davydov's gravatar image

Oleksii --yes, I already tried disabling ALL addons. No change. And, the whole thing was a mess in IE, so I didn't even bother trying anything at with that after just one look! I almost never use IE so I'm sure it was at the default level.

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I'm using Chrome for Mac on a MBPro - the cursor sits correctly laterally but one line below. This has been the behavior since the start of the course.

I was also attributing auto-capitalisation to the interpreter but realised that I had text expanding software turned on. To counter this, I have a simple keyboard shortcut to toggle it on or off.

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answered 17 Mar '12, 10:15

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