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Why don't you just based on the tags categorize a question onto the right substackoverflow site? [duplicate]
Same thing for duplicates and etc.. Why is it not existing or AUTOMATED. Do we have time to to research if the next possible duplicate is exactly the same question or not. I google it if i don't see a ...
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Can Stack Exchange have a direct interface to push code from GitHub? [closed]
I would like to see this feature implemented—an interface to push code from GitHub—as I keep having to copy paste code between Stack Exchange and GitHub.
I know that GitHub has its own discussion ...
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How can I make a reversed numbered list in a question or answer?
Numbered lists are easy:
Item1
Item2
This is how it looks when I'm typing this question:
Reversed numbered lists are not that easy:
Item2
Item1
This is how it looks when I'm typing this question:
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Only add the "edited by" label for big changes, and not "Edit tags"
Editing tags is a minor change; "Edited by ..." should be added only for big edits/ improvements.
Personally, I find "Edited by ... Kilroy" distracting, not helpful.
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Add comment guidance has very low contrast text [duplicate]
This showed up the first time I added a comment:
The black on dark blue is very hard to read. I think it should use the standard code colour of code. so it would look like:
Comments use mini-...
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The behavior of popup vote totals losing their +/- sign if the absolute value requires 3 or more digits triggers awkward, sudden paragraph reflows
On the vote-total popup, the leading + or - is suppressed once the total hits three digits:
Demo:
Demo:
Demo:
Demo:
This happens in both the 🟢 upvotes on the top and on the 🔴 downvotes on ...
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Remove border from non-textbox elements when focused
The recent design change of adding a visible border around textboxes when they're focused is a good thing IMO.
However, when applied to elements such as radio buttons, it can just look weird, e.g. in ...
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Edit review page: looks like all tags gone
No big deal, but here with the side by side display, a quick look gives the false impression that all the tags were removed in the new version.
So perhaps it would be best to repeat them anyway, in ...
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On the stackexchange.com filters page, use a background color instead of having to load an external image
On the filters page on StackExchange.com, a static external image is loaded to force a background colour instead of applying a CSS background-color for the HTML element .filters-sidebar .filters ul li....
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Why is the color contrast in the comment instructions barely readable? [duplicate]
This is an example from the Politics site. I have noticed it on other beta sites. Black font letters on a medium-dark blue background is difficult to read.
I am sorry about the large section that is ...
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Make the background of code blocks darker (or a different color)
When we use code blocks, created for example by the "Code Sample" button ({}), the background is so light:
Example: hsl(0,0%,96.5%)
But when we use backticks (`) to create inline code the ...
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Please make all blue tags black and gray in per-site metas
In most per-site metas common tags have black (and gray) cards; an example is Meta Physics SE.
But there are some sites that have colored common tag cards such as Meta Philosophy SE. And the color of ...
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Make saves listing visually indicate deleted answers
In the current Saves List UI, deleted answers are shown the same as non-deleted answers. If an answer is deleted along with its parent question, then the question and the answer are highlighted in red ...
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The established-user help page image should be updated
If you go to the /help/privileges/established-user help page on any SE website, you will see this screenshot:
This is quite outdated. Now that the vote button is standard, this screenshot should be ...
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Can we have the SE site's clicked icon enlarge but zoom upward, and put the open button at top?
When I start SE at https://stackexchange.com/sites?view=grid, the sites are tiles to be clicked on. When I click on a tile, it enlarges, then zooms down so it lines up with the row below, and the open ...
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Browsing for any non-recent blog post is significantly harder with the new design
The new blog design looks great! But it's left behind a feature that was really useful for navigating through old content: the archive/ date-based browsing page(s).
The old blog design had date-based ...
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Add thousands separator to reputation in Stack Overflow blog header
The Stack Overflow blog is redesigned, and in the new design we are able to log in to the blog. Upon successfully logging in, users are now greeted with a refined header layout that prominently ...
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The visual hint for a vote is less visible than for a retracted vote on Chrome for iOS
Problem: The visual hint for a vote is less visible than for a retracted vote on Chrome for iOS. I sometimes have to revote and reretract to understand whether I did what I want (voted or retracted).
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Can the AI banner disappear globally once dismissed on any site?
I've dismissed it here on MSE, but I still see it on Super User. Given that I've already seen and dismissed the banner once, I don't really want to have to dismiss it on each site.
(Ignore the font ...
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Remove hover text [tooltips] from 'vote' 'answer' and 'views'
Unless I'm missing something, there seems little point in having hover text for the three elements to the left of every question, as they simply repeat exactly what the element already says.
There is ...
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When writing an answer, it should appear directly below the question
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When I am writing an answer, especially a detailed one, it's useful to be able to refer to the question to make sure that I am answering everything and doing it in a logical order. Because of ...
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Let us go to the timeline of the post from homepage
This is how the homepage looks like:
Beside the username, we have words like "asked", "answered", "modified", + date and time.
When the mouse pointer is over those words,...
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Can the banner on Beta sites be closable?
I joined a site in Private Beta, and there is a banner at the top of the page. Here's a screenshot of it (laptop)
Here is a screenshot of the whole page (mobile device)
And the transcribed version (...
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Remove the flag counter from admin panel if there're no flags
On the site admin panel there's a flag count icon displayed as a part of "flags" tab:
Could we please remove that icon in the case there're no active flags? i.e. don't show an orange "...
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Add comment link is too close to Flag link
Due to the long words and the number of links on the modified by the post author post and if there are no comments yet, the link to add a comment ("Добавить комментарий") is placed very ...
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Increase width of community list popup to fit longest community name into single line
Currently some community names don't fit into single line in community popup, e.g.:
I suggest to increase the popup width to fit entire site name into single line, as it done for shorter names:
This ...
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Long title breaks strict column design on reputation tab [duplicate]
On the reputation tab in user profile page when the title is long enough it uses columns that are not intended (in my expectation) to be used for question's title:
I propose to place question's title ...
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Apply the new activity tab design in the network profile as well
Some time ago, the profile page got a revamp on all Stack Exchange sites, while se.com got left behind. No change whatsoever for many many years.
I don't ask for the whole revamp to be done there, ...
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Don't include the username as a part of the candidate statement
The candidate statement on the moderator election page contains the username of the candidate as a header part of it by default. You can manually remove it, but almost nobody does it. For instance, ...
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Add back the highlight on the author's name on suggested edit reviews to their own posts, or indicate the author otherwise
In the old UI for the review queues, it used to be that if the author reviewed a suggested edit to their own post, their name would be highlighted:
(Source)
However, this is no longer the case:
This ...
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Why have you hidden the "Data Explorer" tool?
Why is Data Explorer tool accessed only by clicking the word "Data" at the bottom of the page?
Correct it.
Change the word "Data" to "Data Explorer".
Bring the word &...
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Long location is unnecessarily truncated on user's profile page
Really long locations are truncated on users' profile pages. As here, for example:
Instead of the full location, it's cut off and the last few characters are replaced by an ellipsis. On the other ...
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Could we do something about the kerning of slashes on some sites?
Some sites in the network, like Philosophy.SE use the Palatino font, and the way it renders URLs on various browsers on my Mac (Safari, Chrome and Firefox) is ... kinda awkward. There's too much ...
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Expanding a user card leads to unnecessary shifting the elements below [duplicate]
Is it possible to prevent shifting the web page items down on expanding the user card?
As you can notice, the "Add a comment" link, horizontal line, and the rest content of the page are ...
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Don't cut badges too early
Some long-named badges are truncated too early on the profile page when viewed on narrow screens (e.g., on Android Chrome):
Reproducible on Windows 10 desktop Chrome as well:
Could we just display ...
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Reduce whitespace between short posts and their comment section [duplicate]
For ♦ moderators, the vote section contains some additional links (to the flag history, and to show deleted comments). For short answers like this one, this causes unnecessary whitespace between the ...
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Prevent tabs dancing for all actions page
There's a tab "dancing" (tab and text on the same row or not) on All Actions page of User Profile for ruSO and rusSE due to long enough words used in translations:
Could we please somehow ...
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Move achievements to the right on accounts block
On the activity page of profile achievements block needs to be moved to the right part for the items with long enough site names. When they don't fit on the single line. E.g.:
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Bind right corner of the next badge progress bar to the badge block border
On most cases (screen width) the right corner of the next badge progress bar is aligned with bronze badge block. But sometimes when newest badge and next badge can not fit into single line, the right ...
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Move recommended badge item under the badge progress
There is "Recommended" item in "Select your next badge" popup:
My suggestion is to move that item below the badge progress bar (or even after the badge description). This will ...
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New line for question title. Is it really needed?
Is starting a new line really necessary on some questions in that design?
Can’t it be fit in the single line?
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The background highlight color for the selected menu in the Activity tab can be improved
The background highlight color for the selected menu in the Activity tab is very low, whereas the background highlight color in the Settings tab is more optimal.
Can the same highlight color from the ...
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Can we have a question's tags be displayed at the top in all review queues and tabs?
When reviewing items, I often find myself switching tabs, between e.g. 'Answer' and 'Question', not in the least because to properly assess the quality of i.c. an answer, I need to know what the ...
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More columns for badges in narrow width mode
It seems that badges could be displayed in more columns in narrow width mode. Tested on my iPad.
Below the screenshots to compare:
full width
3/4 width
half width
quarter width
At least one more ...
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Align reputation to the right in community list
To be consistent with other blocks in profile page, the reputation part in community blocks should be moved to the right:
Compare with badges block:
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Improve alignment when multiple duplicate suggestions are shown
When a question you asked is proposed (but not closed) as a duplicate, there's a box showing duplicate suggestions. A while ago, I noticed it looks a bit odd when multiple duplicates are shown:
It ...
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Increase the visual difference between non-visited and visited links on stackexchange.com
On stackexchange.com (not meta.stackexchange.com or other subdomains), non-visited links have the color #366FB3, and visited links have the color #12457C.
I find the difference very difficult to see- ...
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Make the text field for mod flags resizable
The text field for mod flags (for both posts and comments) is too small for the amount of text that can be written in it and it would be useful to have it be resizable (at least the height).
This is ...
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Add the "view all" link to the sidebar list of communities on your own profile
When viewing someone else's profile, there's a list of their top few sites on the side. This includes a "view all" link to the network profile:
When viewing your own profile, though, this ...
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Activity submenu refusing to become muscle memory
There's this list of Activity submenu options in my profile ("Summary", "Answers", "Questions", ...):
Which for some reason refuses to become muscle memory for me.
Every ...
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