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Constant bold fail on app

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BitOutOfPractice · 18/10/2017 12:20

Hi lovely MN people.

I am constantly having bold fail when I try to use the * method. Usually when I’m quoting another MNer. It’s starting to make me look slightly unhinged Grin

I’m on iPhone 6s iOS 11.0.3

Not a massive problem but thought I’d raise it

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BitOutOfPractice · 03/11/2017 09:55

There were definitely no asterisks in my post when I typed it. I wasn’t trying to embolden anything except “op” which worked fine.

I think this is an asterisk problem not an old problem iyswim

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Fragglewump · 01/11/2017 18:50

My phone won’t let me —strikethrough— but will let me bold - I downloaded the latest iPhone software this week....

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BitOutOfPractice · 30/10/2017 23:25

Definitely a recent thing. Since the ios11 update in my iPhone

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tygr · 30/10/2017 19:59

Recent bug Tim.

Perhaps because iOS has updated?

It’s always been fine for me until the last couple of week when I can’t make —strikethrough— work and all the bold problems.

Weird.

MsJuniper · 30/10/2017 18:19

This has been the last couple of weeks or so for me.

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TimMumsnet · 30/10/2017 17:08

I'll continue to look into this, thanks for your patience!

I'm a little confused as to why it's an issue now, as I understand, we haven't made any changes to the formatting editor in a few years. Has it always been this way, or is there a recent bug?

2017SoFarSoGood · 27/10/2017 18:53

this poor poster will be ripping her hair out. BUT a good example of the problem:

So in my office there is one girl who has nominated herself as the ‘lunch getter’ as she is the* only one who has the time to actually leave the building on her break. She is the most junior so has a lighter workload than the rest of us. The rest of us just eat at our desk or take 10 mins where we can. We have nowhere to store food from home either so I tend not to bring* it in.
Anyways, so every time I* tell her what I want, ‘conveniently’ the shop doesn’t have it or she gets me the ‘light’ or ‘diet’ version by ‘mistake’. Even if there are 3 of us having the same sandwich, she’ll give the other two* theirs and mine will be the ‘light’ version!

Thing is... I’m* not even big!! I’m a size 12 so not super super skinny, but I go to the gym 3 times a week and don’t eat a lot of crap. I’m genuinely staring to think that she is* trying to ‘thin me down’ or something!

So, AIBU to start fattening her up? She’s* a tiny little thing and I* think it would be sweet revenge...

2017SoFarSoGood · 27/10/2017 18:50

thank you all for reporting. We are like a bunch of asterisking lunatics right now.

MsJuniper · 27/10/2017 08:23

I am also having this problem and it is driving me mad.

I find if I post something where I do use asterisks to bold, the rest of the post either has random bold parts or random asterisks which I have definitely not put in.

I can see while I’m writing the rest of the post that this is going to happen because the words flicker into bold and back while typing - particularly if I let the phone autocomplete or autocorrect. There’s nothing I can do to stop it as it all looks fine at the point of posting though.

tygr · 26/10/2017 23:30

I give up

Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t.

tygr · 26/10/2017 23:30

maybe it only goes wonky when the first word is in bold? Is that it site bugs?

tygr · 26/10/2017 23:29

Um no. bold. No it appears it’s not working.

Oh dear.

tygr · 26/10/2017 23:28

Tim.* Thanks. This is where I test before unleashing my random boldness on the rest of the site.*

Hopefully all working now —or is it?--

Mrswinkler · 25/10/2017 10:20

I have this problem too. Use the bold button then click it off. Next paragraph automatically goes bold. iPhone on the app.

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TimMumsnet · 25/10/2017 10:07

Hey guys, thanks so much for explaining the issue in detail. The root of the problem is pretty clear now.

I've developed a fix for the strikethrough bug, but the live-bold issue is more complex. Generally, it's really difficult to create a bug-free live preview, because there are so many edge-cases that need to be handled.

One way to resolve all of these bugs, is to remove the live editor, and just show the raw formatting like we do on the web, but I assume people prefer the live editor? Having to press preview every time could be frustrating.

tygr · 24/10/2017 16:11

Yup. Still happening Confused

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tygr · 24/10/2017 16:10

thanks I’m not sure so this is an experiment.* I just put one asterisk at the start of thanks and one after.*

Let’s see what happens when I post.**

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AaaaaaaarrghmyGMumsnet · 24/10/2017 12:40

Hello tygr - thanks for this. We'll get tech to look into it, if you're still having the issue?

tygr · 22/10/2017 20:56

Here we go. Didn’t screenshot this as was totally fine on preview. I put an asterisk either side of whisky to bold it. This is what happened.

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daisychain01 · 22/10/2017 20:34

Oops I just realised I actually meant —Strikethrough Fail— Blush not embolden Fail

Bold is ok because it’s just one asterisk either side.

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BitOutOfPractice · 22/10/2017 19:14

Not just me then!

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tygr · 22/10/2017 18:48

Hmm. See random asterisks have appeared at the end.

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tygr · 22/10/2017 18:47

bold is ok but occasionally whole sections go bold that look fine in preview.

—does this work—

Can’t make strikethrough work at all.**

daisychain01 · 22/10/2017 18:15

I wonder if iOS 11 works differently on an iPad to an iPhone? I only use an iPad as my mobile is Galaxy Edge and no problems with formatting on the Edge.

tygr · 22/10/2017 17:58

Having same issue with weird bolding and strikethrough not working.

Also on an iPhone SE and using the app.

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