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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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daisychain01 · 22/10/2017 17:52

I am also having formatting problems with strike through, which has completely stopped working with the upgraded iOS 11.0.3 on my iPad Air.

Using two hyphens together won’t work because iOS 11 autocorrects and joins the two hyphens into a single line

—embolden Fail—

If you insert a space between them it won’t work either.

Any way of changing it maybe to just one hyphen, not two?

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BitOutOfPractice · 19/10/2017 14:02

This is what’s happening on the app today using the make bold button. It doesn’t look like that on the screen when I type it

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TimMumsnet · 19/10/2017 11:56

Thanks for the screenshots @BitOutOfPractice - I'm still struggling to reproduce exactly how you did this on the app.

I'm assuming you're using asterix and not the 'make bold' button? If you have the chance, could you:

  1. Take a screenshot of the written post with asterix etc BEFORE posting
  2. Then take a screenshot of the post AFTER posting

Apologies for the inconvenience, text formatting can be a bit of a minefield...

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BitOutOfPractice · 18/10/2017 14:51

It’s doing it as I try to italicise now. Like I say, this also looked perfect before I pressed send

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BitOutOfPractice · 18/10/2017 13:03

Hello Tim. Here’s an example. It all looked perfect when I pressed “post” but those pesky asterixes (asteri?) don’t seem to stay put

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TimMumsnet · 18/10/2017 12:23

Hi there, is this when you're using the '*' in multiple places? Whenever the asterix is used, it will try to find a second to make the contents bold.

Could you show us an example post?

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