Default white text when typing in forum – invisible letters

[kelokekpe]

When users type in the form field , specifically the main text box, they are unable to see what they are typing… however, typing does work.. if you highlight the text box you can see the words that have been typed. This leads me to believe the forum is defaulting the text to white (on a white background, creating the “invisibility”) WHILE BEING TYPED – once submitted however, the text is visible.

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[Asgaros]

Hello @kelokekpe

This usually is a theme-related problem which seems to overwrite the editor-stylings. I dont do any modifications to the default editor-styling rules. If you enable guest-postings for a while I can have a quick look at your css-code.

[kelokekpe]

I’ve changed the user roles to contributor…you now have access

[Asgaros]

Hello @kelokekpe

Have you tried to disable autoptimize? It seems that it blocks the editor from loading.

[Optimizing Matters]

pro-tip; you can disable AO on a per-request basis by adding ?ao_noptimize=1 to the URL. if the editor works that way, then you’ll probably have to add Asgaros Forum’s JS to the comma-separated JS optimization exclusion list. AO’s FAQ has more info on troubleshooting and how to exclude.

hope this helps,
frank (ao dev)

[Asgaros]

@optimizingmatters

With the flag it seems to work on his site.

Is there something I can do as a plugin-developer to ensure compatibility with your plugin by default? Its not the first time that the editor does not seem to work in combination with the autoptimize plugin. I dont do much magic, basically the only thing I do is to call the wp_editor function in the frontend.

[kelokekpe]

I’m confused as where to add this: ?ao_noptimize=1 … does it belong in a source file?…also what will the repercussions of completely deactivating autoptimize?

[kelokekpe]

dectivating autoptimize worked, thanks!

[Optimizing Matters]

Is there something I can do as a plugin-developer to ensure compatibility with your plugin by default? Its not the first time that the editor does not seem to work in combination with the autoptimize plugin. I dont do much magic, basically the only thing I do is to call the wp_editor function in the frontend.

@asgaros that’s tinymce (for now), right? you could use the API to add wp-includes/js/tinymce/ to the JS optimization exclusion list like this;

add_filter('autoptimize_filter_js_exclude','my_ao_override_jsexclude',10,1);
function my_ao_override_jsexclude($exclude) {
	return $exclude.", wp-includes/js/tinymce";
}

or you could use the API to disable AO on the forum pages (holler if you’d like example code). or contact me at frank-at-optimizingmatters-dot-com.

I’m confused as where to add this: ?ao_noptimize=1 … does it belong in a source file?

@kelokekpe no, it’s something to add to you’re sites URL to disable autoptimize just for that one request.

also what will the repercussions of completely deactivating autoptimize?

your site will, depeding on your context, a bit or a lot slower ??

dectivating autoptimize worked, thanks!

if you want keep Autoptimize you could:
* keep CSS & HTML optimization active and only disable JS optimization (which is most likely to be the culprit here)
* also keep JS optimization active and try fixing the issue by adding wp-includes/js/tinymce/ to AO’s JS optimization comma-separated exclusion list. if still not OK look at your browser’s console for JS errors and report back here.

enjoy your Sunday! ??
frank