Editing Window is Jumping/Obscuring Text

  • Resolved ditchwalk

    (@wporg-1)


    9 years, 2 months ago

    I’ve had this problem a few times and I cannot figure out what’s causing it or how to stop it. It usually only happens on longer posts, but not consistently so.

    When I am typing in the editing window — either normally or using distraction-free mode — the editing window will jump and move the text I’m working on just out of sight at the top of the window. This is obviously a problem because I cannot then see what I’m writing.

    What is causing this and how do I stop it?

    (This never happened prior to the update in which WP slaved the edit window to the scroll bar/scroll wheel, which I assume was done for people using tablets or handhelds. I am using a desktop.)

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  • Thread Starter ditchwalk

    (@wporg-1)

    Okay, I believe I may have figured this out.

    If you’re having this problem, click on SCREEN OPTIONS at the top of the screen.

    At the bottom of the settings menu that drops down you will see a checkbox, checked, and beside it the following text:

    >> Enable full-height editor and distraction-free functionality. <<

    Uncheck the checkbox. Not only should that solve this problem, but it will immediately give you back scroll-wheel control of your editing window when the cursor is in that space, instead of defaulting to scroll the whole page. (The scroll wheel will still move the whole page when you have the cursor outside the editing window.)

    I am now having no more window jumping or cursor jumping while writing.

    If you are working on a desktop, I would uncheck that box.

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