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An an explanation of the extra body padding to www/forum.wiki so that we don't later mistake it for a bug.

stephan 2026-06-10 09:02 UTC forum-editor-2026
Commit 5d770fe291cfa9c530db223152eae8a9f51ac33e6fd929fa3e47dc264db78528
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If neither <code>localStorage</code> nor <code>sessionStorage</code>
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are available, it uses a transient storage object which is recreated
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on each page-load, so it cannot store drafts outside of a single
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thread at a time.
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+<h2 name="padding">Curious Extra Page Padding</h2>
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+Users may notice that the forum pages get a bunch of padding added to
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+the bottom of the page when an editor widget is opened. This is not a
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+bug, but a workaround to help avoid the UI jumping around when
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+rendering a preview wildly resizes the widget. The effect is
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+especially helpful when working on posts while the bottom footer of
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+the page is in the viewport, as the footer is a hard boundary against
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+scrolling. With the extra padding, the editor widget's top edge shifts
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+around less when the preview is shown and hidden.
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--- www/forum.wiki
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@@ -533,5 +533,17 @@
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534 If neither <code>localStorage</code> nor <code>sessionStorage</code>
535 are available, it uses a transient storage object which is recreated
536 on each page-load, so it cannot store drafts outside of a single
537 thread at a time.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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@@ -533,5 +533,17 @@
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534 If neither <code>localStorage</code> nor <code>sessionStorage</code>
535 are available, it uses a transient storage object which is recreated
536 on each page-load, so it cannot store drafts outside of a single
537 thread at a time.
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540 <h2 name="padding">Curious Extra Page Padding</h2>
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542 Users may notice that the forum pages get a bunch of padding added to
543 the bottom of the page when an editor widget is opened. This is not a
544 bug, but a workaround to help avoid the UI jumping around when
545 rendering a preview wildly resizes the widget. The effect is
546 especially helpful when working on posts while the bottom footer of
547 the page is in the viewport, as the footer is a hard boundary against
548 scrolling. With the extra padding, the editor widget's top edge shifts
549 around less when the preview is shown and hidden.
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