Do you ever get trapped in the quotation box?

Roland

You know that time when you replied to someone’s comment, and found yourself typing into their quotation. There is a way out.

Littlejonny said: … I'm trapped typing in this grey box and don't know how to get out....!

Press the </> icon, and you will see all the hidden characters. 

Like this:

<blockquote class="Quote">

  <div><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Littlejonny</a> said: By the way I'm trapped typing in this grey box and don't know how to get out....!</div>

</blockquote>

<br>

Place your cursor at the end after “<br>” and continue typing

S56035

Interesting. I only get this using Chrome on Android. Thanks for the tip.

Kittyfrisk

Or hit the browser return/back arrow, kill any saved drafts & then start again?
 I have noticed if you have typed something below the quotation box that you tried to edit, if you delete past the first character, you end up stuck in the quotation box... 

LionAquaLooper

Kittyfrisk said:

Or hit the browser return/back arrow, kill any saved drafts & then start again?
 I have noticed if you have typed something below the quotation box that you tried to edit, if you delete past the first character, you end up stuck in the quotation box... 

Yes. And it's bloody annoying when it happens. 

Revolutions

LionAquaLooper said:

Kittyfrisk said:

Or hit the browser return/back arrow, kill any saved drafts & then start again?
 I have noticed if you have typed something below the quotation box that you tried to edit, if you delete past the first character, you end up stuck in the quotation box... 

Yes. And it's bloody annoying when it happens. 

It’s not like it’s hard to avoid though 

Benm39

Aha! Thanks

VimFuego

I wonder how many brave souls have become lost in the quotation box, falling prey to others trapped in there, unable to escape or go on. We should all bow our heads in a moments reflection of our fallen. 

Philly_Q

Good tip.  Amazingly, I'd managed to figure that one out myself, I don't really understand what I'm doing in the world of "</>" but I keep trying until it works.  I hate untidy posts.    Forget about doing that on a phone, though...

fastonebaz

Splendid thanks

fastonebaz

fastonebaz said:

Splendid thanks


Doh, doesn't work on mobile, there's no option to get to the html  

fastonebaz

fastonebaz said:

fastonebaz said:

Splendid thanks


Doh, doesn't work on mobile, there's no option to get to the html  

Ohhhhh yes there is, you just need to rotate yr phone into landscape mode and the html button appears and can be clicked and so it works!

Philly_Q

fastonebaz said:

fastonebaz said:

fastonebaz said:

Splendid thanks


Doh, doesn't work on mobile, there's no option to get to the html  

Ohhhhh yes there is, you just need to rotate yr phone into landscape mode and the html button appears and can be clicked and so it works!

Good tip.  I'm too clumsy with my phone to do that, I think, but good to know it's possible.

Supportact

Thank you! I am cackhanded at typing on my phone so this happens to me a lot!

drofluf

LET ME OUT!

BillDL

Philly_Q said:

Good tip.  Amazingly, I'd managed to figure that one out myself, I don't really understand what I'm doing in the world of "</>" but I keep trying until it works.  I hate untidy posts.    Forget about doing that on a phone, though...

The <something> and </something> are "tags" of the HTML code that creates web pages.  It's easier to follow if you treat these tags as opening and closing markers.  The <div> tag creates a new paragraph, and to end the paragraph you need a closing </div> tag.  The only tag in the example given that doesn't need to be closed with the / is <br> that creates a new line (break).

<blockquote class="Quote">

  <div><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Littlejonny</a> said: By the way I'm trapped typing in this grey box and don't know how to get out....!</div>

</blockquote>

<br>

Within the opening < and > of a tag you can make the text or object display in a certain way by referring to an accompanying attribute that's found either elsewhere in the same page of code or an external "script" or "style" file that's fetched in when the page loads, for example <blockquote class="Quote">  Everything that happens from there until the "blockquote is closed with the </blockquote> is displayed in the specified manner, i.e. within the grey box as specified by the "Quote" class.

Within the <blockquote> and </blockquote> there is a <div> that creates the paragraph inside the grey box and the paragraph is closed off again at the end with a </div>

Within that you have the <a> and </a> that creates a clickable hyperlink that should open the specified "target".

It would normally have a web address / a URL as the target using "href=", like this:

<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/profile/5377/Philly_Q"> Link To PhillyQ's Profile</a>

rel="nofollow" is used by Google, to specify that the Google search spider should not follow that link.

target="_blank" tells the browser to open the target of the link in a new window or tab.

The text between the > and </a> is the text that will be displayed as the clickable link like THIS

All the other text after the </a> and before the </div> is displayed as normal text in the grey blockquote box.

When Roland has suggested flipping over to the HTML code display and typing something after the <br>, it is creating new standard text outside and below the grey blockquote box.  You could also type <div>.add some text here.</div> to place your new text in a new paragraph below the grey box and then flip back to the normal editing mode where you can then delete whatever ended up wrongly inside the grey box.

relic245

fastonebaz said:

fastonebaz said:

fastonebaz said:

Splendid thanks


Doh, doesn't work on mobile, there's no option to get to the html  

Ohhhhh yes there is, you just need to rotate yr phone into landscape mode and the html button appears and can be clicked and so it works!

Doesn't work on my phone.

Perhaps it depends on screen size?

LionAquaLooper

fastonebaz said:

fastonebaz said:

fastonebaz said:

Splendid thanks


Doh, doesn't work on mobile, there's no option to get to the html  

Ohhhhh yes there is, you just need to rotate yr phone into landscape mode and the html button appears and can be clicked and so it works!

Testing

Sporky

Rotating works on tablet. 

LionAquaLooper

There was no <br> at the end when I pressed the button though. Last line was </blockquote>. Didn't matter because I typed after the block quote line and it worked as well. 

Sporky

LionAquaLooper said:

There was no <br> at the end when I pressed the button though. Last line was </blockquote>. Didn't matter because I typed after the block quote line and it worked as well. 

Oops I'm stuck

But then I escaped!

Emp_Fab

Never mind that....  what about deleting drafts ?  It saves a draft every 2 microseconds and you need the accuracy of Robin Hood to hit that little 'x' to delete them.