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Old May 26, 2016 | 11:44 am
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Originally Posted by IBobi
Well, we may be at Maximum Quote box right now.

Jose if you can post a screen shot of where this is causing trouble, I can try to get it wider, but no promises
Mostly, the issue as reflected in a number of Wikiposts, because the information written and appearing as (simulation, nothing actually from AA forum wikipost):

Lorem ipsum

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

Finibus Bonorum et Malorum (Cicero, 45 BCE)

"At vero eos et accusamus et iusto odio dignissimos ducimus qui blanditiis praesentium voluptatum deleniti atque corrupti quos dolores et quas molestias excepturi sint occaecati cupiditate non provident, similique sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollitia animi, id est laborum et dolorum fuga. Et harum quidem rerum facilis est et expedita distinctio. Nam libero tempore, cum soluta nobis est eligendi optio cumque nihil impedit quo minus id quod maxime placeat facere possimus, omnis voluptas assumenda est, omnis dolor repellendus. Temporibus autem quibusdam et aut officiis debitis aut rerum necessitatibus saepe eveniet ut et voluptates repudiandae sint et molestiae non recusandae. Itaque earum rerum hic tenetur a sapiente delectus, ut aut reiciendis voluptatibus maiores alias consequatur aut perferendis doloribus asperiores repellat."

in a full width quote box now shows as

Lorem ipsum

"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X DEAD SPACE
Finibus Bonorum et Malorum (Cicero, 45 BCE)
"At vero eos et accusamus et iusto odio dignissimos ducimus qui blanditiis praesentium voluptatum deleniti atque corrupti quos dolores et quas molestias excepturi sint occaecati cupiditate non provident, similique sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollitia animi, id est laborum et dolorum fuga. Et harum quidem rerum facilis est et expedita distinctio. Nam libero tempore, cum soluta nobis est eligendi optio cumque nihil impedit quo minus id quod maxime placeat facere possimus, omnis voluptas assumenda est, omnis dolor repellendus. Temporibus autem quibusdam et aut officiis debitis aut rerum necessitatibus saepe eveniet ut et voluptates repudiandae sint et molestiae non recusandae. Itaque earum rerum hic tenetur a sapiente delectus, ut aut reiciendis voluptatibus maiores alias consequatur aut perferendis doloribus asperiores repellat."
X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X DEAD SPACE

That eats up wikipost real estate and makes it look a little weird, IMO.

I'm slowly reformatting to


Lorem ipsum

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.


Finibus Bonorum et Malorum (Cicero, 45 BCE)

"At vero eos et accusamus et iusto odio dignissimos ducimus qui blanditiis praesentium voluptatum deleniti atque corrupti quos dolores et quas molestias excepturi sint occaecati cupiditate non provident, similique sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollitia animi, id est laborum et dolorum fuga. Et harum quidem rerum facilis est et expedita distinctio. Nam libero tempore, cum soluta nobis est eligendi optio cumque nihil impedit quo minus id quod maxime placeat facere possimus, omnis voluptas assumenda est, omnis dolor repellendus. Temporibus autem quibusdam et aut officiis debitis aut rerum necessitatibus saepe eveniet ut et voluptates repudiandae sint et molestiae non recusandae. Itaque earum rerum hic tenetur a sapiente delectus, ut aut reiciendis voluptatibus maiores alias consequatur aut perferendis doloribus asperiores repellat."

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Old May 26, 2016 | 6:47 pm
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In fairness to IB I've never done quotes on wikiposts, so that might be unique to JDiver. Love Jose, but I'd rather it works for everyone than perhaps a one-off type app. However, if IB can solve both, yeah!

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Old May 27, 2016 | 7:15 am
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Originally Posted by SkiAdcock
In fairness to IB I've never done quotes on wikiposts, so that might be unique to JDiver. Love Jose, but I'd rather it works for everyone than perhaps a one-off type app. However, if IB can solve both, yeah!

Cheers.
Works the same in Wikiposts as in post quotes. The truncating of quotes, reducing the right margin, is common to all post quotes. The effects in Wikiposts and normal post quotes are the same. Nothing unique here.
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Old May 27, 2016 | 8:53 am
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I've never done quotes in wikis so didn't notice.

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Old May 27, 2016 | 11:46 am
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Originally Posted by IBobi
Well, we may be at Maximum Quote box right now.

Jose if you can post a screen shot of where this is causing trouble, I can try to get it wider, but no promises
The easiest way to see this is in a wikipost I've not edited to eliminate quite boxes: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...er-thread.html.

It uses double quote boxes and has double margin shrinkage.

Lorem ipsum
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
Finibus Bonorum et Malorum
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Old May 27, 2016 | 2:49 pm
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Answer from tech is that the quotes work better on mobile when they are narrower than they used to be. They're set to the max width they can be set to right now without creating formatting havok across the page.
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Old May 27, 2016 | 6:35 pm
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Originally Posted by IBobi
Answer from tech is that the quotes work better on mobile when they are narrower than they used to be. They're set to the max width they can be set to right now without creating formatting havok across the page.
OK, got it. Thanks!

I will reformat Wikiposts from using quite boxes as I edit them. Ugh.
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Old Jun 19, 2016 | 10:25 pm
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So the post above mine, #22, has a large space (like 10 lines) between the word "Quote" and the actual quote. This is in Chrome. However post #16 does not.
In Firefox post #16 also has it, along with post #22.

Is this a different issue?
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Old Jun 20, 2016 | 4:50 am
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Originally Posted by s0ssos
So the post above mine, #22, has a large space (like 10 lines) between the word "Quote" and the actual quote. This is in Chrome. However post #16 does not.
In Firefox post #16 also has it, along with post #22.

Is this a different issue?
Unless they fixed it in the wee hours of this morning, I'm not seeing that same issue on my Chrome. See attachment below:
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Old Jun 20, 2016 | 8:43 am
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Oh, I'm not on mobile. On a windows laptop.
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Old Jun 20, 2016 | 9:49 am
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Originally Posted by s0ssos
So the post above mine, #22, has a large space (like 10 lines) between the word "Quote" and the actual quote. This is in Chrome. However post #16 does not.
In Firefox post #16 also has it, along with post #22.

Is this a different issue?
not seeing it in FF here?
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Old Jun 20, 2016 | 10:52 am
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I only began having the issue a few days ago. It's quite bad for me. I have to scroll to the right to find the box where I can reply as it goes entirely off screen. I use Firefox on a Mac.
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Old Jun 20, 2016 | 4:06 pm
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Originally Posted by SanDiego1K
I only began having the issue a few days ago. It's quite bad for me. I have to scroll to the right to find the box where I can reply as it goes entirely off screen. I use Firefox on a Mac.
Can you post a screen shot?

Also, be sure there is not a big photo in the thread where it is happening -- usually it's a large photo somewhere in thread that causes this need to scroll.
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Old Jun 20, 2016 | 4:27 pm
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Oh, I get it. If there is an ad, then it makes the quote skip many lines (cause it doesn't resize the text correctly, or at all). If it isn't a quote and there isn't an ad then it just appears normally (the text is just moved to the left of the ad).
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Old Jun 21, 2016 | 4:22 pm
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Yes, it's the ads. I know we have to have them, but couldn't we restrict them to just the r.h. margin instead of actually in people's posts?
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