Fixed/Static thread title display

Odd, because I don't have it.

I don’t either.

I've been seeing it for at least a week, but maybe it's been there all along and I just never noticed it before. I'm using Windows 10 w/Firefox (78.0.2 64-bit) browser on a desktop computer with 27" display @1920x1080 resolution.

Try scrolling down in the thread. I don't have it at the beginning post either. It only appears here after scrolling down below the original post's title. After that the new larger title banner appears as shown in the OP's picture.

Win 10 Pro & Chrome

I don’t see it when I’m scrolled down, either.

Could this be a setting in your browser?

I get it on up to date Firefox.

@John H posted:

I get it on up to date Firefox.

I also use up-to-date Firefox and I don’t  see it. As I suggested, I think it’s a browser setting. I also do not see it my IPad.

It's real.  I first noticed it a while ago (I forget exactly when, but probably the last month or maybe 6 weeks).

I successfully blocked that element using AdBlock Plus back when it appeared, so I haven't thought about it much.  Here's the code AdBlock Plus says it is blocking:

ogrforum.ogaugerr.com##.line-item.h-title-line

When I toggled that filter to "off" and reloaded the page, I see it again.

Works exactly like Keystone and rtr12 described it on this end.  I know I didn't consciously change any browser settings when it first appeared, unless it was possibly "brought to life" by a Firefox update around the time it appeared. (while settings normally are retained pretty well for me with updates, it probably would not be the first time some odd setting did get messed with during an update - so I would not go so far as to say it's impossible, just that any change was not operator initiated if it was some odd-ball browser setting that got messed with during an update.  If it was, it conveniently ONLY happens on this website. ) 

Hopefully I didn't just screw myself by explaining how I blocked it to Crowdstack and they do something different now to put it back.   I agree, it IS an EXTREMELY annoying "feature" on a small laptop screen. 

But such is life on the interwebs.... change for the sake of change.... just like the little bell instead of follow, right? (might have actually been around the same time, now that I think of it....)

-Dave

@Rich Melvin posted:

I don’t see it when I’m scrolled down, either.

Could this be a setting in your browser?

Your screen looks somewhat narrow.  It is not the browser settings but due to the responsive design choices.  The web developers seem to have chosen a width of 1024 as the starting point for displaying the title 

Brendan

Windows 10 (latest Rev), Firefox (Latest Ver), Resolution 1600X900 and I see it also. Has a bell after it for clicking to follow topic thread.

I get it to running Chrome Windows 7 but not on my old iPad.  Screen resolution is 2560x1440.  It's only after I scroll down off the top of the page.  Not terrible for me but it could be smaller.  I'm sure this is a Crowdstack "feature" they added for no reason than to give Rich a headache.

Same here.

@Training Wheels posted:

I've been seeing it for at least a week, but maybe it's been there all along and I just never noticed it before. I'm using Windows 10 w/Firefox (78.0.2 64-bit) browser on a desktop computer with 27" display @1920x1080 resolution.

Funny thing, I use Win-10 with FF as well, and I don't see that.

Marty is right, when you scroll down, then it appears.  I truthfully hadn't noticed it, and with a 1920 x 1080 display, I haven't had any issues with it showing up.  Interesting that it disappears if you block the ads, but so does the handy little bell to subscribe to the thread.

I don't have a big problem with that, but I guess it could be a little less greedy of screen real estate.  I can't see any reason for the huge lettering myself.

@gunrunnerjohn posted:

Marty is right, when you scroll down, then it appears.  I truthfully hadn't noticed it, and with a 1920 x 1080 display, I haven't had any issues with it showing up.  Interesting that it disappears if you block the ads, but so does the handy little bell to subscribe to the thread.

My display setting on my 14" Win10 is also 1920 x 1080 and I also run AdBlocker Ultimate and Ghostery extensions and as posted above see the fixed/static thread title as I scroll down with the newest Firefox, Chrome and Edge browsers.  FWIW I also get the same on a Macbook Pro running the newest IOS w/ safari and chrome browsers.

Brendan figured it out in his post above. It is not related to screen resolution. It is related to how large your browser window is.

I don't run Firefox at full size. I run it at a smaller window size because it's easier for me to use that way. However, when I stretched the Firefox window a little wider, I got the banner at the top, too.

I have submitted a tech support ticket to the Crowdstack folks to find out if I can shut this off.

They were right Rich, it was just something they put in specifically to bug you!

Actually, Crowdstack tells me this has been a long-standing feature and it's not something new. It is also something that I cannot shut off. We'll just have to live with it.

Funny, my monitor is @27" wide (I have no idea about the resolution) and the bar is there but I NEVER noticed it until the op brought it up! Oh, and it does not bother me, either.

@PRRMP54 posted:

... I NEVER noticed it until the op brought it up! Oh, and it does not bother me, either.

I think I'm in the same boat. I never really noticed it until this thread was started. Doesn't bother me.

I'm in that same U-Boat

I don't think I ever noticed it until this thread appeared.    Doesn't bother me at all.   

I could see where a toggle might be cool to have, or use Ad Block to block that one element on this forum (it won't block the ads, just the Topic Header)

I think I'm done worrying about it, mystery explained.

I never noticed it until I saw this thread.  However, I usually have multiple windows open side by side.  (So I can watch Virtual Railfan and check the forum.)  The title "feature" shuts off at about half screen width on my 1920 by 1080 monitor.

Ironically, there are web sites where I have to widen the browser window so they go into desktop mode instead of phone mode.  Then there are those that are always in phone mode like the horrible, barely usable current iteration of the Lionel website.