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Devin Scheu
Devin Scheu
66,191 Points
Posted by Devin Scheu
Devin Scheu
66,191 Points

Problem With Code Challenges

Okay so I have noticed 2 problems with the code challenges setup.

1.) When you scroll down a bit in the code challenge and try to highlight the question text you can't. I often do this to help myself keep track of where I am in longer questions.

2.) When laying it out in two windows side by side, like I often like to do by dedicating half my computer to the code challenge and half to the video. When yo scroll down you can't type in the code challenge box. I like to do the challenges why watching the videos so this is kind of frustrating when I can't type my code in the box.

3 Answers

Daniel Armatis
Daniel Armatis
7,691 Points
Daniel Armatis
Daniel Armatis
7,691 Points

I don't have a solution to your question, but instead want to also express my frustration with code challenges. I emailed technical support about the issue and their solution was to open Chrome in incognito mode. It makes things a little better -but not much. Good luck...

Devin Scheu
Devin Scheu
66,191 Points
Devin Scheu
Devin Scheu
66,191 Points

Thanks for the reply Daniel!

Chyno Deluxe
Chyno Deluxe
16,936 Points
Chyno Deluxe
Chyno Deluxe
16,936 Points

It's a CSS issue. I've been having this problem as well. I also like to open two windows one for the video and one for the code. Looking into the issue further through Chrome Dev Tools I noticed this.

header ul#breadcrumb li#page-title-addition {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  bottom: 0; /* <------ This is the issue */
  overflow: hidden;
  opacity: 0;
  -webkit-transition: padding-top 0.25s ease, opacity 0.25s ease, left 0.3s ease, right 0.3s ease;
  transition: padding-top 0.25s ease, opacity 0.25s ease, left 0.3s ease, right 0.3s ease;
}

If you open up Dev tools and remove this declaration it works perfectly.

Chyno Deluxe
Chyno Deluxe
16,936 Points

Yeah just a hassle having to change that every code challenge when you have the screen below a certain width.

I emailed the support team last night so hopefully we'll get a fix soon. its annoying lol

Devin Scheu
Devin Scheu
66,191 Points
Devin Scheu
Devin Scheu
66,191 Points

Yes I've also emailed the support team a while ago so hopefully they will get this fixed soon :). Thanks for the temporary patch Chyno!

Chyno Deluxe
Chyno Deluxe
16,936 Points

Yup. Glad i could help!