A bug in the Change Permissions page

[SteveM]

When I added a new group to my forum, the page simply cuts off the last row of the Permissions screen rather than incorporating a horizontal scroll bar... can this please be fixed? My forum is embedded.

ALSO there is a lack of flexibility or ability to override certain groups; basically I want authenticated members to be able to read and write to the forum immediately, but when I set up a (test) group 'suspended', and removed the writing privilege for a test member, it did not work because the authenticated group overrides all other groups - plus it is uneditable (not that editing it would help much in this case).

The simple solution would be to be able to re-order the groups and therefore change the hierarchy, e.g. 'suspended' to the left of 'authenticated' and problem solved!

[Hugo <Nabble>]

SteveM wrote

When I added a new group to my forum, the page simply cuts off the last row of the Permissions screen rather than incorporating a horizontal scroll bar... can this please be fixed? My forum is embedded.

Is it possible to post a screenshot of the problem? Thanks for reporting this bug.

SteveM wrote

ALSO there is a lack of flexibility or ability to override certain groups; basically I want authenticated members to be able to read and write to the forum immediately, but when I set up a (test) group 'suspended', and removed the writing privilege for a test member, it did not work because the authenticated group overrides all other groups - plus it is uneditable (not that editing it would help much in this case).

The simple solution would be to be able to re-order the groups and therefore change the hierarchy, e.g. 'suspended' to the left of 'authenticated' and problem solved!

Why do you need a "suspended" group? We have the ban feature that is used to block users. They can view the forum (if permissions allow), but they cannot do anything else. Would that work for you?

[SteveM]

Below is a screen shot of the problem (note right-most column cut off)



Also, the idea behind a "suspended" group is for members who have broken the rules of the forum, but usually are good posters - banning them seems too draconian; a suspended group would be temporarily punished before being reinstated. If I want to ban an individual, it would be for good, i.e. I no longer want them to return, so unless you can suggest a better way of doing this, I either have to ban them or let them continue, with no option in between.

[Simon Large]

I also get this because I have the forum embedded on my own web page which restricts the width even more. I can't see the Authors column.

Also, a couple of the grid entries have 'true' rather than a checkbox. Is that deliberate or just a styling bug?

[Paul Hadley]

I can confirm the bug in my embedded forum (HBBR)

It was driving me nuts because the Moderator column was missing! (the parent site width is limited for 1024 screens).  I have set up the redirect so its not easy to open the forum on the Nabble site.

BTW There is a similar issue with a "Gallery" type sub-forum...width issues chop the Viewed column on the top level forum.

I guess something has gone wrong with the HTML padding etc. Good luck because I know these HTML bugs can be annoying to fix!

cheers
Paul

[SteveM]

I've answered your questions above, any chance of an ETA for a bug fix at least?

[Hugo <Nabble>]

This issue has been fixed. Now you should see a scroll bar at the bottom of the table if it doesn't fit in the screen.

[SteveM]

Thanks Hugo.