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I'm curious about the formatting change that sometimes happen when I'm writing a post in the forum reply box. I'll be typing along, and all of the sudden there's a formatting shift, and the post starts expanding to the right of the box. A bar also appears below the reply box, with directional arrows to the left and right.

It's trying to produce one of those annoying posts that you have to scroll left to right to read, because it's too big for the standard format. I was able to revert it just now, and finish my post in standard format.

So what triggers this change? It rarely happens, but I have seen posts that made it onto the forum with this too-big format.

Hi, Anita -

Sorry for the delay in responding to your query, but I've been trying to figure out what was happening.

The 'wide screen format' generally occurs when someone has included a large web site link directly into their post, or when an image/photo has been added to the post, and either of these can make the entire thread wide screen. Using a large font will also make the post/thread wide screen.

When I see a large web site link, I generally edit the post and make the link a 'clickable text', which eliminates the wide screen format.

The moderators and myself also edit large fonts as they are harder to read; those posts are returned to our default font and size and so noted in the post.

An image or photo is harder to control, and that is why we prefer that no images or photos be included in posts unless absolutely necessary; either add the photo to our gallery, or use a clickable link to an outside site. If I deem the photo is unnecessary then I will just delete it outright.

I don't know if you were trying to do any of the above in your particular post(s), so I'm unable to reproduce your 'error.' If none of these were the case, then I can only presume that the error was due to your browser.

- SL

I don't know if you were trying to do any of the above in your particular post(s), so I'm unable to reproduce your 'error.' If none of these were the case, then I can only presume that the error was due to your browser.

No, I was typing a "plain Jane" reply to someone's post when the reply box started to swerve out of control. I turned into the skid, and managed to get back on track.

Thanks for the info on how that happens, though. I've never seen an explanation for it on other websites where the moderators left a wide-screen post in place.