Batch process articles nearly impossible to use in 3.5.1

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Batch process articles nearly impossible to use in 3.5.1

Post by zippity » Tue May 24, 2016 12:35 pm

I'm very surprised that I can't find any previous posts on this and it is certainly what I would call a bug. Since I've updated to 3.5.1 (or possibly it was 3.5.0, I'm not exactly sure when the problem started) when I try to batch process an article the window that comes up to do so is limited in size and can't be resized. The "To Move or Copy your selection please select a Category." section is nearly impossible to use because you can't see the list of Categories because the pop-up window is so small. There is a scroll bar on the pop-up window but if you use it then you can't use the drop-down list because you can no longer see the selection area of the Category.

The only way I can get it to work is to figure out how many times I need to click the down arrow key to get to the category I want and hope I get it right. This is very much a problem especially when I need to explain to my client how to use the batch processing and it is not reasonable to ask anyone to do that.

If someone can tell me why this happening and how it can be fixed, I would very much appreciate it.

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Re: Batch process articles nearly impossible to use in 3.5.1

Post by Webdongle » Tue May 24, 2016 1:27 pm

There is a scroll bar on the right hand side of the box. But if you believe the size is a bug then please create a tracker https://issues.joomla.org/
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Re: Batch process articles nearly impossible to use in 3.5.1

Post by zippity » Tue May 24, 2016 1:56 pm

Yes, I mentioned that there was a scroll bar on the side. The problem is that it is impossible to use if you have more than 4 categories because in order get to the category you want you have to scroll down to the point where you can no longer see the field to select the category.

I have been trying to solve this with CSS on the admin template but so far nothing I've done works. It makes no sense to me why something that was working perfectly fine prior to the update had to be changed in such a silly way.

I will create a tracker.

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Re: Batch process articles nearly impossible to use in 3.5.1

Post by zippity » Tue May 24, 2016 2:00 pm

Me again. I don't see how to create a tracker on the page you gave me the link to. Do I have to login with GitHub to do it?

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Re: Batch process articles nearly impossible to use in 3.5.1

Post by Webdongle » Tue May 24, 2016 8:04 pm

I log in with my git id... But don't know if you can create an account on issues
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Re: Batch process articles nearly impossible to use in 3.5.1

Post by zippity » Wed May 25, 2016 1:22 pm

I managed to fix the problem with CSS. However I really do feel that it is a bug and needs to be fixed. Since this is the Bug Reporting category of the forum, I thought this was where I should report it. It makes no sense that I should have to go elsewhere to do so.

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Re: Batch process articles nearly impossible to use in 3.5.1

Post by Webdongle » Wed May 25, 2016 3:57 pm

zippity wrote:... I thought this was where I should report it. It makes no sense that I should have to go elsewhere to do so.
Yes this is the place in the forum to report and discuss possible bugs. However the next step is to create a tracker so the devs can create a patch. So it does make sense to report it elsewhere if it is a bug.

If the person reporting a possible bug can't or wont create a tracker then another user can create one. If I thought it was a bug I would have started a tracker but I don't think it is a bug. Or if the person reporting a possible bug created a Tracker I would comment on the tracker confirming I experienced it or stating I could not replicate it ... but you haven't created a tracker.

On my my laptop I can use my mouse scroll wheel to scroll the list in the box ... and on a mobile device it is a different format that displays radio boxes.

Therefore your report (in this forum) has been tested and imho isn't a bug so I wont create a Tracker. Another bugsquad member (or Joomla user) may think it's a bug and open a Tracker. Or you could create a Tracker yourself.
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Re: Batch process articles nearly impossible to use in 3.5.1

Post by zluzunov » Fri May 27, 2016 9:13 am

zippity wrote:I managed to fix the problem with CSS. However I really do feel that it is a bug and needs to be fixed. Since this is the Bug Reporting category of the forum, I thought this was where I should report it. It makes no sense that I should have to go elsewhere to do so.
Hi,
I also experience this bug, and it makes my life really hard. Could you share the fix, or at least point me to the solution, what did you change?

thanks a lot.

P.S. Did you manage to submit an issue? I can support you with this - either submit or add more info to your submission.

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Re: Batch process articles nearly impossible to use in 3.5.1

Post by zluzunov » Fri May 27, 2016 9:21 am

Webdongle wrote:
zippity wrote:... On my my laptop I can use my mouse scroll wheel to scroll the list in the box ... and on a mobile device it is a different format that displays radio boxes. ...
Thank you for this tip and for you eforts to reply here and support users in the forum!

I tried with the scroll, but it still takes more time and attention then before.
I will try to submit an issue.

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Re: Batch process articles nearly impossible to use in 3.5.1

Post by zluzunov » Fri May 27, 2016 10:02 am

zippity wrote:Me again. I don't see how to create a tracker on the page you gave me the link to. Do I have to login with GitHub to do it?
I created an issue / bug in the tracker. If you have a fix, you can share it there. Or here. Thanks.
https://issues.joomla.org/tracker/joomla-cms/10645

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Re: Batch process articles nearly impossible to use in 3.5.1

Post by zippity » Tue May 31, 2016 6:25 am

Sorry I haven't responded earlier zluzunov. I wouldn't call what I've done a proper fix but it works for me with the particular client I needed it for. I simply added:

#collapseModal {min-height:400px !important;}

to the administrator template and it made the area large enough to see the entire list of categories. For someone with a very long list of categories, this might not work.

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Re: Batch process articles nearly impossible to use in 3.5.1

Post by srajput001 » Thu Jul 07, 2016 11:40 am

Was having the same problem. Decided to implement the CSS fix posted above, but it didn't help me. It made the dialog box larger, but the footer area (in the dialog box) still cut off the list of items in the category. Instead I found this solution which seems to work.

1. Open the Administrator folder on your server, and go to Templates > Name of Template (in my cases Isis)
2. Open the CSS folder and open Template.css
3. Do a search for this line: ".modal-body {" for me, there was more than one instance, and the one I needed contains this style: "overflow-y: auto !important;" (mine was on line 8174, literally the last item in the template file)
4. Comment this line out of your CSS (using /* and */) so the end result looks like this:

.modal-body {
-webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch;
/*overflow-y: auto !important;*/
}

That fixed the issue for me, now the dialog box is still narrow, but clicking on the Move/Copy dropdown it opens OVER top of the footer and lets me see all of the categories. Unfortunately, the fix is Site specific, so you will need to do this on every site you manage/administer.

Hope this helps someone else!

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Re: Batch process articles nearly impossible to use in 3.5.1

Post by pe7er » Thu Jul 07, 2016 1:38 pm

Thanks for sharing your solution!
This problem has been solved in version 3.6.0 which will be available soon.
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