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MRH Author 9,866 posts David Husman dave1905 MRH Author 9,866 posts
David Husman dave1905

I often have issues with a block of text randomly inserted into my forum replies, it will appear in the middle of a word:

"< span class="rangySelectionBoundary" id="selectionBoundary_1473637423039_44667019891869103" style="line-height: 0; display: none;"> "

It has happened with different computers.  It caused the text to superimpose in the Body window of the reply and causes the following text to be not visible in the normal forum view.  I can fix it by editing the post, changing to plain text view and removing the offending text listed above.

What is causing the text to be inserted?

How do I stop it from happening?

Dave Husman

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joef MRH Founder 17,517 posts
joef

What device and browser?

Can you be more explicit - exactly what devices and browser(s) are you using? Windows, Mac, tablets, smartphones ... and Chrome, Firefox, Safari, MS Edge, Internet Explorer, AOL, what?

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Bill Brillinger Moderator 4,904 posts
Bill Brillinger

and...

Are you preparing your comments in another piece of software and pasting them into the forum?

Bill Brillinger

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David Husman dave1905 MRH Author 9,866 posts
David Husman dave1905

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MS Windows 7, IE  11,  desktop computers (different computers on different systems on different networks, some ethernet, some

Here is an example, uncorrected:

https://forum.mrhmag.com/post/switch-lists-vs-car-cards-and-waybills-12204680

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David Husman dave1905 MRH Author 9,866 posts
David Husman dave1905

Failed again

Cool, it failed in my previous message too.

Dave Husman

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joef MRH Founder 17,517 posts
joef

Okay, try a different browser

Internet Explorer, aye? Try a different browser and see if it similarly mis-behaves. FWIW, some 12% of our users now use IE, yet over 90% of the time someone reports an error, it ends up they're using IE. In short, IE is an extremely buggy browser. As the saying goes, the best use for IE is to download a less buggy browser.

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AnEntropyBubble Frequent poster 614 posts
AnEntropyBubble

Test

From IE 11

Edit (seems to work for me)

Blog: The Nelson and Fort Sheppard Railway

 
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joef MRH Founder 17,517 posts
joef

Sounds like your IE has become infected with Malware

The more I google your problem, the more it looks like your Windows IE 11 has become infected with Malware that's hijacked the Rangy.js code used by IE and is making it insert junk into editable text blocks. You need to do a major Malware removal, per these instructions ... http://www.pcmag.com/article/343882/how-to-remove-malware-from-your-pc Or just use a different browser that's not so readily infected. IE is a virus enabler that happens to include some web browsing capability.

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David Husman dave1905 MRH Author 9,866 posts
David Husman dave1905

Have to look into it more

 Since this happens on different computers, some of which have very robust screening against malware and it only happens on this forum, not any of the other 6 or 7 fourms on which I participate, I could see where its an IE problem but I don't think its a malware problem.  Since I do not own some of the systems on which I have had the problem, changing the browser and downloading and running malware scanners isn't really an option.

Thanks for looking into it.

Dave Husman

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Chris Ellis Regular poster 136 posts
Chris Ellis

As the saying goes, the best

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As the saying goes, the best use for IE is to download a less buggy browser

  Joe speaks the truth!

Chris Ellis

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UPWilly Prolific poster 1,965 posts
UPWilly

Perhaps ...

... this is a problem with the spell checker. I have had some problems at times with it, however they have been minimal and infrequent. I would suspect the reason it appears on many different PCs, but only with IE, then your MRH account settings or your "Post new comment" settings are the cause.

 

Bill D.

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