If RailUKforums was a train would it be PRM/TSI compliant?

[scotrail158713]

On my phone the formatting options are all disabled

Likewise.

I had the same issue yesterday but the menu is usable again today so it doesn’t seem to be a permanent issue

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Would I be right in thinking there once was a section that showed you which website members were watching a thread upon which you were making a posting?

 

[scotrail158713]

Would I be right in thinking there once was a section that showed you which website members were watching a thread upon which you were making a posting?

There was indeed - it was useful for me in the Quizzes and Games forum.

 

[scotrail158713]

I had the same issue yesterday but the menu is usable again today so it doesn’t seem to be a permanent issue

It must just come and go as I can’t seem to access it again

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I cannot now seem to trace the footnote that said "Top" which took you back to the top of the page you were looking at.

 

[Adam Williams]

I cannot now seem to trace the footnote that said "Top" which took you back to the top of the page you were looking at.

Isn't this what the floating arrow (pictured) is for?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

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Isn't this what the floating arrow (pictured) is for?

Unlike many website users, I have a HP Pavilion desktop computer with a large screen monitor. Where will I find this floating arrow on the system I use?

 

[Adam Williams]

Unlike many website users, I have a HP Pavilion desktop computer with a large screen monitor. Where will I find this floating arrow on the system I use?

The screen size shouldn't matter, it'll appear 30px from the bottom edge and 5px from the right edge when the user scrolls up (once is enough to trigger it).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

The screen size shouldn't matter, it'll appear 30px from the bottom edge and 5px from the right edge when the user scrolls up (once is enough to trigger it).

No luck so far, but thanks for your advice.

 

[175mph]

I think RailForums, if it was a train, would be of a Class 800 series.

 

[Roast Veg]

Not if we assume WCAG 2.0 compliance to correspond 1-1 with PRM-TSI compliance

I suspect a lot of it is XenForo's fault, though..

Indeed this is the closest approximation, and there are several issues with accessibility on this site. The new automatic avatars are a brilliant example of low contrast areas (yours, Adam, is 2.89:1 which is below the 3:1 threshold for large text) as well as the "current page number". Additionally, the minimum permitted font size for user posts is too low. It's not nearly as bad as some of the sites I've worked with though! I'd give it a dispensation for the contrast and a derogation for the font size as it's technically a feature.

 

[py_megapixel]

I do wonder if it would be possible for there to be an "accessible" forum theme as well as the default RailUK one? XenForo does support user-selectable multiple themes, as is evident from the option to change to the Buses & Coaches header in the main part of the forum.

 

[Roast Veg]

Since the user-selectable font size is fixed to some pt value, then no, there is no WCAG compliant theme.

 

[krus_aragon]

The screen size shouldn't matter, it'll appear 30px from the bottom edge and 5px from the right edge when the user scrolls up (once is enough to trigger it).

No luck so far, but thanks for your advice.

To paraphrase, the "jump-to-top" arrow is normally hidden: you won't see it when a forum page loads, or when scrolling down to read more posts. If you scroll upward slightly (i.e. as if you were starting to head manually to the top of the page) the box with the arrow should show up in the lower right hand corner of the window. Scrolling down again will make it disappear again.

It's a "user interface design" idea to hide things until you need them, the logic being that if you're scrolling down the screen, you clearly don't want to go up to the top of the screen. It's the sort of thing that's become popular on interfaces on little portable displays, and is spreading to other devices too. (Opinions on this sort of design philosophy differ.)

As you're using a desktop machine, there's another alternative available to you: pressing the "Home" key (typically just above the arrow keys on a traditional keyboard) will take you straight to the top of the current web page. (It's also on laptop computers, but the smaller keyboard means that keys are shuffled about a bit, so you might have to take a moment to search the keyboard for it the first time.)

 

[scotrail158713]

I think I’ve figured out the issue with the formatting menu sometimes being unavailable. If it’s unavailable for you, try clicking the cog on the far right of the second row (circled below). It seems to work for me anyway.

 

[gazthomas]

I think I’ve figured out the issue with the formatting menu sometimes being unavailable. If it’s unavailable for you, try clicking the cog on the far right of the second row (circled below). It seems to work for me anyway.

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I just got this tip from another forum member, works for me too. How random!