Discussions: change to location of previous and next buttons bug

[PaulFielding]

I have just noticed that in Discussions, the "previous" and "next" buttons are shifted to the right. In "View as Student", they are completely covered up with the notification banner.

Is this just for me or a general bug?

Screenshots attached.

[mzimmerman]

Hi @PaulFielding 

The "Student View" banner is an overlay on top of the existing screen, so it doesn't really do anything to avoid covering up content.  You should be able to use the scrollbar on the right side of the window to scroll down to the bottom of the frame.

[PaulFielding]

Hi, just confirming, the prev and next buttons are covered up and I cannot scroll down to view them. This means Student View doesn't not show exactly what students see.

Also, slight change today, the 'next' button has moved way over to the right, below the right column of blank space. The 'prev' button has moved back to normal position.

I have checked with colleagues and they see this issue as well.

[theJBRU]

This appears to be due to an Instructure script that is adding inline styling to the module_sequence_footer. Doing so over-rides any customization that might have been done to the theme.

[JouriEno]

I always use "Student View" to see whether the students have any issues viewing and navigating the contents of a module and the pages that I publish. Moving between pages, when I reach a discussion, the "Previous" and "Next" buttons disappear from the page and I have to navigate back to Modules and go to the next page to view it. The buttons show fine in the instructor normal view. I use Google Chrome on Windows 11 machine.

[JouriEno]

I just confirmed that these buttons are hidden under the pink "Student View" banner at the bottom of the page. But I cannot scroll down, instead I can use the Tab key to access them.

[chriscas · Accepted solution]

Hi @PaulFielding, @JouriEno, and @theJBRU,

I do see this myself too.  I was hoping it was associated witht he Checkpoints feature, which is turned off, but it seems to be an independent change.  I would recommend that everyone contact Canvas support and report this issue, as they are the official avenue to get things fixed.  The more people who report it, the more likely it is to get seen and addressed somewhat quickly.

-Chris

[L_Knight]

I don't see the Previous and Next items at all in Student view (even when I Zoom out so I can see more of the available screen in Student View). Thank you for the heads up. 

But I do see them when I'm in an instance of Canvas where I'm only a student: