# Semi-pointless Suggestion

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-pointless-suggestion/460206>\
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**Created:** [August 16, 2008, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-pointless-suggestion/460206 "2008-08-16T08:10:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-pointless-suggestion/460206/1 "2008-08-16T08:10:19Z")

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I’ve noticed that when you make a new post, when it then goes to the new post in the thread, in general, it’s actually got it all just off the bottom of the screen because the landing anchor tag is somewhere in the top of the post rectangle. If this was moved down with the “Reply” image button, then the whole post should appear.

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**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-pointless-suggestion/460206/2 "2008-08-16T17:15:29Z")

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The anchor tag/location is set by the vBulletin software that the board runs, not by the SDMB. While it would be possible to modify the code to do this, the SDMB is unlikely to make such a modification to the vB code.

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**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-pointless-suggestion/460206/3 "2008-08-16T17:20:57Z")

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I just tried a new post and it anchors fine, with the top of the the new post aligning with the top of my screen. Is that not what you experience?

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**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-pointless-suggestion/460206/4 "2008-08-16T19:42:40Z")

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It was the afternoon of my eighty-first birthday, and I was in bed with my catamite when Ali announced that the archbishop had come to see me.

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**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-pointless-suggestion/460206/5 "2008-08-16T19:44:09Z")

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I get the same result as **xash**.

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**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-pointless-suggestion/460206/6 "2008-08-16T21:24:52Z")

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Using FF3? If so, it’s likely another case of this:

> **[Firefox 3, incorrect scrolling on "last post" buttons.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=474756)**
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> Using FF3, when you click on one of the “last post” buttons, it scrolls the target page incorrectly. The FF guys say the fault lies with incorrect coding by the VB developers: The bug reports describe a small change that they suggest to fix the...