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Edit button overlaps content #2272
Description
This issue respects the following points:
- I have read the FAQ
- I have searched for existing issues
- The issue affects the Notes Android app, neither the Notes server app nor the Nextcloud Android app.
Describe the bug
- start app
- open a note
- scroll down to the end
- Edit button overlaps the last lines of the note
Expected behavior
no overlapping of content
bring back the edit icon in menu line
Notes Android version
4.3 f-droid
Notes server version
4.10
Nextcloud Android version
3.29.1 f-droid
Nextcloud version
27.1.8
Device
Huawei media pad
Android Version
9.1
App Store
- Google Play Store
- F-Droid
- Huawei App Gallery
Stacktrace
No response
Activity
Buntbart commentedon Oct 18, 2024
Please, this annoying button shouldn't be too hard to fix. The function of this floating button would be clear enough if it only showed the pen icon and nothing more.
It would be better to offer an option in the settings, which editor (plain/rich) should be preferred.
Current screenshot:
pbek commentedon Oct 18, 2024
Did you just volunteer? 😊
Buntbart commentedon Oct 18, 2024
If I could program, I would have already offered. But since it's only a very small change, I strongly suspect that it shouldn't take much more effort for people who can do that than replying to people who post error messages here.
pbek commentedon Oct 18, 2024
Ah, sorry, I assumed you have expertise in Java and the code base by stating that it is only a very small change. 😉
Buntbart commentedon Oct 18, 2024
Edit: sarcasm removed...
No, I have not. How much effort does it take to change the label of a button without changing it's functionality?
pbek commentedon Oct 18, 2024
Do you think that fixes the issue?
Small disclaimer: I'm not a maintainer of this project.
papjul commentedon Oct 18, 2024
It would be helpful to tag issues open to contributions as such, and share what the project maintainers expect as a fix for this issue because there are design concerns behind.
There are many solutions I can think of:
Depending on your choice (or any other not listed), the fix can be very easy or requires more knowledge of the code for someone outside the project. At first sight, someone familiar with the code shouldn't be having too much difficulty applying one of the option I suggested (but I get you are volunteers and you might have other priorities).
Buntbart commentedon Oct 18, 2024
For my needs, this would solve the problem.
looowizz commentedon Feb 2, 2025
Imo tabs could be well-suited: a preview, plain edit and rich edit tab?
[-]the Edit button overlaps content[/-][+]Edit button overlaps content[/+]joshtrichards commentedon Apr 19, 2025
#1904, which was added in response to #1819, may help some of you here.
2 remaining items
add bottom padding in note preview (fix nextcloud#2272)
add bottom padding in note preview (fix nextcloud#2272)
Buntbart commentedon Jul 25, 2025
Yesterday, I updated to 4.4.0 (F-Droid) and unfortunately, now I can no longer edit at the bottom of the text because it is covered by the keyboard.
tretkowski commentedon Mar 13, 2026
Please reopen, this is still (or again) an issue in 33.0.0.
daniele-verducci commentedon Aug 28, 2026
Hey, @tretkowski , can you check if it's still there in 34.0.1 and eventually provide more info on how to reproduce it? I tested it but couldn't reproduce: the Floating Action Button does disappear while scrolling and the text has an end padding, so it's always visible on my device. Here's how I tested:
Screen_recording_20260828_150944.webm
Any advice on how to reproduce it?
fm-sys commentedon Aug 28, 2026
It's still there, you can reproduce it with the following settings:
fm-sys commentedon Aug 28, 2026
Btw, that's for taking a look!
Since the layout got messed up again just 1 month after my initial PR (#2672), I didn't bothered with creating a second one to fix things again... I'll keep fingers crossed that things will last longer than last time 😇
As already mentioned in #2672 (comment), the bug was introduced by caa792b
papjul commentedon Aug 28, 2026
I don't think you need any particular setting.
Paste some long text or some Lorem Ipsum:
Delete the last few characters; this will trigger the vertical scroll following the deletion of the last line, and the floating button will cover all the text from the previous line that you're trying to edit:
This seems like a marginal case, but deleting a few characters to just change the wording of some sentence happen more often than you think, and it's really annoying because you can't see how many characters you actually deleted, and well, it's like writing blinded
daniele-verducci commentedon Sep 1, 2026
For the "Simple editing" button to "jump" to top left of the screen you need to change the Direct Editing setting as explained by @fm-sys , that's why I couldn't reproduce it at first...
The other editing button (the Rich Text one) should already disappear while scrolling.
Now, with PR #3328 , the "Simple editing" button should stay in the right place and should behave like the Direct Editing one, hiding when the text is scrolled. This should address this issue.
daniele-verducci commentedon Sep 1, 2026
This edge case it's actually still there. I'll take a look at it!