I cant seem to duplicate either…  and other than cosmetic admin panel changes, the file uploader did not change in 5.3.1…

did you get the update from this morning that resolves an issue with the new pm?

look for js conflicts…   with console open, watch for errors and the ajax responses and see if anything is reported…

Yeah so the only browser its happening in is chrome, IE & FF work perfectly, besides the visual glitch chrome works fine too, I did check for js conflicts in FF and chrome but found no errors…. SP and all plugins are up to date… I am going to PM you the credentials to the test site this is happening on and maybe you could take a quick look?

I can confirm I have no problem with Chrome using a Mac/OSX version either. That is on this site and a couple of others using Simple:Press.

Even if there was no script conflict it could still be a knock on effect of another plugin you have active. Might be worth deactivating them to see if the problem disappears – and if it does – reactivating one at a time, testing between each one, to find the one with the problem.

It doesnt do it for me with chrome on your site… well, not exactly anyways…

if I close the attachments area, I get the overlay you mention, for about 1-2 seconds.. then it disappears and all is well…

are you using a custom theme?  did you apply the jquery ui changes we recommended in 5.3?

Yeah it’s a custom sp theme and I just reconfirmed I applied the jquery ui changes in 5.3. I get the overlay until I move the cursor off of the forum into the margin of the page… I tried deactivating all plugins but the problem persisted… could this be a wp theme and sp conflict maybe? Strange that all the other buttons that open and close don’t do it such as login button, group open/close, etc.

wouldnt hurt to try a quick change to default theme and see what happens…

if yours doesnt work for you like it did for me, could be add ons for chrome?

Is def. theme related, when I change to the default theme it works perfectly….

interesting…  but still curious if it acts differently for you than I reported?

For me with all chrome addons disabled the overlay stays until I move cursor off the forum, then everything still works and no errors

Okay I found something else that may help track down whats going on…. if I create a poll and then vote the poll turns blank and it happens in both Chrome and FF….

And do you get any script errors reported in the console when you do this? If this is a problem with your WP theme and there are no errors or issues reported in the console I am unsure as to how we can ascertain what the problem is…. Unless Steve (Mr Papa) has an idea…

I am not seeing any errors in FF console and the poll vote gets counted but it just goes blank after voting…. if the page is reloaded the poll results do appear… I have some errors reported in SP error log… not sure if they are relevant

September 1, 2013
3:01 pm php file: /simple-press/forum/content/forms/sp-form-components.php
line: 469
function: sp_post_editor_smileys_options
Notice | Trying to get property of non-object

September 1, 2013
3:01 pm php file: /simple-press/forum/content/forms/sp-form-components.php
line: 422
function: sp_post_editor_default_buttons
Notice | Trying to get property of non-object

those  are both notices, not errors…  and 99% of the time harmless… we do try to correct them when they come up…

the first one has already been taken care of in the next version of SP…  and have made a note of the second one…

so does the poll issue also go away with the default wp theme?  if so, time to start looking at what js the theme is adding…

Yeah i meant i had some entries in the error log… 

I tested the poll with the default wp theme and the default sp theme and I get the same issue, after voting it just turns blank, doesn’t show results, but if you reload the page then it did count the vote and the results do show… Also, if you haven’t voted and you try to view the results via the link it just goes blank when the link is clicked… so maybe the poll issue has nothing to do with the uploader panel overlay on the text editor that I am getting with my theme….