Questions tagged [design]
For question regarding the design of the Stack Overflow website, e.g. for issues with the layout, use this tag.
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Please drop the large vertical space at the beginning of code blocks [duplicate]
A while ago (several weeks I think), code blocks in SO posts gained a corner "Copy" icon, which is fine, but the entire vertical span of that icon is now unused across the horizontal span of ...
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Mods aren't denoted as mods (missing their diamond ♦) when interacting with open ended questions
I just posted an answer/comment/reply to an open-ended question, and I was missing my diamond (♦). Our diamonds aren't displayed when we post in these questions:
The mod diamond (♦) should definitely ...
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"Ignore tag" button is missing [duplicate]
This is a regression of Add to favorites/ignored tags
Ignore tag button is missing from tag hover popup:
The button is also missing from tag page.
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Where is the check mark to accept an answer? [duplicate]
Disclaimer: I haven't used Stack Overflow for a while, so maybe a few things changed and I missed them.
A few days ago, I posted a question. I got two answers and I would like to accept one of them.
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Seemingly redundant leading empty line at the beginning of a codeblock due to Copy-button's effect on the layout / different rendering in preview
If you have a code block, it looks like it starts with an empty line on Stack Overflow due to the way "Copy" is displayed at the top right.
Example question on Stack Overflow: Why does 2e3 ...
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'Popular unanswered question' username shows HTML Entity
The current 'popular unanswered question': MongooseError: buffering timed out after 10000ms was posted by this user: Štěpán Karlovec.
But the widget shows Štěpán Karlovec
á ---> ...
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AD tag is appearing on page header and obscuring reputation
See the below image, where the AD tag on the advertisement is displayed on the page header, obscuring the users reputation.
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The box to contribute an Article in Collective is partially hidden
Here: https://stackoverflow.com/collectives/php?tab=articles
I see one box on top left that is behind the top bar:
When simulating a smaller screen, the whole box is visible:
Firefox 144.0.2 on Ubuntu ...
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Can an Advice post be changed into a QA post (or vice versa)?
Regarding this post:
How to detect use of std::string short string optimization?
Very clearly a question looking for a technical solution, but it was posted as Advice instead of QA, so it can only ...
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Questions hidden by tag filters leave behind non-collapsed borders
The questions tab (https://stackoverflow.com/questions) on the main page will filter/hide questions which are on the tags ignore list as expected. However, as of today (30th Oct 2025) they leave ...
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Deleted usernames are rendering improperly for moderators
This just started (example). Moderators have access to some information about deleted users and can click on their usernames to view that information, and in such a case the HTML is rendered ...
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Please can we get a thousands separator in the "users online" count for the "community activity" widget?
We have this for rep count, so would be good to be consistent.
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'Popular unanswered question' title can overflow its container
The title of the popular unanswered question can overflow its container as seen in this screenshot:
Older question with the same issue
Older question with the same issue
Originally posted as an answer ...
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Highly-upvoted comments no longer stand out in the new comments UI
One of the most important purposes of comments is to flag important caveats, exceptions, issues or clarifications on an answer: "This didn't work for me until I did...", "This has been ...
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Why does the 'Popular unanswered question' open in a new tab?
All links on Stack Overflow open in the current browser tab; Questions, Hot Meta Posts, Users, tags and even The Overflow Blog.
However the 'Popular unanswered question' in the new Community activity ...