Questions tagged [top-bar]
The black bar across the top of every Stack Exchange site.
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Top-bar menus and other features remain broken
I'm still experiencing the broken functionality described here and here last week. On Physics, I can't access the diamond moderator menu, the notification menu, the new-rep menu, and their other drop-...
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Clicking on the Stack Exchange bubble on the top bar doesn't do the usual dropdown, and kicks me to Stack Exchange.com on *some* sites
Clicking on the Stack Exchange bubble should bring down the site switcher:
On Super User, it kicks me over to the main stackexchange.com site. It works fine on MSE.
Super User is on rev 2025.8.20....
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Opening developer survey results link from the top bar notice leads to empty page
I used link from the top bar notice on Stack Overflow on Russia to open in a new tab:
Full link is: https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2025?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=stackoverflow-community&...
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Marking more inbox items as read individually
I have an inbox icon which tells me that there are 11 items unread. It had more, but I individually marked them as read using their envelope icons.
It drop down list only goes back so far, so I need ...
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Recent achievements green count and achievements details do not match - need to show where the reputation change came from [duplicate]
The green indicator above the "Recent achievements" icon appeared very recently today showing a +1 reputation change. However, when I click on this icon to show details, I can only see a -2 ...
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New reviewable item indicator is barely visible
Please see the attached image.
There is one circle indicating that there is/are reviewable item(s) in the 'First Questions.'
But it is not very clearly visible. Someone may miss it due to various ...
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Perhaps add a superfluous About link in each StackExchange's home page three bar menu
Visit https://stats.stackexchange.com/ .
We see a logo, "Cross Validated". That's nice, but doesn't quite tell us what the site is all about.
Feeling rather uneasy, we look around for some &...
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Show to what site the reputation belongs when hovering over the reputation counter on the top bar
I recently had a sinking feeling in my gut: my reputation had dropped by 1/3! Serves me right for posting crappy questions.
But wait, it turns out that number is referring to
each individual Stack ...
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Flag history page is missing the top bar on mobile Chrome
Flag history page is missing the top bar on mobile Chrome. Example:
Tested on Chrome with Android on a Galaxy S23, with a Chrome default zoom level of 100%.
Turns out that one has to zoom out:
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Topbar Navigation drop downs move when screen is resized
The drop downs for the top bar navigation icons move awkwardly when you resize the screen:
I would think (and thought they use to) remain in place when resizing the screen.
Tested on Chrome Version ...
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Why are the top bar widgets links?
I noticed that the top bar widgets next to your profile, including your inbox, achievements, review, help, and communities, are actually links to the respective pages I have linked, in addition to ...
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The review queues should not notify me to review the suggested tag wiki edits unless I get the privilege of it
Sometimes, when I click the review queues, a red dot is shown on the suggested edits review queue.
But when I click on the red dot, it shows me that “This queue has been cleared.”
From my view, there’...
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Why is the top bar link pointing to Stack Exchange instead of the site home on all sites but Stack Overflow?
This has probably been asked before but I can’t find the question.
On Stack Overflow, when you scroll you get a sticky top bar and when you click on the logo you get back to the home page. On every ...
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Inbox and reputation drop-downs occationally take me to my profile instead [duplicate]
In the top bar are these two buttons:
Some times they have red and green numbers on them, and I would like to see what that's about. Some times I want to get back to a recent (but already read) ...
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The alignment of rep and badges is off on the top bar
I'm not sure if this has been raised elsewhere, but on the user awards in the top bar, the alignment of text for the reputation and badges is off, and it's a bit annoying:
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Meta Stack Exchange
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