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Posted by Matthew McKenna
Matthew McKenna
237 Points

problems clicking on code challenge

I'm attempting to complete the code challenge, but a persistent problem has cropped up. I cannot click on the exercise to insert more code! I've tried 3 different browsers: Firefox, Explorer and Google Chrome over the last few days and all have the same problem. Javascipt IS enabled. This is getting a tad frustrating. Any ideas out there?

Jan Keiser
Jan Keiser
1,538 Points

11 months later it's still happening to me. I also get previous "bummer" messages and end up leaving the challenge incomplete because it just isn't responding correctly.

3 Answers

donnagotlib
donnagotlib
30 Points
donnagotlib
donnagotlib
30 Points

I have had the same problem in Chrome when the page is completely opened. When I decrease the size and am able to move it around on my screen I find that I no longer have the problem.

Matthew McKenna
Matthew McKenna
237 Points

Thanks for the suggestion donnagotlib, but that's not working for me. As I told Zack above, I find that I can oftentimes click on the code at the very beginning, and then proceed down one line at a time: click then scroll, click then scroll, but at some point it locks up. Very frustrating.

Zach Elkins
Zach Elkins
9,602 Points
Zach Elkins
Zach Elkins
9,602 Points

I've had a similar issue in chrome, except it's only when I scroll down the page a bit it won't let me click back in the work area. After scrolling back up and having the whole work area in the viewport does it allow me to click again back in the work area. I would say possibly try clearing the cache, but the fact that your trying in multiple browsers I doubt that would be the case. But, maybe give it a shot if you haven't already.

The majority of the time I have no issue in the latest version of chrome, aside from the issue I mentioned above.

Matthew McKenna
Matthew McKenna
237 Points

Thanks, Zach. I've cleared the cache but still no luck. I find that I can oftentimes click on the code at the very beginning and proceed down one line at a time: click then scroll, click then scroll... but at some point it will lock up on me. It's making progress rather difficult.

Matthew McKenna
Matthew McKenna
237 Points
Matthew McKenna
Matthew McKenna
237 Points

Hmmm.... I just got through the challenge without a problem. I believe that I had Workspaces open the other times that I was having issues - perhaps that was interfering the Code Challenge page somehow?