Text editor on Demo Instance not working #1872

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OVERLORD · 2026-02-05T02:06:03+03:00

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 02:06:03 +03:00

Originally created by @ezzra on GitHub (Sep 27, 2020).

It looks like the Demo instance is not working correctly, the text editor for new pages or editing is not loading (just grew)

https://demo.bookstackapp.com/books/dummy-content-book/page/face-without-dont-abundantly-had-dont-living/edit

for example

Originally created by @ezzra on GitHub (Sep 27, 2020). It looks like the Demo instance is not working correctly, the text editor for new pages or editing is not loading (just grew) https://demo.bookstackapp.com/books/dummy-content-book/page/face-without-dont-abundantly-had-dont-living/edit for example

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OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 02:06:08 +03:00

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Sep 27, 2020):

Hi @ezzra,
Can you provide any detail in regards to browser version in use and operating system?
I've had another report of this via discord but I have not been able to replicate as of yet, It loads fine for me.

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Sep 27, 2020): Hi @ezzra, Can you provide any detail in regards to browser version in use and operating system? I've had another report of this via discord but I have not been able to replicate as of yet, It loads fine for me.

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 02:06:12 +03:00

@mdangers-DE commented on GitHub (Sep 28, 2020):

Hi @ssddanbrown ,

I'm seeing this issue on Linux Mint 19.3 Cinnamon running Firefox 71.0 (64 Bit).

Update: Just updated to Firefox 81.0. This seems to have resolved the issue for me.

@mdangers-DE commented on GitHub (Sep 28, 2020): Hi @ssddanbrown , I'm seeing this issue on Linux Mint 19.3 Cinnamon running Firefox 71.0 (64 Bit). Update: Just updated to Firefox 81.0. This seems to have resolved the issue for me.

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 02:06:16 +03:00

@ezzra commented on GitHub (Sep 28, 2020):

I had the problem with Linux Firefox ESR 68 which was outdated for a few days now, console error was:

SyntaxError: expected expression, got '?' app.js:1:7518

@ezzra commented on GitHub (Sep 28, 2020): I had the problem with Linux Firefox ESR 68 which was outdated for a few days now, console error was: `SyntaxError: expected expression, got '?' app.js:1:7518`

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 02:06:18 +03:00

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Sep 28, 2020):

Thanks both for confirming browser versions.

@ezzra Got to admit, this is my first time coming across Firefox ESR versions, It's not something I've previously thought to test against and, to be honest, not something I'd probably look to officially support/test-within. That said, I'd be happy to fix any issues that specifically arise in ESR78 for a while. I think ESR 68 is just a tad too old to make changes to support since we're beyond the cross-over period between ESR releases at this point.

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Sep 28, 2020): Thanks both for confirming browser versions. @ezzra Got to admit, this is my first time coming across Firefox ESR versions, It's not something I've previously thought to test against and, to be honest, not something I'd probably look to officially support/test-within. That said, I'd be happy to fix any issues that specifically arise in `ESR78` for a while. I think `ESR 68` is just a tad too old to make changes to support since we're beyond the cross-over period between ESR releases at this point.

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 02:06:23 +03:00

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Oct 1, 2020):

@ezzra Might be worth trying things again. I've just published a new release with a tweak to the build system since the aggressive use of modern JS was causing issues on current mobile browser versions that were using lagging-version engines, so things might work now.

I'll close this off now due to my previous post but if you do have any issues in ESR78 please feel free to raise them here.

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Oct 1, 2020): @ezzra Might be worth trying things again. I've just published a new release with a tweak to the build system since the aggressive use of modern JS was causing issues on current mobile browser versions that were using lagging-version engines, so things might work now. I'll close this off now due to my previous post but if you do have any issues in ESR78 please feel free to raise them here.

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Reference: starred/BookStack#1872