Citation metadata block: empty area on bottom of the page + page scroll down on field toggle
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Description
What steps does it take to reproduce the issue?
- When does this issue occur?
- Select dataverse collection
- Go to Edit > General Information > Metadata Fields
- Uncheck "Use metadata fields from <parent_dataverse>"
- Select [+] View fields + set as hidden, required, or optional for Citation Metadata
- Scroll down to the bottom of the page
- Toggle any field, but it is more noticeable on fields further down the list (Language and below)
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Which page(s) does it occurs on?
<dataverse_host>/dataverse/<dataverse_identifier> -
What happens?
- There is a big blank section on the bottom of the page (after Dataverse logo/version)
- . The page scrolls down to a blank section of the page givng the impression that the user is redirected to a blank page. Also,the upper fields (e.g. author) trigger a smaller page scroll (if any)
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To whom does it occur (all users, curators, superusers)?
superuser -
What did you expect to happen?
- The page scrollbar position is consistent with the visible content of the page
- Toggling a field does not trigger a scroll down
Which version of Dataverse are you using?
v5.8
Any related open or closed issues to this bug report?
None that I could find
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue on a Dataverse collection by opening Edit > General Information > Metadata Fields, disabling inherited metadata fields, and toggling Citation Metadata fields near the bottom. Compare the page layout and scrollbar before and after toggling fields; done means the blank bottom area is removed and toggling no longer scrolls the page to empty content.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100