Can't Tag Another Poster

[Anonymous]

@#{login} <--- that's what happens when you try to tag someone. It's been going on for a while and now I see I'm not the only one having this problem.

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Selling/quot-Drop-the-price-quot-message-has-anyone-tried-this/m-p/289...

[parkersparrow]

I tried to edit too and couldn't.

[eburtonlab]

@Anonymous

@bigger.fish.to.fry

The first tag is what I got when I tried to tag the original poster, the second was an attempt at typing out the name manually.

[Anonymous]

Testing again doug@ebay

Nope... still not working. Above is an attempted tag to Doug.

Firefox browser for Mac.

Edit: when I posted it converted to the correct tag. I don't know what's going on but it's been acting weird for a while.

[Anonymous]

@#{login} what browser are you using parker sparrow, can you try to tag again? I selected your name from the drop-down, let's see if this tag goes through.

[eburtonlab]

@Anonymous

I'm using Firefox Quantum 62 on a Windows 10 machine.

As I type this, the tag above looks like "@#{login}", but gets translated into something that looks like the correct text once I post it.

[parkersparrow]

@#{login} I'm using chrome .  I guess its still not working for me.  

[Anonymous]

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@eburtonlab wrote:

@Anonymous

I'm using Firefox Quantum 62 on a Windows 10 machine.

As I type this, the tag above looks like "@#{login}", but gets translated into something that looks like the correct text once I post it.

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My above post that tagged Doug did exactly what you described above. My above post that failed at tagging Parkersparrow shows @#{login} then it loses the hyperlink and turns to plain text before I even post.

More testing:

@#{login} The act of hitting the space bar after typing a tag deactivates the hyperlink.

@eburtonlab

The act of hitting the return bar does not deactivate the link. It still appears as @#{login} but it translates when posted.

So there's the work-around - don't press the spacebar after a tag @parkersparrow

[eburtonlab]

@parkersparrow

And this is Chrome (ver 68) as well. 

@Anonymous

[Anonymous]

@eburtonlab

What happens if you hit the space bar after a tag - does it lose the hyperlink?

[parkersparrow]

@eburtonlab great that works thanks 🙂

[eburtonlab]

What happens if you hit the space bar after a tag - does it lose the hyperlink?

@#{login} it appears that it does as I type.

@Anonymous

(no space with that one)

[Anonymous]

Thank you both for testing and confirming the same results. Now Doug has more info to bring to Lithium and figure out what's going on.

[labs118]

@#{login} 
I hit the space bar above & it doesn't work
Was also trying to add a photo & it is doing nothing 
Windows 10 with edge
Off to try chrome 

[labs118]

@#{login} 
Same thing with chrome, space doesn't help

Start off by doing my @  and it brings up my list of users I click  Op's user ID & it changes to blue screen shot below.
When I click post it changes it to the black shown on line 1

Edit Sorry!!!! Still having coffee

Oh wait just read again you say don't use spacebar.
Let me try again