Details
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Type:
Bug
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Status:
Open
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Priority:
Minor
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Resolution: Unresolved
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Affects Version/s: 1.9.5, 2.2.1
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Fix Version/s: STABLE backlog
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Component/s: Quiz
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Labels:
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Affected Branches:MOODLE_19_STABLE, MOODLE_22_STABLE
Description
Steps to reproduce:
1.Create a shortanswer question with a big 100% graded answer without spaces, something like
abcasdsadasdgksjdhgfkjasgdfkjasghfkajshgdfkajshgdfkjsdabcasdsadasdgksjdhgfkjasgdfkjasghfkajshgdfkajshgdfkjsdabcasdsadasdgksjdhgfkjasgdfkjasghfkajshgdfkajshgdfkjsdabcasdsadasdgksjdhgfkjasgdfkjasghfkajshgdfkajshgdfkjsdabcasdsadasdgksjdhgfkjasgdfkjasghfkajshgdfkajshgdfkjsdabcasdsadasdgksjdhgfkjasgdfkjasghfkajshgdfkajshgdfkjsdabcasdsadasdgksjdhgfkjasgdfkjasghfkajshgdfkajshgdfkjsdabcasdsadasdgksjdhgfkjasgdfkjasghfkajshgdfkajshgdfkjsdabcasdsadasdgksjdhgfkjasgdfkjasghfkajshgdfkajshgdfkjsdabcasdsadasdgksjdhgfkjasgdfkjasghfkajshgdfkajshgdfkjsdabcasdsadasdgksjdhgfkjasgdfkjasghfkajshgdfkajshgdfkjsdabcasdsadasdgksjdhgfkjasgdfkjasghfkajshgdfkajshgdfkjsdabcasdsadasdgksjdhgfkjasgdfkjasghfkajshgdfkajshgdfkjsdabcasdsadasdgksjdhgfkjasgdfkjasghfkajshgdfkajshgdfkjsdabcasdsadasdgksjdhgfkjasgdfkjasghfkajshgdfkajshgdfkjsdklkabcasdsadasdgksjdhgfkjasgdfkjasghfkajshgdfkajshgdfkjsdabcasdsadasdgksjdhgfkjasgdfkjasghfkajshgdfkajshgdfkjsdabcasdsadasdgksjdhgfkjasgdfkjasghfkajshgdfkajshgdfkjsdjkabcasdsadasdgksjdhgfkjasgdfkjasghfkajshgdfkajshgdfkjsdjkjkabcasdsadasdgksjdhgfkjasgdfkjasghfkajshgdfkajshgdfkjsdlkjabcasdsadasdgksjdhgfkjasgdfkjasghfkajshgdfkajshgdfkjsdlkjabcasdsadasdgksjdhgfkjasgdfkjasghfkajshgdfkajshgdfkjsdlkjabcasdsadasdgksjdhgfkjasgdfkjasghfkajshgdfkajshgdfkjsdlkjabcasdsadasdgksjdhgfkjasgdfkjasghfkajshgdfkajshgdfkjsdlkjabcasdsadasdgksjdhgfkjasgdfkjasghfkajshgdfkajshgdfkjsd
(a real case was a regular expression from inherited question type, for example
[\s\t\n\r]*int[\s\t\n\r]+summ[\s\t\n\r]*([\s\t\n\r]*int[\s\t\n\r]*(*[\s\t\n\r]*(Array|)|(|[\s\t\n\r]+Array)[\s\t\n\r]*[[\s\t\n\r]*])[\s\t\n\r]*,[\s\t\n\r]*int[\s\t\n\r]*(|[\s\t\n\r]+size)[\s\t\n\r]*)[\s\t\n\r]*;[\s\t\n\r]*
2. Login as student and make 1-2 attempts on this question
3. Login as teacher and go to question analysis report page.
You'll see that all answer displayed in the table cell as one string, making a very wide column that results in quite poorly usable table.
Issue Links
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| MDL-20537 | shorten_text sometimes omits close tags |
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Activity
Hmm ... Jira seems having this problem too 
but gmail web interface - doesn't .
It seems to break strings on a sequences of about 30 characters, place them in quotes and inserting <wbr> tag between them.
like
"abcdeabcdeabcdeabcdeabcdeabcde"
<wbr>
"abcdeabcdeabcdeabcdeabcdeabcde"
<wbr>
etc. The <wbr> tag seems to be a useful one: it allows a browser to insert line break but only if browser find it necessary.
The only browser not supporting it is IE8 but there are workarounds present like described in http://yishimcgee.wordpress.com/2009/05/09/strange-ie8-text-wrapping-bug/
However <wbr> (while been de-facto supported almost on every browser) breaks XHTML compatibily, an alternatives are or , you can see compatibility tables on http://www.quirksmode.org/oddsandends/wbr.html
I guess Moodle could use this technique too. It ensures everething is fits to where it should.
What can use a shortnening on analysis report is a question text. They can be quite long and while they usually contains spaces (don't affecting the column width), they often result in a very high row, which isn't nice too (thought didn't bother as much as width problem)
but gmail web interface - doesn't .
It seems to break strings on a sequences of about 30 characters, place them in quotes and inserting <wbr> tag between them.
like
"abcdeabcdeabcdeabcdeabcdeabcde"
<wbr>
"abcdeabcdeabcdeabcdeabcdeabcde"
<wbr>
etc. The <wbr> tag seems to be a useful one: it allows a browser to insert line break but only if browser find it necessary.
The only browser not supporting it is IE8 but there are workarounds present like described in http://yishimcgee.wordpress.com/2009/05/09/strange-ie8-text-wrapping-bug/
However <wbr> (while been de-facto supported almost on every browser) breaks XHTML compatibily, an alternatives are or , you can see compatibility tables on http://www.quirksmode.org/oddsandends/wbr.html
I guess Moodle could use this technique too. It ensures everething is fits to where it should.
What can use a shortnening on analysis report is a question text. They can be quite long and while they usually contains spaces (don't affecting the column width), they often result in a very high row, which isn't nice too (thought didn't bother as much as width problem) 
Do you have any idea about a good solution? What do you think about sticking in a call to shorten_text?