Articles & categories not opening when using a trackpad

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· Articles & templates ·
By LittleRaider on 11/24/2025
· Assigned to synchr0nicity
· Waiting for Response Done

After the new UI update, I've found it hard to use the Articles & World Manager with my laptop trackpad. When I want to open an article, the clicks don't register. I've tried double-tapping, hard clicking, and pressing and holding the articles, but nothing works. It is the same with categories. The only thing that works is pressing the arrow at the side to expand the categories.   I also found that clicking on articles or categories removes the other buttons on the side.   Before clicking:

  After clicking:

Steps to Reproduce

Open World Anvil website   Go to Articles & Categories icon on the side   Click on a category or an article with a laptop trackpad

Operating System

Windows

Browser

Firefox

Related Entity

Navigation bar in Articles & Categories Manager

History

TotallyNotAWizard @ 29 Nov, 2025 04:24:51

Same for me. I'm using Chrome/Windows.

Works just fine on my desktop, but when I open WA on my laptop for use during a game session, I am not able to click on articles or navigate using the tree at all.

I have noticed that when moving around the mouse and hovering over articles names, that the + sign and 6 dots beside text lines appears in the currently opened article behind the article list. It makes me think that for some reason WA thinks my cursor is navigating/clicking the currently viewed article, rather than the article tree.

synchr0nicity @ 16 Dec, 2025 03:16:00 Assignee
Assigned synchr0nicity
synchr0nicity @ 20 Jan, 2026 11:06:49 Assignee

Hello LittleRaider, and TotallyNotAWizard, thank you for your reports on the issues you're experiencing. Are you still experiencing this issue? I ask because I am not able to replicate this issue, and a lot of fixes have gone out since for Athena. What browser are you using LittleRaider? Thank you.

synchr0nicity @ 20 Jan, 2026 11:06:57 Assignee
synchr0nicity Added tag Waiting for Response
LittleRaider @ 20 Jan, 2026 11:48:58

Hi, I can now click on the articles in the menu by double-clicking or hard-clicking on my trackpad. I can only click on categories by hard-clicking. I am using Firefox

synchr0nicity @ 16 Mar, 2026 10:33:00 Assignee

Hi LittleRaider, thank you for the information. Can you try to click with a mouse?

LittleRaider @ 20 Mar, 2026 12:24:15

I can double-click on articles and categories with the mouse to edit them. I can only expand the categories list by hard-clicking the arrow

synchr0nicity @ 23 Mar, 2026 10:12:51 Assignee

Hey LittleRaider, you should see this bug fixed now. Let me know if you have any further trouble. Happy worldbuilding!

synchr0nicity @ 23 Mar, 2026 10:20:12 Assignee
synchr0nicity Added tag Done
synchr0nicity @ 15 Apr, 2026 04:04:29 Assignee
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