BLOCKS NOT CONNECTING

[OD]

In the screenshot it shows me trying to connect one block to another but it just leaves glitches like those. Why does this happen and how can you stop it. I've tried reloading and restarting but it still reacts that way. This is not the first time but funnily it happens in only one project other projects work just fine.

[l'andorrà]

That is a browser problem. You should restart it and remove all unnecessary cookies if necessary.

[Mantadiver]

I have experienced the same issue but trying 3 different browsers, clearing cookies & rebooting didn't help.
I then tried to delete all the blocks on that tab and found that one block refused to delete. I had inadvertently entered a semi-colon when giving the block an alphabetical name rather than a number.
I tried to change the name but it wasn't having any of it.

The Solution that seemed worked for me:-

1. RMC on the block and choose delete.
2. In my case it didn't delete BUT...
3. Next refresh the browser (F5) and it then gets deleted.
4. Now blocks connect fine again.

However, it's now occurred again on a different tab and I cannot find a reason for it . . . something is going on . . .

[Mantadiver]

@Mantadiver

You need to make a note of the offending block title.

In my case "cl;"

I thought I had deleted it but it became the name of another block on another tab and caused the exact same problem. I managed to carefully rename it to 1234 and then refreshed the browser.

Then Ctrl-F and try to find any blocks with the name "cl;". Only when I confirmed that there were no blocks on any tabs with that name was the problem completely resolved.

The lesson: Thou shalt not use anything other than alphanumeric names for blocks.

[OD]

@Mantadiver Restarting the browser or giving it some time seems to work but sometimes it can still be nagging

[OD]

@Mantadiver How do you get the offending block title incase of many blocks

[l'andorrà]

@OD What do you exactly mean by 'offending'?

[jstap]

By offending @Mantadiver means the block causing the problem.

[OD]

@jstap Exactly

[OD]

@OD I found when the blocks are not connecting there are two blocks with the same number. You can copy all the blocks to a new file there you'll be able to find the 'offending' block which is not recognizable and cant be copied.

[jstap]

Interesting, to block numbers, always correct themselves, something to look out for