Unable to click links on news.sky.com

[llamatron]

Thanks for looking at this. I also found a good example of my middle click issue... do a search on google images, the first item you middle click will put you into scroll mode.

[Moonchild]

Middle-click to enable auto-scroll is by design.
If you don't like it you can disable that in preferences -> advanced -> tab general -> use autoscrolling

[adesh]

preferences -> advanced -> tab general -> use autoscrolling

Off-topic:
Oh, wow! I always wondered what this was for.

[Cassette]

I've figured out a workaround that allows the page to work correctly (as far as I can tell). There's a CSS setting that isn't allowing it to work correctly.

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.sdc-site-tile__headline::after {
	position: absolute; }

The "absolute" value causes problems. Alternatively you can use "unset" or "relative" and they both seem to work. Try adding this code to your userContent.css file and restart the browser.

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@-moz-document domain(news.sky.com) {
.sdc-site-tile__headline::after { position: unset!important; }
 }

If the site changes, this could stop working without warning or even cause problems so keep that in mind.

[Tomaso]

There's a CSS setting that isn't allowing it to work correctly.

Simply blocking that pseudo-element works too, by adding this rule to your filters in uBO (not ABP-compatible):

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sky.com##.sdc-site-tile__headline:after

SeaMonkey is affected by this issue as well.
In lack of a better "solution", I could ask for the above rule to be added to uBO's legacy filter.

[Tomaso]

In lack of a better "solution", I could ask for the above rule to be added to uBO's legacy filter.

Added:
https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets ... a0b300104/
Simply update your uBO filters, and the site will work!

[Tharthan]

SeaMonkey is affected by this issue as well.

Is SeaMonkey still being developed? If so, I'm surprised to hear that.

[moonbat]

Is SeaMonkey still being developed? If so, I'm surprised to hear that.

It's on life support. Based on Firefox 60 I think, they don't frequently release updates.

[Moonraker]

SeaMonkey is affected by this issue as well.

Is SeaMonkey still being developed? If so, I'm surprised to hear that.

yes seamonkey is still being developed but quite slowly.problem is they may have to embrace quantum at some point.

[Moonchild]

problem is they may have to embrace quantum at some point.

They can't. Not without a complete front-end rewrite which isn't going to happen.

[moonbat]

They can't. Not without a complete front-end rewrite which isn't going to happen.

Off-topic:
Would it be possible for them to switch the platform to UXP, assuming they wanted to?

[Moonchild]

Off-topic:

Would it be possible for them to switch the platform to UXP, assuming they wanted to?

They don't want to. I asked and was told no. They wanted to keep leeching Mozilla infra and do very little otherwise.

[Tharthan]

Off-topic:

Would it be possible for them to switch the platform to UXP, assuming they wanted to?

They don't want to. I asked and was told no. They wanted to keep leeching Mozilla infra and do very little otherwise.

Not much that you can do if a browser's development team is suicidal (regarding the browser).

[Tomaso]

The issue @ news.sky.com seems to have been fixed now, so the workaround has been removed from uBO's legacy filter.
If the problem should resurface, then simply make a note of it here:
https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets ... a0b300104/