Sidebar covering/blocking page content

[DanielleW876]

Is anyone else experiencing this? On the home page of any course, the right hand sidebar almost overlaps a bit of the content on the right , which also stops me from using the menu items for any modules. I've attached a screenshot for viewing. 

The only workaround I've found is zooming in so much that the sidebar moves to the very bottom of the page ! Using it as if I'm on a mobile device... which is a pain 😞  

My colleague doesn't have the same issue but I can't figure out what would be different. I am the admin for Canvas at our school and only began in June , haven't changed anything that would cause this. I'm using Chrome on a Chromebook to access Canvas. Any suggestions would be amazing.

[chriscas · Accepted solution]

Hi @DanielleW876,

I'm not currently experiencing this on our instance using any major web browser (Firefox, Chrome, Edge, Safari).  When comparing what I see on my instance to your screenshot, I notice you have an "export course content" button on the top which we do not.  I looked around documentation a bit to find if that's a built-in option somewhere, but I couldn't find anything.  I wonder if someone added that button through custom coding, and that's causing the content to be wider than expected and thus overflowing under the sidebar.  If you know how that button got there (either through custom theme JavaScript or through a Canvas option that I cannot find right now) I'd perhaps suggest disabling it to see if it solves the problem.  If we know that is the issue, then perhaps someone would be able to suggest possible fixes, other than just removing the button).

-Chris

[DanielleW876]

Hi @chriscas  Thanks so much for responding.

I got confirmation that the 'Export content' button was an auto push update we received, our team isn't aware of it being added on or a way to disable it. 

I've discovered that if I logon to my personal computer (Windows) instead of the Chromebook the issue disappears. I updated the OS entirely this morning but the issue remains. I wonder if it's something to do with my machine specifically but what could it be. This was brand new out of the box in June and is up to date from what I've seen. 

I'm considering installing another browser but without wanting to use the Linux terminal I suppose I may be out of luck...

[aaron_bahmer]

At least one instructor using Modules as their home page is experiencing this and reported it to me. She is using the "zoom in" workaround as you are. She is using Google Chrome on a Windows 11 PC.

@chriscas - we don't have any custom scripts that add buttons to that sidebar.

Should this be reported as a bug??

[chriscas]

Hi @aaron_bahmer,

Yes, at this point I would suggest reporting this to Canvas support to see what they may have to say.  I'm very curious as to where that export button is coming from since I don't see it on our Instructure-hosted instance (and I also don't see any disabled feature options that would relate to it).  I think something with that button is the root cause of the issue, but it's hard to say that 100% since I can't get the button to appear to confirm my suspicion.

If you do file a support case, please let us know what they say in response!

-Chris