Edit Mode: Icons for Heading, Link ... do not work after Update

[RainerBielefeld]

1. I updated existing Blog Software Versionn 1.4.1 with 1.5.1 with Source downloaded from Github 2026-01-07. Simply uploaded new files into existing Blog on Server
2. Passed all Maintenance items
3. Everything looked fine
4. Then I edited an existing Draft and saw: Icons for Link, Bold, Heading and so on do nothing! But Smiley Icons DO work

Additional Info

• Worked fine in Blog before Update
• Same source 1.5.1 used for a new Test Blog: Icons DO work

Did I make a mistake during Update 1.4.1 to 1.5.1 or did I find a bug?

CU

Rainer

[fraenkiman]

Hello Rainer,

You didn't find a bug in the repo. The editor buttons work via JavaScript editor.js.

I'm having déjà vu: ownership, file, and directory permissions .

I just visited your two known instances and left you a comment on each. The buttons work for me. However, these two instances show me the FlatPress fp-1.5.dev signature.

Or do you have another instance with the FlatPress fp-1.5 RC1 signature where I can reproduce the problem, or is it a local instance that is not online?

It may be helpful to clear your browser cache and disable third-party browser add-ons.

A quick reminder: There is currently no official version 1.5, or 1.5.1.
RC1 stands for Release Candidate 1. RC + number or Beta + number = test phase.

If you have any problems or bugs you've found with a developer (dev) or release candidate (RC) version, then your post is better placed here.

Best regards,
Frank

[RainerBielefeld]

A quick reminder: There is currently no official version 1.5, or 1.5.1.
RC1 stands for Release Candidate 1.

Hi Frank,

before you continue you should have a look here; here, here,...

And: If there are insufficient permissions left after having run the Maintenance procedures – that would look like a bug. Of course that already was my suspect, an so I run defaults.php with 755/644 also for core. What, for example, changed permissions for defaults.php from 640 to 644. But problem with not working Icons (do nothing) persists.

Additional info: Also affected are

• Textarea Expand/Reduce
• File, Image, Gallery selectors

In which area do you expect the problem so that I can do further research there?
And what do you think:

2026-01-08_901_Iconsproblem.png (38.63 KiB) Viewed 299 times

Red herring or hot lead?

[RainerBielefeld]

or did I find a bug?

I did a test with a completely new Installation.
I did not reproduce the problem!
Details see here!

No longer reproducible because of changes in latest Master version or problem only appears under special circumstances? I can't tell.

[fraenkiman]

Hello Rainer,

...
But problem with not working Icons (do nothing) persists.

Additional info: Also affected are

• Textarea Expand/Reduce
• File, Image, Gallery selectors

...
In which area do you expect the problem so that I can do further research there?
...
Red herring or hot lead?

The file utils.js is not part of the FlatPress repository. It may originate from a plugin that you have additionally copied to the repository, or the JS may belong to a browser extension.

The editor buttons, including collapse, expand, file selection, images, and gallery, trigger functions in the file fp-plugins/bbcode/res/editor.js.

...or problem only appears under special circumstances? I can't tell.

We can only speculate as to why the buttons were not working. In previous cases, the problem only occurred when the ownership, file, and directory permissions were out of balance.

Good to hear that this problem no longer occurs with the latest master version.

Happy bug hunting and have a relaxing weekend!
Frank

[Diotima]

I've having this same problem in 1.4.1. Buttons do not work for me, sort of just stopped today?

Not sure if it is related to not being able to save configurations (I get a forbidden error). I'll try to see if something got weirded when I was playing w theming but it kind of happened before I started changing stuffs.

[fraenkiman]

Hello Diotima,

I've having this same problem in 1.4.1. Buttons do not work for me, sort of just stopped today?
...

I see:

Screenshot 2026-01-18 160621.png (51.05 KiB) Viewed 199 times

Please change the two lines in the defaults.php file as shown in the image:

Screenshot 2026-01-18 160839.png (8.22 KiB) Viewed 199 times

Then log in to the admin area -> Maintain -> “Restore authorizations for productive operation”.
You may need to adjust the permissions in your web server administration using the chmod tool.

Best regards,
Frank

[Diotima]

Yesh, this isn't rly my area of expertise but I'll take a look when I have a chance, uggggh.

Hn, the icons work now but saving the config.... nnno.

[fraenkiman]

Hello Diotima,

Saving the configuration (fp-content/config/settings.conf.php) is affected by the fix from my post above.

If you manage your web space with cPanel, there is a chmod tool that you can use to assign ownership rights to your account.

Best regards,
Frank