AvaloniaUI/Documentation

Blocked or erroring JavaScript breaks some basic website functionality

chylex opened this issue · 1 comments

chylex commented

Hi, I ran into an issue where one of the JavaScript files the documentation page loads got accidentally blocked by an addon, which broke a few basic features of the website that in my opinion should not need JavaScript to function.

You can simulate it by going to https://docs.avaloniaui.net/docs/getting-started/ide-support and blocking JavaScript in your browser's Dev Tools. Observe that:

  • Images don't load
  • In the right sidebar, clicking "Edit on GitHub" or any of the anchors under "On This Page" does nothing
    • Since all of these are fake "links", they break basic browser functionality like the ability to see where the links go, or middle-clicking or Ctrl-clicking them to open it in a new tab
  • The search field on top right cannot be focused and typed into

There are obviously more things that break without JavaScript, but I consider the things I listed to be basic website functionality that does not need JavaScript to function, and should instead be progressively enhanced when JavaScript is loaded.

It's likely an issue with GitBook, but that appears to be some commercial solution that does not have an open issue tracker. I would appreciate it if you could bring these issues up with them.

maxkatz6 commented

New web site doesn't require JS to be enabled https://docs.avaloniaui.net/