Closed Unlimited nested quotes make post (almost) unreadable

[Kirby]

Affected version

2,2.6

When users post a mesage with a high number of nested quotes like

[quote][quote][quote][quote]This

is

an

example

of

extreme

quote

nesting

which

does

make

it

impossible

to

properly

read

the

post

on

devices

with[/quote]a[/quote]narrow[/quote]screen[/quote]

it does become (almost) impossible to properly read the message, especially on devices with narrow screens.

 

[Chris D]

It's an extreme and unrealistic example so it's really just one of those things that if someone tries to do this, then quite simply they shouldn't and you should enforce that with moderation.

That said, we're leaving the bug open. There is supposed to be a depth limit on tag rendering. We used to have it in XF1 and we apparently don't enforce it in XF2.

If this was an oversight rather than deliberate, then the max depth would be 20. It wouldn't really do much to solve this issue but I feel a depth limit is probably important as theoretically it may be possible to cause issues. That said, to be significantly complex enough you'd probably need more than the default 10,000 characters max message length to do it.

Either way, a rendering depth of 20 seems reasonable.

 

[Kirby]

Yeah, of course users shouldn't do that - but IMHO it would be ideal if they even can't

So having a (configurable) limit would be nice.

 

[XF Bug Bot]

Automated triage: As designed

Newer versions limit how deeply BB code tags such as quotes can nest. Tags beyond 20 levels now show as plain text instead of adding another quote box. Very deep but allowed nesting is still best handled through moderation.

This is an automated assessment. A member of staff may review and update it.