# Edit Observations text shoved off to far left side

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/edit-observations-text-shoved-off-to-far-left-side/86717>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Tags:** web\
**Created:** [October 12, 2026, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/edit-observations-text-shoved-off-to-far-left-side/86717 "2026-10-12T16:45:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![texas\_nature\_family](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/texas_nature_family/32/65299_2.png) [@texas\_nature\_family](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/texas_nature_family)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2026, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/edit-observations-text-shoved-off-to-far-left-side/86717/1 "2026-10-12T16:45:14Z")

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**Platform** : Website

**App version number** , if a mobile app issue: N/A

**Browser** , if a website issue: Chrome

**URLs (aka web addresses) of any relevant observations or pages**: [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/)(fill in any username)

**Screenshots of what you are seeing** :

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/c/7/c76286e74e7647fdbf3c5fbd0d2d4090ac5d62e5.jpeg)  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/e/6/e6642add51484b4f837e7410b91eed7cfe6154f3.jpeg)

**Description of problem** : “Edit observations” or “Observations by (fill in any username)” are shoved all the way to the left side.

Step 1: Go to Edit Observations

Step 2:

Step 3:

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**Author:** ![jeanelz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/jeanelz/32/68062_2.png) [@jeanelz](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jeanelz)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2026, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/edit-observations-text-shoved-off-to-far-left-side/86717/2 "2026-10-12T18:49:04Z")

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Cannot replicate this on Firefox, Chrome or Edge. Maybe it was fixed super fast.

Off topic - in the days of CRT monitors I sometimes amused myself by adjusting monitors to have exactly that effect. The sudden loss of real estate really confounded users and when I fixed it again, I was an IT god for awhile 😂

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**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2026, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/edit-observations-text-shoved-off-to-far-left-side/86717/3 "2026-10-12T19:51:39Z")

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@texas_nature_family if you go to [https://www.inaturalist.org/people/texas\_nature\_family/edit#account](https://www.inaturalist.org/people/texas_nature_family/edit#account) are you in the Mobile friendly mode test group?

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**Author:** ![texas\_nature\_family](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/texas_nature_family/32/65299_2.png) [@texas\_nature\_family](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/texas_nature_family)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2026, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/edit-observations-text-shoved-off-to-far-left-side/86717/4 "2026-10-12T21:12:41Z")

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Yes, I left and…

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/5/f/5f49fd241e8eab220f280c36e92842f9f19910ef.png)  
much better!

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**Author:** ![dusterdb88](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/dusterdb88/32/75784_2.png) [@dusterdb88](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/dusterdb88)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/edit-observations-text-shoved-off-to-far-left-side/86717/5 "2026-10-13T19:24:34Z")

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This is a bug affecting users in the mobile friendly test group and will be fixed shortly.

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**Author:** ![walking\_encyclopaedia](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/walking_encyclopaedia/32/76280_2.png) [@walking\_encyclopaedia](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/walking_encyclopaedia)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 9:31pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/edit-observations-text-shoved-off-to-far-left-side/86717/6 "2026-10-13T21:31:04Z")

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![IMG_0652](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/7/d/7d8867f575e8d92b5d8bb86b0d38567e0cffdfed.jpeg)

I get this