Citing a probate entry with WT Sourcer

Question

I love the WikiTree Sourcer and use it loads. I can't make it work however for GOV.UK probate records. The sourcer brings up a form for me to fill in with the data it cannot capture but I can find no way to save the citation. There is no "save" button and if I press "back" all my entry data is lost. Am I missing something or is there a bug?

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Forgot to say, I'm using Firefox 119.0 on Debian Linux.

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Just for information, when I tried it using Chrome the form for additional information is longer than the window it appears in, so I need to use the scroll bar on the right to get to the bottom of the form. At the bottom of the form, underneath the last field which is "Page number", there is a button labelled "Build Inline Citation".

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Thanks, Paul. Yes, I discovered that I need to scroll down to complete all the fields, but, for me, the "page number" field is the end of the form. I cannot scroll past that.

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I just tried in on my MacBook Pro using both Chrome and Firefox 118.0.1 (64-bit) and the Build button at the bottom of the popup showed up both times.

So I'm guessing it must be something about your browser/device.

I'm curious. If you click on the "Edit Citation..." on the Sourcer popup do you see the "Save" button at the bottom?

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One way to debug this....
When you have the popup up with the form to fill in. Right-click on the form and do "Save Page As..." and use the format "Web page, complete". This will produce an html file and a folder. You can ignore the folder and send me the html file.

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One thing to try is to disable and re-enable the Sourcer extension. This can sometimes fix odd issues like this.

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Yes, I can see the "Save" button in the "Edit Citation" popup.

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Thanks for your help, Rob. I've got the html file now and I'll send it to you. The "Build Inline Citation" button is clearly visible at the bottom!

I'm thinking the problem may be due to me using large fonts (I'm partially sighted)? Most things work fine but just occasionally I do hit odd things like this.

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I can scroll down to the "Page Number" question, but it will not scroll any further.

I've been experimenting and found that if I put the cursor in the "Page Number" box and then press <tab> <return>, the citation is produced. I never see the button though.

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I just disabled the extension, restarted Firefox, re-enabled the extension and restarted again.  The problem is unchanged.

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What's the best way to send you the html file, Rob (if you still want it)?

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Send me a Private Message and I will respond and you will then have my email address and can email the attachment. Or you can message me in Discord.