The close dialog is a dialog presented to users with 3,000 or more reputation, when they vote to close a question. Use this tag for questions regarding that dialog (not closing in general).
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Close box on old questions still says “Off-topic because…too old to migrate”
I was voting to close this question as off topic because it looks like homework, when I noticed that next to the off topic title, it still says "too old to migrate". That made sense when off topic ...
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Should a Close - Duplicate supercede other Close votes?
I'm happy with the progress being made on StackExchange with how Close is handled. I'd like to propose another small tweak, with this question as concrete example:
AutoCad Plant 3d model on web
When ...
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“Vote To Close” dialog remains open after submitting and appears to remain in progress
I've submitted three close votes today and in all three cases there was a bug on vote-to-close submission.
I click "Vote To Close" and the progress indicator (three cycling dots) appears. Then, ...
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Option to close as duplicate of linked question
Disclaimer: This question assumes sufficient familiarity with the Close dialog.
In the Close -> Duplicate dialog, when no vote has yet been cast, there is a list of similar questions, otherwise there ...
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Auto Comment for Off Topic -> Minimal Understanding
When someone votes to close an issue as...
Questions asking for code must demonstrate a minimal understanding of the problem being solved. Include attempted solutions, why they didn't work, and ...
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Remove “(already migrated)” from Meta while closing migrated question
When voting to close any migrated question on Meta, it shows "(already migrated)" in off-topic reason which is actually wrong since we can't migrate any question from Meta Stack Overflow.
This is ...
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Why does Super User site appear twice in vote-to-close dialog?
Super User appears in both the main Off-Topic list and the Migration list of the close dialog. Is this a bug or intentional?
I also don't really understand why Server Fault appears in the main ...
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ToolTips of remaining flags and close votes
The ToolTip of the remaining flags in the FlagDialog displays flags remaining today, UTC
The , UTC is in this case unnecessary and can be removed.
The ToolTip of the CloseDialog is nearly correct ...
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Please don't close closeVote/flag window on click outside it
Please don't close the Close Vote/flag window if I click outside of it or allow me to continue typing when I open it again.
Sometimes (quite often) I write a custom message, touch my touchpad by ...
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Close reason display bug, italics text is vertically offset a few px [duplicate]
I've taken the following picture to demonstrate:
This is Chrome 28 in Ubuntu 13.04.
As you can see by the magnificent freehand circle, the should, which is wrapped in <i> tags (Really? Why ...
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Close as duplicate dialog: Accepted, highest-voted answer not shown
I voted to close a question as a duplicate of this question. After entering the URL, the close dialog displays the question and its answers. In this dialog, I could only see 10 of the 12 answers (one ...
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Close dialog UI bug
I wonder if this has been reported yet?
This is what the close dialog looks like normally:
And this is what it looks like with a very long string entered:
The dialog contents seem to ...
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Closing > Off-Topic > Migration is misleading and should be clarified on Stack Exchange sites
On Stack Exchange sites, (I'm posting screenshots from GIS.Stackexchange.com), while closing, you see an option:
This question belongs on another site in the Stackexchange network
Suppose ...
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Misaligned bold text in close dialog when number of close votes shown [duplicate]
In the list of off-topic close reasons, when one or more close votes are being shown next to one of the reasons, bold text on the same line is misaligned a few pixels below the non-bold text.
The ...
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“(too old to migrate)” shouldn't show on Meta Stack Overflow
When voting to close an old question on Meta, the close dialog is presented:
However there is no option to migrate from Meta:
The (too old to migrate) text should be removed.
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Duplicate dialog close button causes preview to be too narrow
The close button on the close/flag dialogs causes the form inside to be narrower than intended. This happens on all views, but it's particularly noticeable when voting to close as duplicate because it ...
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Have links in the Closing > Off-Topic dialog open in new tabs
Currently all the links in the new Closing > Off-Topic dialog open in the same window, causing an unnecessary amount of repetitive clicks and the question you're on to be replaced.
For example, if I ...
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Why are Off-Topic > Migration choices restricted to a list? [duplicate]
Really, this is one of the things which makes me most reluctant to review posts. I practically never find the stackexchange site which I believe is most appropriate for migration on the ...
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Move migrations to the first page of the close dialog
With the new close system, voting to migrate now requires four steps:
Clicking the "close" link
Selecting "off-topic because..."
Selecting "This question belongs on another site in the Stack ...
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CSS alignment issues on close reasons with pending votes
"Should" word in italics is shifted down in the vote-to-close popup when there is at least one pending close vote.
Just have a look at this:
Now without close votes:
So the issue occurs ...
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SO closure text alignment [duplicate]
This is hardly a major issue, but in pursuit of standards, I noticed that the styling (and standard) of the descriptors in the closure dialog box is somewhat lower than expected:
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Require the “Other” off-topic close reason to be specified
It appears that it's possible to select the "Other" off-topic close reason, and vote to close without actually providing a close reason. This results in a custom close reason and comment which read:
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Could the Off Topic close reasons screen get a bit of McLovin'?
As everyone is becoming aware, the close reasons have been reworked.
When voting to close a question, the first dialog is nicely laid out and easy to look at:
But the dialog containing the ...
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Close dialog does not open after (inline) editing a question [duplicate]
After editing a question inline, clicking on the "close" link does not open the close dialog, the page just scrolls to the top.
Browser (all OS X 10.8.4): Firefox 22.0, Chrome 27.0.1453.116
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Open question links from duplicate dialog inside duplicate dialog
Note: I'm using this question as an example, it's possible that the problem doesn't exist in that specific question.
Say someone asks a question. How do I find the value of this <input> ...
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Should the existing close votes be shown in the review section?
Pretty straightforward. Should the count be showed in the review section:
Ok it shows what my peer reviewers have chosen.
What are the real benefits of seeing that number in a review queue?
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Misplaced error message when reviewing close votes
When reviewing close votes, if you click "close" near the top of the page twice, the error message "You may only load the close dialog every 3 seconds." shows by "close" at the bottom of the post, and ...
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Characters in “close as duplicate” box are double-encoded [duplicate]
In the excerpt of a question in the “close as duplicate” dialog of a question that’s been flagged or voted as a possible duplicate, any HTML special characters appear to show up in their encoded ...
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Remove links from close question dialog for moderators
Currently, if you want to cast a binding vote as a moderator, you are presented with the standard close dialog which gives you access to a number of radio buttons.
The great thing about radio buttons ...
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Why is opening the close/flag dialog rate-limited
Many of features of stack overflow are rate limited either to restrict spam bots and inexperienced users(posting questions and answers) or to reduce impact of heavy queries. Why is loading the ...
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Close vote dialog box disappears when I try to drag a link in
I left a comment for a user about a reposted question, explaining that editing was preferred, and I came back later to cast a duplicate close vote. When I opened the dialog, though, I could not drag ...
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Can the duplicate-selection pop-up be made 18px wider?
... or can the question-preview within the duplicate-selection pop-over be made 18px thinner?
As it stands, the duplicate-selection pop-over has a horizontal scroll bar to cover these extra 18px, ...
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New way to close a flagging dialog
Due to a recent change, you can close flagging (and closing) dialogs by clicking anywhere on the page, except the dialog itself.1 Let me be the first to say that I find this pretty annoying.
It is ...
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Allow hitting tab to go to Vote to Close button in Vote to Close dialog
Right now, if you Vote to Close a question, and select one of the reasons (say Not Constructive) you need to manually press the Vote to Close button by taking your mouse to it and pressing.
Could we ...
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Mention general flagging in vote-to-migrate dialog
I see that we've recently changed the list of provided migrations to better reflect the current most popular migration routes. This is good, but it would be really nice if the dialog were to mention ...
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The closing dialog push down the blocks shown in the flag page
I voted to close a question on meta from the flag page, and the page appeared as in the following screenshot:
Comparing the previous screenshot with the following one, it is evident that the chat ...
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More SE sites to migrate to when casting close votes? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Off topic questions and redirect to affiliated sites
There have been tons of off-topic questions (like this, but I'm sure everyone has seen many more) which definitely ...
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The new, fancier flag dialog doesn't allow full backtracking [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Back button missing in new flagging menu
The improved flagging dialog is fancy and shiny and nice, no question about it, but it contains a small navigation problem. More ...
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The new flagging dialog gets in the way
The old flagging dialog box politely "stepped aside" or wasn't so big that it prevented a quick re-scan of a post and possibly a copy/paste of things in the post you wanted to highlight to the mods.
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