Reddit & Brave Shields issue, creates second scroll bar

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Description of the issue:

Going to Reddit while using Brave Shields will cause a second scroll bar to appear.

How can this issue be reproduced?

  1. Turn Brave Shields on
  2. Go to Reddit
  3. You will see 2 scroll bars on the right.

Expected result:

Only should be one scroll bar. Instead there are 2.

Brave Version( check About Brave):

Version 1.36.116 Chromium: 99.0.4844.74 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Additional Information:

WITH SHIELDS ON

Bug_ you can get full health by switching back and forth between Karolos and Olivinus glintstone crowns _ Eldenring - Brave 3_18_2022 11_45_55 AM
Bug_ you can get full health by switching back and forth between Karolos and Olivinus glintstone crowns _ Eldenring - Brave 3_18_2022 11_45_55 AM1920×1040 170 KB

WITH SHIELDS OFF

(1) Bug_ you can get full health by switching back and forth between Karolos and Olivinus glintstone crowns _ Eldenring - Brave 3_18_2022 11_49_39 AM
(1) Bug_ you can get full health by switching back and forth between Karolos and Olivinus glintstone crowns _ Eldenring - Brave 3_18_2022 11_49_39 AM1920×1040 240 KB

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And just to note, originally I turned off Shields and then turned it back on. This got rid of the 2nd scroll bar for a while, but it just had pulled back up after a while. I’m not the only one with this issue, as there’s a topic opened on the r/brave_browser Reddit at https://www.reddit.com/r/brave_browser/comments/th04qw/braves_shields_creates_another_scroll_bar_in/

Any ideas for this one @Mattches?

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@Saoiray,
I believe this is the intended behavior of the site. This second scroll bar appears to track where you are within the Reddit thread itself (observe that only the inner-most bar scrolls up/down while in an article) whereas the first/original scroll bar marks the position of where you are within the Subreddit.

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It’s just weird how it only appears with Shields on. Guess something to look into, for whoever it would be. Appreciate you getting back to me anyways

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Oh I see now what you are saying. I tested this in Chrome and am not seeing the second scroll bar appear. Good catch. Not sure how dire of an issue it is but I will raise it with @fanboynz regardless and see if we can find out why.

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Investigating, I know we’re trying to counter the anti-scroll on reddit mobile

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Which lists are you using @Saoiray in brave://adblock ?

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@fanboynz Whatever comes with the browser by default. To be honest, I’m not even sure if I know how to switch to anything else. I found it once but couldn’t tell you from the top of my head where that was. Also not sure if multiple options are available for all OS? Such as when I have talked to you about issues on iPhone. Or which devices can opt into the others.

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@Saoiray

  • Using Brave Beta or nightly, or release
  • Shields on Standard or Aggressive for reddit.
  • Does old.reddit show the same?
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Fix has been pushed out, force an update in Brave Ad Block Updater - Version: 1.0.1248
brave://components/

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