# 5.1 has issue when using \<a\> tag

**URL:** <https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/5-1-has-issue-when-using-a-tag/2641>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [January 26, 2019, 4:03pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/5-1-has-issue-when-using-a-tag/2641 "2019-01-26T16:03:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![randyrie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/randyrie/32/2103_2.png) [@randyrie](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/randyrie)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2019, 4:03pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/5-1-has-issue-when-using-a-tag/2641/1 "2019-01-26T16:03:54Z")

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Whenever I insert an “a” tag, a popup reports:

 ![03%20AM](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/pinegrow/original/2X/7/7ba43588c74a88af1392fff9c4a6070203fd5384.png) and then ‘sticks’ with my mouse cursor as I move it throughout the application. I have to close out PG to get rid of it. VERY ANNOYING!

Also, whenever I add/edit an image, several duplicates of it appear on my screen - I have to save and refresh to get rid of the duplicates (sometimes the duplicate code is NOT removed). VERY ANNOYING!

 ![40%20AM](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/pinegrow/original/2X/b/b524cb859bfba5f752fda7d7fe87ea0469f3968b.jpeg)

Is there anything that I’m doing that’s causing this?  
(using a Macbook Pro 15" with Retina display, OS X 10.13.6)

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**Author:** ![Marf](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/marf/32/1799_2.png) [@Marf](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/Marf)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2019, 5:53pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/5-1-has-issue-when-using-a-tag/2641/2 "2019-01-26T17:53:00Z")

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How did you insert the A tag, dragged from library panel, copy/paste from somewhere, typed manually, …  
Are you sure it’s valid, did you inspect it, and do you understand what this warning message means?

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About the issues you experience with “duplication”, maybe you activate by accident the “Repeater” option, without knowing it. See this docs page **“Section 4 - The Repeater”** for more info about this feature:

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**Author:** ![randyrie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/randyrie/32/2103_2.png) [@randyrie](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/randyrie)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2019, 9:46pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/5-1-has-issue-when-using-a-tag/2641/3 "2019-01-26T21:46:26Z")

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I manually entered (typed) the A tag into the Edit Code window and no, the warning is definitely incorrect as the referenced "\< " is the opening chevron for the A tag since it appears even if I type the "\< " into an empty Edit Code block. Other warning popups also become ‘sticky’ while I’m working in the Edit Code window.

I never touched the repeater… the app does the repeating on its own.

I never experienced the A tag issue with version 5.0 but the repeating  
issue did happen occasionally. If others are experiencing sticky warning popups, this must be a bug with v5.1

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**Author:** ![Rob](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/rob/32/9_2.png) [@Rob](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/Rob)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2019, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/5-1-has-issue-when-using-a-tag/2641/4 "2019-01-26T22:02:52Z")

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@randyrie this error can happen because you haven’t finished typing your code. Try completing it, i.e. link text

Also just noticed you’re using a capital A instead of a lowercase a

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**Author:** ![Marf](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/marf/32/1799_2.png) [@Marf](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/Marf)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2019, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/5-1-has-issue-when-using-a-tag/2641/5 "2019-01-26T23:06:08Z")

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> [@randyrie](#):
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> I never touched the repeater… the app does the repeating on its own.

> [@randyrie](#):
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> …but the repeating issue did happen occasionally…

That’s the beauty of “by accident”, you are **NOT** aware why it happened!  
It still could be caused by the “Repeater” feature.

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> [@randyrie](#):
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> I manually entered (typed) the A tag into the Edit Code window and no, the warning is definitely incorrect as the referenced "\< " is the opening chevron for the A tag since it appears even if I type the "\< " into an empty Edit Code block. Other warning popups also become ‘sticky’ while I’m working in the Edit Code window.

That “error msg”, I think you need to split it in two, the reason why you got that warning, and why is it “sticky”.

- **Why you see it** , is normally because of invalid code (code that is not properly closed yet is also invalid like @Rob mentioned).
- **Why is the error msg sticky at your mouse** , that is weird behaviour and could be a bug.

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**Author:** ![randyrie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/randyrie/32/2103_2.png) [@randyrie](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/randyrie)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/5-1-has-issue-when-using-a-tag/2641/6 "2019-01-27T16:48:37Z")

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Thanks for your input, Rob and Marf. I understand why the error shows and continues to display until the tag is closed… but the error does not go away after the code has been completed and the warning pane ‘sticks’ with my cursor until I reboot. I’ve reported this to the tech team at Pine Grow and they’re working on it as a possible bug. BTW, I’m using a capital A just here in this forum to highlight the tag type.

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**Author:** ![randyrie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/randyrie/32/2103_2.png) [@randyrie](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/randyrie)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/5-1-has-issue-when-using-a-tag/2641/7 "2019-01-27T16:51:09Z")

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> [@Marf](#):
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> That’s the beauty of “by accident”, you are **NOT** aware why it happened!  
> It still could be caused by the “Repeater” feature.

Not sure what you mean here, @Marf ??

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**Author:** ![Marf](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/marf/32/1799_2.png) [@Marf](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/Marf)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/5-1-has-issue-when-using-a-tag/2641/8 "2019-01-27T18:11:26Z")

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@randyrie You are not the only one that experience the problem with the **“sticky”** error message(s).  
See this topic from @steveshead.

> [@Error message remains on screen when editing](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/error-message-remains-on-screen-when-editing/2647):
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> Since the latest update I have an ‘error’ message that won’t go away. If I edit an HTML element in the page panel tree, and I don’t escape a character correctly, the error message ‘special characters must be escaped’ appears - this is good - but when I correct the error, the error message remains and tracks the mouse around the screen. The only way to get rid of it is to restart Pinegrow. Below is a screen capture of the message.

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> [@Marf](#):
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> About the issues you experience with “duplication”, maybe you activate by accident the “Repeater” option, without knowing it. See this docs page **“Section 4 - The Repeater”** for more info about this feature:

> [@randyrie](#):
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> I never touched the repeater… the app does the repeating on its own.

> [@randyrie](#):
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> but the repeating issue did happen occasionally

> [@Marf](#):
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> That’s the beauty of “by accident”, you are **NOT** aware why it happened!  
> It still could be caused by the “Repeater” feature.

> [@randyrie](#):
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> Not sure what you mean here, @Marf ??

My english is pretty good (I think), but not my native language. So sometimes I maybe produce a weird sentence or use the wrong words in a context. Don’t know if thats the case why you did not understand “that part” of my previous post.

What I tried to say is:  
You seems convinced that the duplicate code is not produced by the “Repeater” feature, which I can understand. But when you typed/touched “by accident” a numerical value (which can happen) before you did those actions (without knowing it, so you are not aware you did that and activated the repeater feature this way by accident). Then you got suprised with those duplicate code/elements in your page.

Of course I don’t know what happened, and I also don’t know if you triggered the “Repeater”. I only tried to explain what it may have caused, because duplicate code / duplicate elements don’t happen just like that. And the “Repeater” feature exists in Pinegrow and I think is the most logical explanation what might happened.

Hopefully this makes it a bit more clear for you!

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**Author:** ![randyrie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/randyrie/32/2103_2.png) [@randyrie](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/randyrie)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/5-1-has-issue-when-using-a-tag/2641/9 "2019-01-29T16:19:22Z")

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Thanks @Marf  
PineGrow has just released v5.1.1. which seems to clean up the ‘stickiness’.