Say/Think Block Bug

A983sUniverseReborn

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The broadcast block bug has been fixed, but while remixing another project, I saw another problem with blocks like the “say” and “think” blocks. Usually, they should look like this:

say [The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog] for (2) secs

But now it looks something like this:

say [The quick brown fox jumps over...] for (2) secs

Which is bad because I don't get to see too much of the message I would like to edit, or worse, the message breaks when I attempt to edit it.

whatinthedeepfryed

it might just be scratch's way of compressing things so it doesn't go off your screen while editing text but i'm not sure.
i reccomend just clicking right arrow key a bunch of times/holding it till you see all the text or scrolling sideways after clicking the message text until you see the full thing.

it could also highlight all when you click when trying to edit text so using an arrow key before editing should fix it.

let me know if this helped

Last edited by whatinthedeepfryed (April 19, 2026 16:26:58)

A983sUniverseReborn

whatinthedeepfryed wrote:
it might just be scratch's way of compressing things so it doesn't go off your screen while editing text but i'm not sure.
i reccomend just clicking right arrow key a bunch of times/holding it till you see all the text or scrolling sideways after clicking the message text until you see the full thing.

it could also highlight all when you click when trying to edit text so using an arrow key before editing should fix it.

let me know if this helped

Tried it yesterday. I don't think it helped.

ChristianScratcher1

Can replicate…
For long paragraphs, try splitting it to multiple say/think blocks and/or copy the thing and paste it onto idk google docs so you can see the entire thing then copy it and paste it into the say block when you got that done?

Last edited by ChristianScratcher1 (April 20, 2026 15:37:54)

ArianDerCoole4

When you make

when green flag clicked
if <(☁ score) = [worldrecord]> then
set [wr holder] to (username)
if <(username) = [worldrecod]> then
set [wr holder] to (username)                 Sorry for the same

end
end

But when you make

when green flag clicked
ask [text[scratchblocks]
] and wait[/scratchblocks]
change [ online] by (1)
[scratchblocks]
if <(username) = <not <online?>>> then
change [Online] by (-1)
But the make you 476473648142958543628 on online
But when you make the two script then is it okay

end
[/scratchblocks]

ArianDerCoole4

Sorry the text i need the script

ArianDerCoole4

ArianDerCoole4 wrote:

When you make

when green flag clicked
if <(☁ score) = [worldrecord]> then
set [wr holder] to (username)
if <(username) = [worldrecod]> then
set [wr holder] to (username)                 [quote][/quote]Sorry for the same

end
end

But when you make

when green flag clicked
ask [text[scratchblocks]
] and wait[/scratchblocks]
change [ online] by (1)
[scratchblocks]
if <(username) = <not <online?>>> then
change [Online] by (-1)
[quote][/quote]But the make you 476473648142958543628 on online
[quote][/quote]But when you make the two script then is it okay

end
[/scratchblocks]

ArianDerCoole4

No

ArianDerCoole4 wrote:

When you make

when green flag clicked
if <(☁ score) = [worldrecord]> then
set [wr holder] to (username)
if <(username) = [worldrecod]> the
set [wr holder] to (username)                 [quote]Sorry for the same[/quote]

end
end

But when you make

when green flag clicked
ask [text[scratchblocks]
] and wait[/scratchblocks]
change [ online] by (1)
[scratchblocks]
if <(username) = <not <online?>>> then
change [Online] by (-1)
[quote]But the make you 476473648142958543628 on online[/quote]
[quote]its pretty sh*t[/quote]

end
[/scratchblocks]

ChristianScratcher1

I'd honestly think this might be intentional with the update to reduce the horizontal length of the block. But it's more annoying for the people who type lots of info

I made a suggestion for making it toggleable

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