There's no '+' sign to bring it back, and turning on "editing" doesn't make a difference either.
In reply to Richard Miller
Re: Student clicked the '-' and the Message block disappeared
by Miriam Laidlaw -
Are you using Moodle 2.0? Has it been docked at the left by accident?
In reply to Miriam Laidlaw
Re: Student clicked the '-' and the Message block disappeared
by Richard Miller -
I'm using 1.9, so I don't think that's it.
Apologies, I should have specified in my initial post.
In reply to Richard Miller
Re: Student clicked the '-' and the Message block disappeared
by Ann Adamcik -
Which 1.9? Are you using any pinned (sticky) blocks? If so, you might be running into MDL-11131 (fixed in 1.9.8).
In reply to Richard Miller
Re: Student clicked the '-' and the Message block disappeared
by Richard Miller -
It turns out that every single block in the right-hand column acts this way: when it's clicked, it just vanishes forever.
The left-hand column blocks work as they ought to.
I've also discovered that switching to a different browser brings up the site with all blocks visible, which suggests a cache problem - but clearing the cache does not fix it.
Very perplexed!
In reply to Richard Miller
Re: Student clicked the '-' and the Message block disappeared
by Joseph Rézeau -
Maybe a theme problem. Which theme are you using?
In reply to Joseph Rézeau
Re: Student clicked the '-' and the Message block disappeared
by Ray Lawrence -
I agree that theme is a good starting point, also do you have drag and drop enabled? This is often the cause of disappearing blocks in 1.9.x.
In reply to Joseph Rézeau
Re: Student clicked the '-' and the Message block disappeared
by Richard Miller -
I hired someone to look into this - turns out it was some kind of CSS error within the theme. Good call, Joseph.