Front Page floating bar (widget?)

[WhatThe]

I have noticed this for maybe the past few weeks and I can't find a fix. When I following a link to a front page article, there is a vertical social bar hovering over the article preventing me from reading the right side. When I scroll, it stays in place. It includes a +1 for Google, a Twitter link, a fb link, and also "email" which brings up a "sharethis" control panel. I'm not sure if sharethis controls the entire bar.




Any ideas on how to get rid of this so I can read the articles?

(I'm using IE9 and Vista)

Thanks!

[Dakota Valkyrie]

@Morbid is in charge of the FP. I'm sure he'll have an answer.

Until then, try switching to a different browser. I use Firefox and it works fine. Although, it also works fine on my IE 9 so I dunno




And while you're at it, Morbid. I don't know if this is related but I noticed this occurs on my Firefox: Image links that appear at bottom of articles float off to the right instead.

[Morbid]

What resolution are you running at WhatThe?

[WhatThe]

Currently 1280x800
The backlight on my laptop went bad, so I am currently hooked up to an external monitor. I guess it is a safe bet that this could have something to do with my problem? That thought hadn't really occurred to me until you asked about my display. I will read the FP from my phone until I get my laptop fixed. Then I will let you know if I am still having problems. But let me know if it is something as simple as adjusting my resolution.
Thanks!

[WhatThe]

AHA. It took a while, but I got my display settings to 1280x1024. I'm surprised that's not where they were in the first place. Everything looks good now.

[Morbid]

Thanks for letting me know about this. Normally, the Share Bar should not display on low resolutions because of the reasons you have seen. I'll double-check the code and see why it was displaying anyway -- even though you had an external monitor hooked up, you'd think it would still detect that.