🐞Floating Content Blocks on Scroll

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While scrolling in a Notion page, some regular text content blocks (not tooltips, popups, or inline references) detach from their original position and float over unrelated sections. These floating blocks persist visually and obstruct the underlying content, making it difficult to read or interact with the page.

In the screenshot provided, a piece of unrelated plain content (from a lower block) is overlaid above the "Understanding Quorum" section even though it's not supposed to be there. This is native Notion content that is incorrectly rendered out of place.

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Open a Notion document with multiple paragraphs, sections, or embeds.
  2. Scroll through the page — possibly quickly or with mouse gestures.
  3. Observe if any plain text blocks “detach” from their section and appear overlaid elsewhere.
  4. Try refreshing — sometimes the issue temporarily disappears.

Expected Behavior:
Content blocks should stay fixed in their proper layout position relative to the document flow.

Actual Behavior:
Some blocks detach visually and float above unrelated sections, causing layout corruption.

Environment:

  • Platform: Notion Web App
  • OS: Windows 11
  • Browser: Chrome
  • Device: DELL laptop
  • Observed: June 15, 2025
  • Screenshot: ✅ (attached)

Impact:

  • Obstructs visibility of critical content.
  • Makes Notion unusable for serious reading or writing in affected sections.
  • Refreshing may fix temporarily, but bug reoccurs.

🔧 Temporary Workarounds You Can Try

  • Refresh the page — this usually resets the block positions.
  • Zoom in/out slightly — can sometimes force re-rendering.
  • Switch to the desktop app if using browser (or vice versa).
  • Disable any extensions that manipulate the DOM (just in case).

https://preview.redd.it/4z45y4sf907f1.png?width=937&format=png&auto=webp&s=94986a1fd80384be1939d6f96344aa94f31a8d8c

Posted Jun 15, 2025, 2:52 AM UTC

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