--- title: Detective Adventures - on debugging UI issues | daily.dev description: A developer shares a debugging journey where adding a dropdown menu to a document management table spiraled into solving multiple interconnected issues. The... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/detective-adventures---on-debugging-ui-issues-dfoumhacq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Detective Adventures - on debugging UI issues | daily.dev og:description: A developer shares a debugging journey where adding a dropdown menu to a document management table spiraled into solving multiple interconnected issues. 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The challenge involved working around strict Content Security Policies that blocked inline JavaScript, dealing with an iframe-based PDF download that caused unwanted re-submissions on page refresh, and discovering a hidden double-click protection mechanism that interfered with event listeners. The solution involved replacing the crude double-click prevention code with a proper debounce mechanism, ultimately delivering a cleaner implementation while highlighting the constraints and trade-offs of form-based server-side applications. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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