Removing the Rogue Semicolon in SCALE’s Web UI

The Tiny Mistake That Shouldn’t Have Shipped

There’s nothing like finishing a new install of SCALE for a client...
and being greeted by a rogue semicolon in the corner of your screen.

It’s small.
It shows up in the bottom-left corner of every insight screen.
It definitely doesn’t belong there.
But once you see it, you can’t unsee it.

It's a small UI bug. But it's a bug that shouldn't have shipped. Let's fix it.

Digging Into the Cause

First, open a SCALE Insight screen that shows the semicolon. Right-click the semicolon and select Inspect. This will load the browser's dev tools and bring us to the HTML source code where the semicolon is.

You'll see it inside a form called "AntiForgeryToken". After some sleuthing, I found this form in the %SCALE_HOME%\Web\Views\Shared directory in a file called _AntiForgeryTokenFormPartial.cshtml. There's our suspect:

Now that we've identified our rogue semicolon, let's banish it.

The Fix

First, make a copy of the _AntiForgeryTokenFormPartial.cshtml file. Whenever modifying base-SCALE files, I like to make a copy of the original file just in case customizations need to be reverted. I’ll create a copy of the file, then add a .base extension to it. For example: _AntiForgeryTokenFormPartial.cshtml.base

Now, open _AntiForgeryTokenFormPartial.cshtml in your text editor of choice. Line 2 contains the semicolon that displays in the web app. Delete that semicolon then save the file.

<form id="AntiForgeryToken">
    @Html.AntiForgeryToken();
</form>

<form id="AntiForgeryToken">
    @Html.AntiForgeryToken()
</form>

Now, refresh the page and our rogue semicolon is gone! There’s no need to run an iisreset or restart any SCALE services.

Details Matter – Even When They're Tiny

A stray semicolon isn’t going to crash the system — but it doesn’t belong there either. Not a dealbreaker, just one of those little things that nags at you when using the system day after day.

This one was easy to track down and fix — but it’s a great reminder: when something feels off, don’t ignore it — investigate it. The small stuff is still worth solving.