Disappearing tool bar at top of new post

I noticed this yesterday when trying to post an item for sale. The toolbar at the beginning of a new post comes on and stays on for less than one second, then it goes away. What do I do to keep the toolbar in place, especially so I can post an image within a BST post?

brothers, which device and which browser were you using, if I may ask? I tried to replicate the issue on Win10/Chrome, but didn’t notice anything out of the ordinary.

yes, we definitely need more information...

what type of device? what version of the operating system? what browser?

It's a Dell PC - Vista - I tried Firefox, Explorer, and Google Chrome. I also disabled popup blocking.

It's a Dell PC -  Vista -  I tried Firefox, Explorer, and Google Chrome.  I also disabled popup blocking.

vista is old..not sure if something we use code wise is causing problems.

are you able to take a screenshot of the toolbar you speak of?

I got this screen shot of the elusive little devil ---

which toolbar are you speaking of? everything looks correct to me in your screenshot.

It's the toolbar that lists such options as bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, etc. As I said, it appears just as is shown above for no longer than one second before it disappears. I was able to take the screen shot shown above with my snipping tool. I had to practice a few times before I opened a new empty posting box and successfully clicked the snipping tool within that one-second window before the toolbar disappeared. You are right, everything looks right in the snapshot shown above because the toolbar was only half a second away from disappearing.

Gary, I’ve never seen that issue myself, and frankly don’t have a clue as to what could be causing it. Sorry you are experiencing this — especially even after trying different browsers.

It's the toolbar that lists such options as bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, etc. As I said, it appears just as is shown above for no longer than one second before it disappears. I was able to take the screen shot shown above with my snipping tool.  I had to practice a few times before I opened a new empty posting box and successfully clicked the snipping tool within that one-second window before the toolbar disappeared. You are right, everything looks right in the snapshot shown above because the toolbar was only half a second away from disappearing.

can you tell me which version of the browsers you're using?

example: firefox 52, chrome 53, internet explorer 10, etc.