Guild Wars 2

I just recently got uncommon fractals equipment boxes for my character and was surprised “compact” option doesnt work on it…
is that normal or I’m doing something wrong?

yes its normal for boxes that prefer specific items.

just put in somewhere near the ‘bottom/end’ of your inventory, and green items will go there first. they(and any other items in that box) won’t get moved up when you compact inventory.

usually one would use normal bags/boxes at the start of your inventory, then specific boxes like crafting component/junk/weapon/uncommon/rare/exotic and invisible ones at the end.

It is normal. Not 100% this is intended, but it is normal.