Search by clicking magnifying glass in header does not work
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1KingRat
Type in any search phrase in the search field in the header. Click the magnifying glass.
Search results page comes up. No results. No spinny graphic.
Chrome on Windows 7
Search results page comes up. No results. No spinny graphic.
Chrome on Windows 7
3jjwilson61
Duplicate. See this bug report, http://www.librarything.com/topic/102610
4brightcopy
Which means I should probably reopen it. Done.
5KingRat
Not the same bug. This one is that it clears the search field when it jumps into the search page using this method.
6Nicole_VanK
Confirming #5. Different bug.
7brightcopy
I wonder if part of it is the invalid HTML:
Notice that last </a>. It doesn't match up to anything.
Lots of stuff also gets complained about here:
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.librarything.com%2Ftopic%2F10...
Wonder how much of it would clear up if that dangling tag was snipped.
<body>
<a name="top"></a>
<div id="prenav" style="display: none;"></div>
<div class="topnav_outside" style="position: relative;">
<div class="topnav" >
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%">
<tr valign="bottom">
<td id="mainlogo">
<a href="/home/brightcopy" target="_top">
<img src="/pics/librarything_logo.gif?1606"
width="232" height="49" border="0" id="mainlogo"
alt="LibraryThing">
</a>
</td>
<td class="hebrewleft"> </td>
</tr>
</table>
</a>
Notice that last </a>. It doesn't match up to anything.
Lots of stuff also gets complained about here:
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.librarything.com%2Ftopic%2F10...
Wonder how much of it would clear up if that dangling tag was snipped.
8brightcopy
Well, the behavior seems to be fixed, but I note that unmatched </a> seems to still be there. Probably a good idea to clean it up to avoid other unexpected behavior.
9timspalding
Cleaned. Thanks.
10brightcopy
Broken again.
11timspalding
Okay, am I taking crazy pills? I've got IE8 open and it works just fine.
Method:
1. Click on lozenge.
2. Type a word.
3. Click magnifying glass
Arrives on page with word as term.
Method:
1. Click on lozenge.
2. Type a word.
3. Click magnifying glass
Arrives on page with word as term.
12brightcopy
11> Yes, you are, but that's besides the point.
I just tried it in IE8 and it failed. Then I saw this and tried it again and it didn't fail.
So apparently I'm on the same Rx. I'll keep messing with it. Either it's a mass hallucination or there's some more complicated repro.
I just tried it in IE8 and it failed. Then I saw this and tried it again and it didn't fail.
So apparently I'm on the same Rx. I'll keep messing with it. Either it's a mass hallucination or there's some more complicated repro.
13brightcopy
I still can't get it to do it again. I'm wondering if I was running into caching. Is the way that mini search box built very susceptible to that? I did it from a talk thread page which I had not visited before in IE so it seems less likely.
SqueakyChu, if you're reading this thread - can you try it again?
SqueakyChu, if you're reading this thread - can you try it again?
14SqueakyChu
It's now working for me in IE8.
I'm not changing the bug status as I don't know if it will continue to work (from past experience).
ETA: Feel free to change the bug status whenever you (or someone else) wants.
I'm not changing the bug status as I don't know if it will continue to work (from past experience).
ETA: Feel free to change the bug status whenever you (or someone else) wants.
15brightcopy
I'm setting it to Needs discussion and will keep monitoring it. If Tim doesn't mark it fixed, I'll eventually close it after it's still working after a few days.
16r.orrison
Has anyone else tried on iPhone Safari? It's failing for me...
1) Enter search term (in lozenge on talk page)
2) tap magnifying glass
3) get search results page with no search term
1) Enter search term (in lozenge on talk page)
2) tap magnifying glass
3) get search results page with no search term
18r.orrison
Ok, never mind. I just closed the page in Safari and re-opened it and it worked. Probably had the old version in the local cache...
19brightcopy
Tim said:
Okay, here's my guess. It's now working in IE8. It was working before only if you'd hit refresh a bunch of times--that is, I didn't up the version on the JavaScript file, so some people had it cached.
Anyway, if anyone is having a problem with the magnifying glass now, let me know.
So it does sound like it was caching in combination with the version setting. Closing.
Okay, here's my guess. It's now working in IE8. It was working before only if you'd hit refresh a bunch of times--that is, I didn't up the version on the JavaScript file, so some people had it cached.
Anyway, if anyone is having a problem with the magnifying glass now, let me know.
So it does sound like it was caching in combination with the version setting. Closing.
