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October 17
[edit]Search field is tiny and auto suggestions not working
[edit]This morning my browser (Chrome) crashed for some unknown reason. I reinstalled it and everything in every application is behaving normally, except here on Wikipedia, the "Search Wikipedia" field in the upper right corner on the Legacy Vector skin is very small now. The field for entering categories on WP:HotCat are also small now. The edit window however and the subject field above this edit window I'm typing in now, are all normal.
Also when adding edit summaries the "auto-suggestion" (not sure the correct term?) does not work at all now. When I start typing, there is no suggestion filling in from previously typed edit summaries. It's not just the old one were lost, new ones are not being regenerated.
As far as I can tell, these problems seem to be only happening on Wikipedia. Search fields on other websites I checked seem to function and look normal. For example, on YouTube, my previous searches start popping up as soon as I start typing, just like it always has.
My laptop (MacBook) I don't even remember how old it is now; well, I've already bought a new one. So if this is not an easy fix, I'm ditching this ancient machine. --DB1729talk 00:04, 17 October 2024 (UTC)
- Some questions to help understand/resolve the issue:
- Do you have any Chrome extensions, what are they?
- Try making a brand new Chrome profile, see here for steps: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/2364824 -- Don't sync it with any Google account. The new profile would normally have separate settings and extensions to your main one.
- Try Wikipedia as an anonymous IP editor on your fresh profile, test the issue, then log in, test the issue again.
- If the issue doesn't happen at all, it was probably a setting in Chrome or an extension you had. Even if you reinstall Chrome, some settings may have been left behind or sync'd from Google.
- If the issue only happens after you log into Wikipedia on your fresh test profile, that means it's something related to your Wikipedia settings, such as your skin or scripts.
- If that doesn't help, can you post a screenshot of the issue? You can use imgur or imgbb or some other service you already know.
- Do you have any Chrome extensions, what are they?
- Regarding MacBooks - you could consider putting Linux on the older MacBook if it is out of support (apparently they support them for 7 years), to get some more use out of it without disposing of it. Komonzia (talk) 18:26, 18 October 2024 (UTC)