Search box floating to the right

Post by **Arthur Rubin** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 7:28 pm

I don't know how long it's been doing it, but on my desktop, the Search box floats to the right of the main screen. Any ideas how to rein in the search box ?

[It took me a while to fight the right rain/reign/rein word. Anyone got a good homonym finder?]

Post by **wserra** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 8:34 pm

"Floats"? You obviously need to get out of admiralty jurisdiction.

[Kluge: reduce the width of the window.]

Chaos · Post by **Chaos** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 10:25 pm

better than back and to the left amirite?

Post by **Judge Roy Bean** » Sat Feb 02, 2019 4:46 pm

Arthur Rubin wrote: ↑Fri Feb 01, 2019 7:28 pm I don't know how long it's been doing it, but on my desktop, the Search box floats to the right of the main screen. Any ideas how to rein in the search box ?

[It took me a while to fight the right rain/reign/rein word. Anyone got a good homonym finder?]

What browser are you using?

Post by **Arthur Rubin** » Sat Feb 02, 2019 5:36 pm

Judge Roy Bean wrote: ↑Sat Feb 02, 2019 4:46 pm
Arthur Rubin wrote: ↑Fri Feb 01, 2019 7:28 pm I don't know how long it's been doing it, but on my desktop, the Search box floats to the right of the main screen. Any ideas how to rein in the search box ?

[It took me a while to fight the right rain/reign/rein word. Anyone got a good homonym finder?]
What browser are you using?

Google Chrome

Mike_p · Post by **Mike_p** » Mon Feb 04, 2019 9:46 am

To whoever is in charge of the site css, this works:

search-header should have position: relative, top:223px, right:0

(tested in Chrome and Firefox on PC, not tested responsive)

Top and right might need further adjustment depending on exactly where you want the box to sit.

Post by **wserra** » Mon Feb 04, 2019 2:00 pm

Thanks, Mike, but I would only play with things like style sheets in an emergency. webhick normally does that stuff, but she has been really busy lately. It's not that big a deal.

Post by **Famspear** » Mon Feb 04, 2019 3:24 pm

My search box stopped floating after I stopped using the heavy hallucinogens. Around 1970, I think it was.....

Post by **Judge Roy Bean** » Mon Feb 04, 2019 4:57 pm

Arthur Rubin wrote: ↑Sat Feb 02, 2019 5:36 pm
Judge Roy Bean wrote: ↑Sat Feb 02, 2019 4:46 pm
Arthur Rubin wrote: ↑Fri Feb 01, 2019 7:28 pm I don't know how long it's been doing it, but on my desktop, the Search box floats to the right of the main screen. Any ideas how to rein in the search box ?

[It took me a while to fight the right rain/reign/rein word. Anyone got a good homonym finder?]
What browser are you using?
Google Chrome

Try another browser and/or reinstall Chrome.

Post by **wserra** » Mon Feb 04, 2019 5:21 pm

JRB - As Mike_p says, it is likely misconfigured CSS (cascading style sheets). I use Firefox, and it happens for me too. My guess is that, if the browser window is sufficiently wide, it will happen for any browser. But, if anyone finds it annoying, just narrow the window. It will move back into place.

Post by **Judge Roy Bean** » Tue Feb 05, 2019 3:41 am

wserra wrote: ↑Mon Feb 04, 2019 5:21 pm JRB - As Mike_p says, it is likely misconfigured CSS (cascading style sheets). I use Firefox, and it happens for me too. My guess is that, if the browser window is sufficiently wide, it will happen for any browser. But, if anyone finds it annoying, just narrow the window. It will move back into place.

Odd. I use Firefox and it doesn't happen all the time.

Post by **webhick** » Sat Feb 09, 2019 4:07 am

Should be all set now. Thanks, Mike_p, for the code. Looks like I left some stray stuff in there.

Let me know if it's still messed up guys and I'll tweak.

BoomerSooner17 · Post by **BoomerSooner17** » Wed Mar 13, 2019 10:26 pm

wserra wrote: ↑Mon Feb 04, 2019 5:21 pm JRB - As Mike_p says, it is likely misconfigured CSS (cascading style sheets). I use Firefox, and it happens for me too. My guess is that, if the browser window is sufficiently wide, it will happen for any browser. But, if anyone finds it annoying, just narrow the window. It will move back into place.

The floating search bar issue started for me within the last week. I was about to post here and say that it was still an issue, but then I read the above reply and widened my browser (Safari) window, and the search bar went back to where it belongs. Thanks!

lurker9000 · Post by **lurker9000** » Sat Mar 30, 2019 1:39 pm

This happens to me when I use a mobile browser on a smart phone or tablet. It does not happen when I use a regular computer.

Tevildo · Post by **Tevildo** » Fri Apr 26, 2019 6:13 am

Has something recently changed in this area?

I'm using Firefox, and, as of today, the search box has now moved down below the "Page x of y" text in the page body (and is apparently behind the user information), and the "Notifications" and "Private messages" text has gone, so I'm just getting the bell and mailbox icons.

The problem goes away if I increase the width of the browser window to something inconveniently large.

(I wish that we could go back to using tables for layout - I've never seen any argument against it other than "it's immoral", and it works perfectly...)

Quatloos!

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