Mailing List Archive: How to widen the search suggestions box?

How to widen the search suggestions box?

Aug 19, 2010, 1:37 AM

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Hi

If the search suggestions are too long for displaying (longer than the input-field), it omits the center part.

I've seen that the dropdown menu in several wikis (also on mediawiki.org) widens if the suggest results are too long.

How can I implement that to my wiki?

Thanks a lot.

Lukas Tanner

mw-version: 1.16.0
php-version: 5.26
mySQL: 5.051.a
Apache2
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Re: How to widen the search suggestions box? [ In reply to ]

danb at VistaPrint

Aug 19, 2010, 8:24 AM

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In MediaWiki:Common.js, override the JavaScript variable (from skins/common/mwsuggest.js) that controls the width. For example:

os_container_max_width = 3; // Note: this is a percent.

DanB

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Re: How to widen the search suggestions box? [ In reply to ]

lukas.tanner at netaccess

Aug 25, 2010, 1:00 AM

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Thanks for the answer.

I just tested, and it only works if I disable the Extension:UsabilityInitiative in $IP/LocalSettings.php

#require_once("$IP/extensions/UsabilityInitiative/Vector/Vector.php");

Do you know something about this bug and how to fix it?

Greets

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Re: How to widen the search suggestions box? [ In reply to ]

Frank.Ralf at gmx

Dec 10, 2010, 12:52 AM

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Try changing the width with CSS in MediaWiki:Vector.css, the default is 9em,
on Wikipedia it's 14em.

#simpleSearch input#searchInput {
width: 14em;
}

hth
Frank

PS
The use of Firebug for such kind of modifications is highly recommended.

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