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Bug 23566 - Search box autocomplete cannot keep up with typing, changes the search string
Search box autocomplete cannot keep up with typing, changes the search string
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 23498
Product: MediaWiki extensions
Classification: Unclassified
UsabilityInitiative (Other open bugs)
unspecified
All All
: Normal critical (vote)
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Assigned To: Trevor Parscal
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Reported: 2010-05-17 15:08 UTC by Dan Barrett
Modified: 2010-05-17 15:11 UTC (History)
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Description Dan Barrett 2010-05-17 15:08:56 UTC 
On Wikipedia right now (1.16wmf4 r66325), the search box's autocomplete feature cannot keep up with fast typing. It produces incorrect searches by searching for the wrong string. This happens ONLY when using the Vector skin with the new usability initiative features.

For example, I type quickly in the search box:

  Special:Version

When I hit ENTER, the search box changes its content from "Special:Version" to "Special:Versi".  My search ends up searching for "Special:Versi" which doesn't exist.

Confirmed in Firefox 3.6.3 and Internet Explorer 8.0.7600.16385 on Windows 2008 Server.

IMPORTANT NOTE: This happens only the FIRST TIME for a given string. If I type "Special:Version" a second time and hit Enter very quickly, the search box behavior is correct.  To reproduce this bug, you may have to type a different search string each time, or try a variety of search strings.
Comment 1 Aryeh Gregor (not reading bugmail, please e-mail directly) 2010-05-17 15:11:21 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 23498 ***
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