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Mobile search bar should use <input type="search">
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Author: samhb

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To those at Wikimedia-

This isn't a bug report, but merely a simple suggestion that I believe should be made available as part of the Wikipedia mobile website.

When searching within the Safari browser on an iPhone/iPod Touch device, the search bar at the top lacks a "quick erase" of the previously-searched term. The addition of a "quick-erase" button to the left of the magnifier (search) icon would improve the mobile browsing experience of Wikipedia.

For comparison, the Google mobile website does have the "quick-erase" feature in the form of an "X" button.

Thank you and keep up the excellent work.

-Sam Blum


Version: unspecified
Severity: enhancement

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bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Medium.Nov 21 2014, 10:48 PM
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It would need html5's <input type=search>

I just double checked, the mobile website is using input type=search for iphone/ipod/ipad.

(In reply to comment #2)

I just double checked, the mobile website is using input type=search for
iphone/ipod/ipad.

Err, what? Where?

(In reply to comment #3)

(In reply to comment #2)

I just double checked, the mobile website is using input type=search for
iphone/ipod/ipad.

Err, what? Where?

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/ (the old Ruby code) does indeed use <input type="search">, but the newer MobileFrontend code at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page?useformat=mobile is currently using <input type="text">. So this is an open bug.