The Last Searchbar Button Fades Out And Is Replaced By Three Dots

[Som NamNaa]

The last searchbar button fades out and is replaced by three dots, even when there is plenty of room to show the last button. I would prefer to see this last button, especially when the settings allow for maximum width.

And, if the last search term is just a few characters, the fading out function completely obliterates it.

Attached are a couple of .jpg's which I hope will explain the situation.

The first image shows the fading effect with a very short search term.
The second image shows the effect with a very long search term, and shows that there was plenty of room available to show the last button - there was no need to fade it out, especially as a short search term button will disappear completely.

Maybe there could be a new option: "Don't fade out last button"    :) 

My current settings:

Minimum 140
Maximum -1   Maximum Visible Size

Size on every keypress

"Revert to default search engine..." is checked. Others not checked.

Engine Title: 5
Search Query: 0
Suggestions Width: 0
"Where to place a link..." - In the search engine menu

[Kevin Cox]

On 04/02/14 09:49, Som NamNaa wrote:
> The last searchbar button fades out and is replaced by three dots, even
> when there is plenty of room to show the last button. I would prefer to
> see this last button, especially when the settings allow for maximum width.

We don't control the fading out so if there is actually room this may be
a firefox issue. While it looks like there might be enough space it may
be short a couple of pixels.

>
> Attached are a couple of .jpg's which I hope will explain the situation.
>

Thanks, those images are really helpful. But could you include a couple
of shots of the full toolbar? Is there enough room

> The first image shows the fading effect with a very short search term.
> The second image shows the effect with a very long search term, and
> shows that there was plenty of room available to show the last button -
> there was no need to fade it out, especially as a short search term
> button will disappear completely.
>

Does this problem occur without SearchWP installed? If so is likely
their issue.

Kevin

[Som NamNaa]

Hi Kevin,

Thanks for your quick reply and my apologies! I thought the converting of search text into buttons was a function of Searchbar Autosizer. Doh!

I realise now that it is in fact a function of SearchWP, which you mentioned in your reply. (This is one of the problems of having 94 add-ons installed - remembering which function goes with which add-on!)

So 'No', the problem does not occur after I disable SearchWP,  PLUS the SearchWP feature list includes a description of these buttons and the fact that if there is not enough room to display them all, you can get a list of the hidden search terms by hovering/clicking on the faded-out last term.

So it is the SearchWP add-on author to whom I should be making my comments, not you!!

Sorry!

Regards,

SNN