Search bar not properly working

[ViditChitkara]

Steps to reproduce:-

1. Type something in the searchbar
2. Click on the search icon just right to the search input (should actually redirect to /search/ with the search results)
3. Shows a validation message saying "Please! Type something to search"

[bronwen9]

Hey! I've been finding that one will pop up following a successful search: say, I'll use the search box to look for "pumpkin", which will let me see a dropdown of usernames and research note headings, but if I try to use the search field a second time (even on another page) I get the error. I can refresh the page to let me access the search field again.

[ViditChitkara]

Hey @bronwen9 , so do you get an error or the search bar doesn't show up anything in the pop up?? The pop-up is working fine on my pc. However, another problem occurs when we click the search button just right to the text-field, it says "Please enter something" (even when the search bar is not empty).

[bronwen9]

I can type into the search bar, but after the first search I get the "please enter something" pop up on ALL following searches, even if I navigate to other pages on the website. The only way I can resume use of the search bar is by refreshing the whole page.

Thanks!

[bronwen9]

Here's a gif of that issue if that helps: first search is successful, but I'm not able to perform a second search.

[bronwen9]

Here's another hinky search.. it seems like the magnifying glass doesn't actually serve a function, the only available option is to select either a tag or a research note.

[ViditChitkara]

That's exactly what I found out!! This is actually happening due to some faulty script.The magnifying glass should actually redirect to a page where are the search results are rendered! I've worked on a fix for it in #2288 . Hope this would work well once #2288 is merged!! Thanks for reporting it though!!!!

[bronwen9]

Thanks for untangling this!