Hey guys,

So it appears that I’ve somehow disabled my search bar in the customizing I’ve. Here’s the site: http://www.spendlessonlife.com/forums

I can’t type in the search box, or click on Search.

Any ideas on how to fix it?

Thanks in advance.

[@chrishajer Participant 15 years, 2 months ago]

You have the divs nested improperly or something like that. Take a look at this page (when you’re not logged in):

http://www.spendlessonlife.com/forums/bb-login.php

You can search from there just fine. So, it’s like the search is behind another div and you can’t click on it.

[@chrishajer Participant 15 years, 2 months ago]

Take a look at these 3 screenshots taken using the web developer toolbar for firefox. The red outlined area is the current element being highlighted and the toolbar shows the name of that element. I suspect you didn’t intend for these elements to be positioned this way?

http://www.chrishajer.com/bbpress/div-header.png

(why so much to the right?)

http://www.chrishajer.com/bbpress/div-login.png

(why so wide, and why does it include the search box)

http://www.chrishajer.com/bbpress/div-search.png

(look how low it goes)

Also, check when I hover the mouse in the search input field: the toolbar shows

form .login , but nothing about the search div.

http://www.chrishajer.com/bbpress/form-login.png

(the cursor is a crosshair in the search input)

I suspect that’s a clue to why you cannot access the search input or the search button: it’s “behind” the login form.

[@lisamorosky Member 15 years, 2 months ago]

Ah, okay. Yeah that makes sense. Didn’t know about that FireFox add-on. Definitely going to get it. Thanks!