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[About XDA developers] DroidFreak32:
Has the search bar changed on Web? I no longer have the option to search "This thread" "This Forum" etc.

I am seeing a lot of users on threads asking repeated questions because the search is not working fine.

Also, when searching, if I type any key the page scrolls up by a line. Just a cosmetic thing I noticed.

Next When we try to view the top posts - we get the "Oops! We broke the matrix. Someone call Neo!"

Edit: Another thing: For new devices using a "flattened" forum where dev threads are accessible by filters, how will Cross-device development work out? Will it be a new prefix? For ex I see a kernel thread in Pixel 6 pro forums that is also compatible with Pixel 6. But there is no cross device development section
[About XDA developers] zgfg:
More about

In XDA app, not only that Menu bar does not open the menu but it is MUCH WORSE: upon clicking to the Menu, you can no more scroll the page!!!

If I was responding/writing/editing a post and if the Menu bar was over the bottom of my edit box when I tapped to the Menu, it would result that bar would continue obstracting 20-30% of my edit box and I would not be able to see anything what I'm writing except for the first few lines (since scrolling was killed by tapping to the Menu)

It's fully reproducible to me

NEO please fix that ASAP
[About XDA developers] steadfasterX:
Yea true.. Once clicked no scrolling anymore ...
[About XDA developers] woodman:
Ya I noticed that too, we can't scroll anymore once the button tapped. This new menu bar that appeared by magic in the xda app, out of the blue, is just weird.

I hope svetius will chime in soon.

Or maybe sir @MikeChannon and/or @bitpushr are aware of something?

I think this menu bar at the bottom should be removed...
[About XDA developers] strongst:
Must be implemented yesterday during the short maintenance window. Also bold unread alerts and that yellow drop down arrow below the avatar 🧐
[About XDA developers] woodman:
^^ what do you mean? Do you have a screenshot please?
[About XDA developers] strongst:
View attachment 5461791

Only in browser view:

The unread alerts are bold now in addition to the gey/blue background

big yellow button below the avatar
[About XDA developers] woodman:
I think an arrow was there before any mainternance, to hide account details, not sure it was hiding all info but it was def there, at least with the dark theme.

Edit: IIRC the arrow icon was not exectly the same previously indeed.

Oh and the menu bar we were talking about in the previous posts is just present in the xda app btw, not in a browser view.
[About XDA developers] zgfg:
Menu bar is present in the browser, but only when you open a thread and take Full thread view.

It appears and dissapears when scrolling (and it opens the Menu when tapped on)
[About XDA developers] strongst:
yeah, the arrow was there before, but not with that ugly orange background:ROFLMAO:
[About XDA developers] It_ler:
In Dark theme it looks much better:
[About XDA developers] bitpushr:
These "changes" were not intentional, they were a result of the Forum upgrade and app update. We will work to get them straightened out!
[About XDA developers] svetius:
Ugh that looks terrible. I'm telling our app people about it now.
[About XDA developers] woodman:
By "in the browser" I meant browsing xda with Google Chrome for instance. I don't see that Menu bar using Chrome...
[About XDA developers] Oswald Boelcke:
Same applies to me using Firefox.
[About XDA developers] zgfg:
I use exactly the Chrome, and that screenshot was from Chrome. Wrote you how to enjoy the nice orange bar in the browser, too
[About XDA developers] Oswald Boelcke:
I believe I took my screenshot from the same forum like you. Nothing here in "orange" on Firefox.

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[About XDA developers] woodman:
Sorry I don't see the same with Chrome Mobile. Not a big deal anyway since svetius told us it will be fixed 👍
[About XDA developers] zgfg:
Cannot reproduce anymore in browser - but wait, the bar is also gone now from the XDA app👍
[About XDA developers] woodman:
Yeah it's gone indeed but the area where the menu bar was is still there (what I have highlighted in yellow), blank/unused area... 😞

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[About XDA developers] IronTechmonkey:
Same here.
[About XDA developers] Homeboy76:
They must be updating, some Alerts are showing an error (Invariant Violation: requireNegativeComponents: "Fastimageview" was not found in the UIManager.) :unsure:

No problem, I can view the Alerts in Watched threads.
[About XDA developers] IronTechmonkey:
The banners went away and the access through the app seem somewhat normal but now this:

App freezing on start, splash screen flashes a second time then app crashes out. Clearing the app data and logging in again temporarily rectifies the problem but it started to occur again after the reset app was used and then is closed and swiped from recents. Started simultaneously on multiple devices. Reverting from app version 2.15.40 to 2.15.38 seems to prevent the problem so even though the timing of the problem makes it seem as if some back-end components must be involved there seem to be problems with both the back end and the new version of the app.
[About XDA developers] ipdev:
Sorry if I missed it but, has anyone noticed the search function seems broken again. :rolleyes:

Now you have to scroll up to the top of the page to Search This thread since it was removed from the global search box. 🤬

I am using Brave Browser on Linux and if I search this thread for Chrome, I get results for * instead.

If you add the By : <Member> option you get everything by that member.

So it appears to be ignoring the actual search field. :unsure:

Cheers all. :cowboy:

I attached some quick screenshots.

The second example I included By: woodman in the search since he recently has posts that include "Chrome" and you can see I get all posts instead of just ones with "Chrome" in them.
[About XDA developers] DiamondJohn:
I just tested, and I think its working for me. Buit it did do it "in-line"and not open another window / dialog

Although it only pulled up a single post by you in this thread.
[About XDA developers] zgfg:
Exactly. Yesterday afternoon I had it six times, and right now, today morning again:

- I receive notifications about the posts, responses, mentions

- I click on, it opens XDA app but it crashes in few seconds

- I try again, XDA app crashes every time I try to open (but in browser I can access the Forum)

- I deletevData for XDA app (or reinstall the app)

- I have to login and authorize, it takes minutes tio sync but then I'm able to use it

-But once I close the app and open it again an hour or two later, the crashes repeat and I have to delete data, login, authorize again

There was no upgrade of the app since yesterday (upon removing the bar, when crashes started), hence it must be a result of changes on the server side

I really wonder who and how maintains this new forum

They apply some changes (like kids who play with), but they don't bother to test the results: stability (now), few days ago that bar (incidentally introduced by some upgrade?!), etc

Is there a Test forum environment where changes are verified before they are applied to the Production?

Is there a process of regression tests.

Etc
[About XDA developers] ipdev:
That is the older global search.

I do not have that option in search since the last xda update.

Think it was two days ago?

Just noticed when I try to type in the global search box (the one in the static top bar) I actually move the screen up just like I am pressing the up arrow key.

It has been a few days since I updated my system and I knew there was a Brave update in the slug of updates.

So I ran all the updates (rebooted) and tried again.

Closed all pined and open tabs in Brave and tried again.

Still the same story for me using Brave.

So I tried Google Chrome and it was the same story but a little worse.

@DiamondJohn

Thank you for helping me figure it out.

When I logged in using Chrome, I could not expand the thread section to full screen width, like the left and right side bars were still there. :unsure:

Long story short..

I was using the Community App Dark theme.

Prefer it over the XDA - Dark theme.

Switched back to the XDA - Dark theme.

That fixed xda in both Brave and Chrome on Linux.

I once again have working search (at least on my computer). ;)

Have the ugly background down arrows under each user name now. 🙃

---

Hi all. :)

Changing my xda theme fixed my issues on computer but..

Borked the mobile web version.

Broke the xda app.

I now have the force-close issue with the app.​

I have to call it a night and do not have time to grab logs or go though all my xda user preferences to see if something else makes a difference.

I leave this note hoping it will help someone figure it out.

If not I will grab logs tomorrow (now today) after work.

Cheers all. :cowboy:
[About XDA developers] x2k13:
I had to clear data completely in app settings to get the app to start again, then redo my settings from scratch. Otherwise it would crash upon every start.
[About XDA developers] zgfg:
@svetius or somebody, please check

This is now the forth user reporting XDA app crashing upon yesterday's server side changes - please check the four previous posts

In fact, only this workaround, using of the old (from April) XDA 2.15.38 prevents crashing, last 2.15.40 crashes for me on every reopening the app - that workaround was posted by Iron Technomonkey (he was the first tonight repirting the crashes) but seems that his post later dissapeared?!
[About XDA developers] It_ler:
Worked for me too (y)
[About XDA developers] IamTheBRAVE:
I'm on the xda app. The search thread option is now available. When doing a simple search in the "Check out the xda app" thread for a single word "version" i got all posts in result. Also search query shows *

Edit: the app force close is another issue experienced by other users independently from the search issue
[About XDA developers] x2k13:
Well, happiness didn't last long...after OS sent xda to doze/sleep - same again, app instantly crashes :/
[About XDA developers] Wolfcity:
I can confirm exactly the same behaviour on my device. I use the app since it started on my main device but I have to say that some annoying things make me think to put a bookmark on my home screen and use the browser as on my other devices.

It seems it could be a waste of space for the app for no advantages at the moment.
[About XDA developers] x2k13:
Same on my end. Same thoughts as well. Better to have a working in-browser xda than the app behaving this way right now. ;-)
[About XDA developers] zgfg:
As mentioned earlier today 2.15.38 (download from ApkMirror) does not crash but I'm really dissapointed that nobody responds here on the problem, and how it happened in the first place that they applied changes on the backend yesterday and didn't test (?!) to find that with that changes they made the latest XDA 2.15.40 fully broken (it's not acceptable that for every reopening the app, one must go again through Delete Data for the app, Login, Authorize, and to repeat all that 10 minutes later when the new notification comes and user wants to open the app again and read)
[About XDA developers] x2k13:
2.15.38 doesn't crash, indeed. Thanks for the hint!
[About XDA developers] J.Michael:
Feature request:

Give me an easy way to limit a forum search to threads I am following.

Let me fiddle my search string and repeat the search -- right now, the search results are a new page, so if I order a new search, I'm no longer in the thread I was searching; and the search string is just lost.
[About XDA developers] Wolfcity:
As quoted below some users aren't even able to search in a thread (like me or @IronTechmonkey ).

That makes the app and website almost unusable;

I second your feature request in combination with my bug report.;)
[About XDA developers] IronTechmonkey:
Shortly after I made the comment to which you refer I found a way to search in a desktop browser. After doing the search and getting the strange wild card results there is a link where you can change the criteria and if you search from there a proper search is performed. Haven't had a chance to look for that option in the app.
[About XDA developers] zgfg:
Maybe sesrch from the desktop works (I don't use) but from XDA app, "Search in this thread" for e.g. Cinderella, will return each and every post as the 'relevant'

Search for whatever, no matter was it mentioned in some post or not - it will always 'find' it in each and every post in the thread

Screenshots attached (I stopped the scrollshot with results for Cinderella after 3 posts, but everybody can test himself to see how many posts the Search will 'find')

It's 100% reproducible, just use the XDA app and test, for any keyword and in any thread

Btw, it worked till about a month ago and since then became totally USELESS
[About XDA developers] IronTechmonkey:
The symptoms and duration of the issue have been the same for me as what you described. I only recently discovered the trick for searching in the desktop web interface but had not tested in the app. It does indeed seem to work in the app as well but it's not obvious.

After performing the search your criteria is replaced by an asterisk indicating a wild card. In your screenshot it has been paginated to the left side and is partially cut off but in many screens it would be at the right side of that line. See red box in attached screenshot. That asterisk is a live link to a full search which allows you to modify the criteria. If you click that link you should be taken to the full search panel with an asterisk in the search field. If you replace the asterisk with your search criteria you should be able to conduct a proper search and after you search you will see your search criteria in the place of the asterisk. That worked for me just now, I hope it works for you as well.

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[About XDA developers] zgfg:
Ok, maybe - but this is useless for 99.99% of users

And it's really s shame for XDA that such a basic feature requires PhD from Nuclear physics to find a trick how to get useful results

Just think of a newbie that starts using a particular tool or app (MiXplorer, Magisk, Screen2Auto, Vanced YT)

He wants to find something in the corresponding XDA thread- would he know that 'trick' to find results? Instead he will see all those 'relevant' posts that XDA returns, and he will soon give up reading

Not able to find the answer, he will post a question in the thread, and soon will be pissed off as why he didn't search before asking, etc
[About XDA developers] IronTechmonkey:
I share some of your criticisms and agree that it's unreasonable to expect people to figure such things out in order to perform basic tasks but once that search workaround is known then the search may tske a few extra taps but is a viable search. Now... If we could only browse back from the search results to where we were rather than the thread list that would be nice.
[About XDA developers] zgfg:
Who will 'know' this trick?

How would he first find it here (be aware) that this trick was posted

Maybe he firsrt has to Search for the keyword: Search 🤪🤩😍😂

With all redpect to you and your 'trick', but I'm not going to fiddle with - I simply want that "Search in the thread" gets fixed. Is it too much?
[About XDA developers] IronTechmonkey:
We agree about so many things but you are simply mistating what I said. I made it clear that I share your opinion that it is silly to expect people to have to figure this out but it is a fact that regardless of how silly we think it is, after someone knows the work around then they can do a viable search if they want to. I'm not making excuses for the issue nor am I criticizing people who did not realize this was possible. I am just describing a method to do something that many people may not know about. Let's rant together about potential improvements, but please be clear about what I've actually said. :)
[About XDA developers] Wolfcity:
I can confirm that this "trick" is working in the app too.

That's kind of an emergency solution and I share the opinion of @zgfg that the in-thread search is a key feature as we often bump some newbies nose on it.

I'm not good in these things but from my (limited) point of view it shouldn't be a very complicated thing to fix.

The asterisk seems to "block" the complete search because when you tap on it you can finish.

So in simple words if that asterisk wouldn't appear the whole search process may come to its end.

Anyway, the function is urgently needed.

Thx for that workaround @IronTechmonkey .(y)
[About XDA developers] IronTechmonkey:
At the expense of a few extra clicks/taps a reasonable thread search is possible. It could certainly be better but IMO an even more limiting factor is that in the XDA app once we visit a search result we cannot go back to where we were in the thread. So, we are each affected to different degree by these annoyances (understatement) but have common agreement that this is a failure of something basic so with a focus on possible improvements to the search feature, "Here's the order of my list that it's in, it goes"...

- Fix the search so that it does not turn into a wildcard search in the first place.

- The link from the criteria should be in bold text and have a label stating "Click (or tap) to modify search criteria".

- The aforementioned link should not paginate at the end of the line so it is in different places for different people and even for the same person at different times. It should be in the line above or below, in bold and labeled.

- At the initial search this thread panel there should be bold and labelled link directly to that full search panel which we are using as a workaround. Call it Full/Detailed/Manual Search or something like that.

Most of those suggestions should be easily doable changes. Then, for the app in particular there would be a bunch of stuff related to thread navigation such as navigation links at bottom and top and ability to navigate back but those things have been discussed previously and don’t relate directly to the search feature although they would make working with the results of a search more efficient and productive.
[About XDA developers] DiamondJohn:
has something happened with the formatting today? it use to take the full width of my browser, and now everything only appears in a small width/stripe in the center of the screen. View attachment 5481257Maybe 30%
[About XDA developers] Oswald Boelcke:
Not here. All as usual using full width.

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[About XDA developers] It_ler:
Please check this:

Scroll down to the bottom of the page. There should be the style chooser and a toggle width button.

If you click on the toggle width button, maybe you can change the site to use the full width of your browser window.

BTW ... if can only see an advertisement at the bottom of the screen, search for a little "x" to close it. Then you should be able to see the button + style chooser like on my attached screenshot.
[About XDA developers] DiamondJohn:
:oops: yep! (y) that was it! :geek:

I have no idea how that got toggled off.
[About XDA developers] DiamondJohn:
EDIT: Maybe not.I just tried quoting the same post, and it appeared to work, but i didn't complete the post, only previewed it. So it may be the user accidentally invalidated the codes.

BUG? I just read a post where a user has quoted another post that uses the table elements/formatting. In the original post, the table looks good, but in the quote it shows all the codes and not the table formatting. Second quote in the following post

https://xdaforums.com/t/magisk-general-support-discussion.3432382/post-86089933
[About XDA developers] osm0sis:
Y'all missed Senior Recognized Developers (and "Recognized Developer / Recognized Contributor"s and Forum Moderators?) in the re-color. 😛

Awesome to see everything else is back, though!

Edit: Oh wait, I seem to recall names used to show up with color in the visible thanks list below a post, and the personal profile reaction, etc. lists as well; would be nice to have that back too, since it was neat to see when there's a variety.
[About XDA developers] BillGoss:
Two things:

1. I've got comfortable with how XDA forums work now. I'm happy using the browser on my phone and no longer use the XDA app.

So, thanks for a snappy and useful way to access XDA again.

2. I'm not a fan of the recent colour change. Yellow provides good contrast and, therefore, easy to read on a black background. The new blue, on the other hand is quite a bit harder to read against black on my phone. A lighter version of blue would work better, but yellow is best.
[About XDA developers] mxz55:
Does anyone know if this issue: https://xdaforums.com/t/issue-canno...after-changing-it-once-in-the-editor.4376073/ was present before the XenForo update as well, or if that introduced it?
[About XDA developers] x2k13:
Today I noticed the xda app not opening at all anymore on my tablet. Still works on my phone, though. Clearing data didn't help, reinstalling neither. So, better stick to the website, I guess.

Edit: Rechecked the last 3 releases of the app:

2.15.38 works

2.15.40 hangs on loading screen

2.15.41 hangs on loading screen
[About XDA developers] Oswald Boelcke:
I have NO problems to select the font size. Remark: I hope I correctly understood.

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[About XDA developers] J.Michael:
SIZE not specified

SIZE=0

SIZE=3

SIZE=0

I think the complaint is that there is no obvious choice in a dropdown listbox for the default font size. I think SIZE=0 produces the default size. Maybe there is no "0" in the list.

(I'm using a browser. I can find a "Font name" button im the edit controls, but I cannot find a "Font size" button. I'm pretty sure @mxz55 does not want to enter markup manually.)
[About XDA developers] mxz55:
Correct, "0" is not in the list, and no workaround is intuitive/obvious or less bothersome. I clarified some more in my last post on the topic
[About XDA developers] MikeChannon:
There is a way to return to the default font size, even if you have no clue what size the default size is.

You just block any text you wish to set back to default and then click the eraser (Remove Formatting) symbol on the left as shown below.

That reverts to default settings. It is done this way as it avoids the User having to know what the default size is.

Mike

You can of course go into Toggle BB code [ ] and remove formatting that way but there is no need to.

Mike
[About XDA developers] Toutatis_:
Sorry if it has already been answered (cannot find any recent mention of this in this thread): what happened to the "Community App Dark" theme? it disappeared recently.
[About XDA developers] sd_shadow:
It's still available in settings/preferences

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[About XDA developers] litelinux:
Not sure why my other post on the same forum section was deleted, maybe I should reply here only?

Nevertheless, I just wanted to amplify that while orange may make people think of halloween or Ubuntu, it also makes people think of XDA, and orange is also a great color to distinguish XDA from others. Blue is used in too much areas and is far more common than orange.

Thanks for your understanding and please don't delete this again🥺
[About XDA developers] Oswald Boelcke:
I was the one who deleted it because you posted this on Sunday at 14:00 UTC:

Did I misunderstand you?
[About XDA developers] litelinux:
Oh I meant to delete that entry only, since there is no easy way to delete an entry... misuse of words :'-(