I tried searching on en.wiktionary.org and en.m.wiktionary.org but it's frustrating because one first has to delete the "Search" or "Search Wiktionary" text. Opera Mini doesn't support placeholders, see T98829 and T70758.
I think we should just leave the search bar empty for Opera Mini.
See Also: T128232: [Bug] Search bar clipped for lower end mobile devices
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Declined | None | T143916 [EPIC] Better support for low grade/remote browsers needed | |||
| Duplicate | None | T136802 [Epic] Make Wikipedia work on remote browsers (UC mini and Opera mini) | |||
| Duplicate | None | T136699 [EPIC] Improve look and feel and UX for searching on Opera Mini | |||
| Resolved | Krinkle | T109944 Remove search placeholder for Opera Mini |
We don't running JS on Opera Mini. If placeholders are showing this is likely to be a browser specific issue. Is this still a problem?
Yes it's still there for Opera Mini. When you want to do a search, you need to first delete what's in the search box. On english Wikipedia that is "Search Wikipedia" by default.
We serve the no Javascript version so as Jon said I think it's Opera Mini thing. The quick fix is to leave it blank.
Untagging Vector. Vector JavaScript is only active in Grade A browsers, which either support placeholder natively or are supported by our shim. Opera Mini is a Grade C browsers in which the search field for Vector simply has no placeholder text and is just regular input field that is empty by default with a magnifying class to the side.