Change Details

As of today when one uses a search box provided by the InputBox extension the original user query is suffixed by a search keyword `prefix:Page` : Example from the english wikipedia [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style|manual of style]]: {F22722700} pressing `Search the MoS` will open `Special:Search` like this (note the `prefix:Manual of Style` appended to the original user query): {F22722711} We suggest to change this behavior by showing this instead: {F23059398} The user query will be left intact but `Special:Search` will contain an indication that the results are limited to pages whose title starts with XYZ. A small link is added to allow users to reset `Special:Search` to its defaults, in this case to search in all pages. This change will only affect `Special:Search` opened via search boxes made with the InputBox extension using the `prefix` parameter.

As of today when one uses a search box provided by the InputBox extension the original user query is suffixed by a search keyword `prefix:Page` : Example from the english wikipedia [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style|manual of style]]: {F22722700} pressing `Search the MoS` will open `Special:Search` like this (note the `prefix:Manual of Style` appended to the original user query): {F22722711} We suggest to change this behavior by showing this instead: {F23059398} The user query will be left intact but `Special:Search` will contain an indication that the results are limited to pages whose title starts with XYZ. A small link is added to allow users to reset `Special:Search` to its defaults, in this case to search in all pages. Note that you should read //Wikipedia::Manual of Style// instead of //Help:Manual of Style// this screenshot was taken on a development machine. This change will only affect `Special:Search` opened via search boxes made with the InputBox extension using the `prefix` parameter.

As of today when one uses a search box provided by the InputBox extension the original user query is suffixed by a search keyword `prefix:Page` : Example from the english wikipedia [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style|manual of style]]: {F22722700} pressing `Search the MoS` will open `Special:Search` like this (note the `prefix:Manual of Style` appended to the original user query): {F22722711} We suggest to change this behavior by showing this instead: {F23059398} The user query will be left intact but `Special:Search` will contain an indication that the results are limited to pages whose title starts with XYZ. A small link is added to allow users to reset `Special:Search` to its defaults, in this case to search in all pages. Note that you should read //Wikipedia::Manual of Style// instead of //Help:Manual of Style// this screenshot was taken on a development machine. This change will only affect `Special:Search` opened via search boxes made with the InputBox extension using the `prefix` parameter.