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Doing an advanced search and using the back button

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Rollergirl11 · 02/03/2025 09:10

When accessing threads that have been listed as the result of an Advanced search, if you use the back button on the browser to go back to the other threads that were listed, it takes you back to the blank advanced search screen rather than the search results. This means you have to keep entering your search criteria every time after selecting one thread to read. It never used to do this. It would retain your search results and you could navigate between threads within your search. This function is now useless as you can only click on one thread before having to enter your search criteria all over again.

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BellaMumsnet · 20/03/2025 08:57

ThisMustBeMyDream · 10/03/2025 19:21

It's a Samsung s23 and yes, in the browser. I think it's just the Samsung Internet one.

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@ThisMustBeMyDream please could you try updating your browser to the latest version? Could you also try using a different browser e.g. google chrome? If you could let us know if either of these options work, that will help us to find a solution. Thanks

ShamrockShenanigans · 14/03/2025 19:46

It's been fixed but now the keywords bit doesn't work 😭

Chrome on a laptop.

It doesn't matter what words I enter, the search always comes back empty.

ETA: Ignore me, it's working now.

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BellaMumsnet · 13/03/2025 09:13

Oblomov25 · 13/03/2025 01:02

Is there an update on this please. What is actually being done @BellaMumsnet ?

Hi @Oblomov25 advanced search has been fixed - you should now be returned to returned to your search results if you use the back button on the browser.

Oblomov25 · 13/03/2025 01:02

Is there an update on this please. What is actually being done @BellaMumsnet ?

kittensinthekitchen · 12/03/2025 19:53

BellaMumsnet · 12/03/2025 09:25

Hi @kittensinthekitchen thanks for raising this. On the normal search, you can hit enter to submit your query. For the advanced search, you can tab through the options and hit enter after selecting 'Search all topics.' That said, we can discuss this with the tech team to see if there’s a possibility of adjusting how it works.

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Please do, thanks. It should be easy enough to implement. It used to work like that, then was changed for some reason.

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BellaMumsnet · 12/03/2025 09:25

kittensinthekitchen · 10/03/2025 17:14

@BellaMumsnet

What about this?

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Hi @kittensinthekitchen thanks for raising this. On the normal search, you can hit enter to submit your query. For the advanced search, you can tab through the options and hit enter after selecting 'Search all topics.' That said, we can discuss this with the tech team to see if there’s a possibility of adjusting how it works.

kittensinthekitchen · 10/03/2025 22:13

Well that's a bit rude @BellaMumsnet Shock

ThisMustBeMyDream · 10/03/2025 19:21

BellaMumsnet · 10/03/2025 18:06

Hi @ThisMustBeMyDream, are you using the back button in your internet browser? Could you let us know which internet browser and device you are using so that we can look into this? Thanks

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It's a Samsung s23 and yes, in the browser. I think it's just the Samsung Internet one.

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BellaMumsnet · 10/03/2025 18:06

ThisMustBeMyDream · 10/03/2025 17:51

Whilst on the subject of the back button, mine no longer takes me back to where I was the active list the vast majority of the time. It takes me back to the active list, but the top of it, not the section of the page t I'd scrolled down to previously. Anyone else?

Hi @ThisMustBeMyDream, are you using the back button in your internet browser? Could you let us know which internet browser and device you are using so that we can look into this? Thanks

ThisMustBeMyDream · 10/03/2025 17:51

Whilst on the subject of the back button, mine no longer takes me back to where I was the active list the vast majority of the time. It takes me back to the active list, but the top of it, not the section of the page t I'd scrolled down to previously. Anyone else?

kittensinthekitchen · 10/03/2025 17:14

kittensinthekitchen · 07/03/2025 19:00

While it's getting fixed - can you please fix it so you can input your search term then hit enter - as was requested AGES ago when you changed that too

@BellaMumsnet

What about this?

JaneJeffer · 10/03/2025 11:11

Thanks @BellaMumsnet 👍

DappledThings · 10/03/2025 10:47

BellaMumsnet · 10/03/2025 10:45

Hi everyone, thanks for bringing this to our attention and for your patience while we looked into it. The issue with advanced search has now been fixed. Please let us know if you run into any further problems!

Thank you. Working for me now.

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BellaMumsnet · 10/03/2025 10:45

Hi everyone, thanks for bringing this to our attention and for your patience while we looked into it. The issue with advanced search has now been fixed. Please let us know if you run into any further problems!

TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne · 09/03/2025 14:46

Also Android/Chrome.

ItsaMeMummio · 09/03/2025 14:44

Yes this is absolutely bloody infuriating, it's changed in the last week or so! Please change it back 🤞

JaneJeffer · 08/03/2025 14:52

@JoMumsnet is anything being done to fix this problem?

Whateverwhateverever · 07/03/2025 22:56

Same here for about 5 days
IPad safari
Samsung 10

kittensinthekitchen · 07/03/2025 19:00

While it's getting fixed - can you please fix it so you can input your search term then hit enter - as was requested AGES ago when you changed that too

madaffodil · 07/03/2025 16:33

LindorDoubleChoc · 07/03/2025 09:01

Just confirming that this is still broken for me @KellyMumsnet. I'm using a Chromebook.

Chromebook here too.

Ooohee · 07/03/2025 16:21

I’ve just come over to site stuff to make a post on this. It’s so irritating.
Has there been any progress with this yet?

purpleme12 · 07/03/2025 12:34

I don't know why but I just think advanced search has changed anyway

I advance search the key words and put 'thread title only'

And often it'll still come back including threads which have the key words in the posts not the thread title. I swear it just used to do it like it should do, in the title

AlexandrinaH · 07/03/2025 09:56

Has this not been resolved yet? I use Advanced Search a lot, and now it’s almost unusable.

DappledThings · 07/03/2025 09:03

I noticed this as well. Android, Chrome, mobile site. It's really annoying.

LindorDoubleChoc · 07/03/2025 09:01

Just confirming that this is still broken for me @KellyMumsnet. I'm using a Chromebook.