1384653 - Search button has small hit area

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(developer.mozilla.org Graveyard :: General, enhancement)

Description

[patrickrwolfert]

What feature should be changed? Please provide the URL of the feature if possible.
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The nav bar on the top > the search button

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web

All the top-level nav buttons have a huge hit area in this redesign, but the search button is only the width of the icon. I never use the top-level nav, but I do use the search.

What problems would this solve?
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The problem is that the user comes to expect easy-to-click buttons when using the other elements on the nav bar, and there are a lot of wasted taps/clicks to hit the search bar, which is in my opinion the most useful feature.

Who would use this?
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Everyone who wants to search for something on MDN

What would users see?
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Everyone

What would users do? What would happen as a result?
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Users would be able to click close to the search button at the same padding level as the other nearby buttons/links to open the search form.

Is there anything else we should know?
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Comment 1

[Stephanie Hobson [:shobson]]

Sorry about that. Thanks for filing a bug!

Comment 2

[patrickrwolfert]

(In reply to Stephanie Hobson [:shobson] from comment #1)
> Sorry about that. Thanks for filing a bug!

No problem! The redesign looks great overall!

Comment 3

[Schalk Neethling [:espressive]]

Resolved in https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1434558