eBay

michaelfreebird · ‎05-06-2018

I suggest that eBay should make the search box similar to Youtube where is is always on top of the screen even when the page is scrolled down. It would be so much better these days of internet. I heard that they are concern with liability of suggestions such as someone may sue them for such ideas but then, come on, it is well into the 21st century and it is about time to make things easier for people to experience internet search. I think it is way overdue and I am not sure why they have not made it happen (make the search window on top all the time like in Youtube, yahoo, MSN, and others but not Amazon). The time to do it is now before a lot of people will begin to ridicule. I suggest Amazon to do the same. Thanks,

berserkerplanet · ‎05-07-2018

I don't want it that way.

I actually have removed the search box from most pages except search pages as it is just a waste or real estate when I am performing other eBay tasks (and unless disabled, the search autocomplete "feature" annoys me.)

For those that want to have the eBay search box float on the page top: a few lines of CSS code which can be utilized in the Stylish addon in Firefox and Chrome browsers can make it happen.

This is a crude first attempt that moves the search to the top, pins it there, and moves the original top bar with user settings, cart, notification bell, etc below the search box, and then lets it scroll up off the page.

I don't think it's possible to leave the original bar at the top and then move the search up a notch after that bar scrolls off the page top. (would have to ruminate on that)

@-moz-document url-prefix('https://www.ebay.com/'), url-prefix('https://my.ebay.com/'),
               url-prefix('http://www.ebay.com/'), url-prefix('http://my.ebay.com/'),
               url-prefix('https://www.ebay.ca/'), url-prefix('https://my.ebay.ca/'),
               url-prefix('http://www.ebay.ca/'), url-prefix('http://my.ebay.ca/'),
               url-prefix('http://www.ebay.co.uk/'), url-prefix('http://my.ebay.co.uk/'),
               url-prefix('https://www.ebay.co.uk/'), url-prefix('https://my.ebay.co.uk/')
               {
/* EXPERIMENTAL: Float eBay Search bar 5/7/18 */

/* move/pin the eBay logo and searchbox stuff */
body>div header#gh>table.gh-tbl
{
position:fixed !important; z-index:5000 !important; opacity: 1.0 !important;
background-color: #e0e0ff !important; width: 70% !important; top:0 !important;
}

/* move/pin related searches stuff */
body>div div#RelatedSearchesDF
{
position:fixed !important; z-index:5000 !important; opacity: 1.0 !important;
background-color: #e0e0ff !important; width: 70% !important; top:50px !important;
}

/*move/pin "include description" text and checkbox */
body>div header#gh>table.gh-tbl>tbody>tr>td.gh-td-s>form#gh-f>div.idesc
{
position:fixed !important; z-index:5000 !important; opacity: 1.0 !important;
background-color: initial !important; top:80px !important; margin-right:120px !important;
}

/* shove the other content down */
body {margin-top:100px !important;}

/*get rid of old top header div and line */
body>div#gh-gb {z-index:0 !important; display:none !important;}

/* get rid of old header bar dividing line */
body {background-image: none !important; }

/* untop the old header bar and info */
body>div header#gh>div#gh-top {z-index:10 !important;}

}/*end ebay.com*/
/*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/