Don't think that's the problem. Comparing the HTML for Vector vs my Vector-derived skin: Vector <input id="searchInput" accesskey="f" title="Search EcoliWiki [ctrl-f]" name="search" tabindex="1" placeholder="Search" autocomplete="off"> Foobar <input id="searchInput" accesskey="f" title="Search EcoliWiki [ctrl-f]" name="search" autocomplete="off"> I don't understand why Foobar didn't get the extra attributes when it's a direct copy of Vector. But I modified the code in Foobar.php to add the missing attributes <?php echo $this->makeSearchInput( array( 'id' => 'searchInput', 'type' => 'text', 'placeholder'=>'Search', 'tabindex'=>'1' ) ); ?> Now I get <input id="searchInput" tabindex="1" placeholder="Search" accesskey="f" title="Search EcoliWiki [ctrl-f]" name="search" autocomplete="off"> Still doesn't work. I get an autosuggest in a scroll box but not the "containing__" option. So far this is on my laptop. I'll deploy this on a public site and repost here. I can always hope it's something odd about my MacBook. Jim On May 30, 2013, at 10:41 AM, Bartosz Dziewoński wrote: ===================================== Jim Hu Professor Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics 2128 TAMU Texas A&M Univ. College Station, TX 77843-2128 979-862-4054 _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l