Dictionary scroll bars

AFAIK, there's no connection between Apple's Dictionary app and Safari. Are you talking about the Dictionary.app that resides in /Applications?

Sorry, I have no idea what a wiki account is, nor what their dictionary might be about. I suggest you contact the wiki webmaster.

OK. So the Safari and wiki account were red herrings. In Apple's Dictionary, you're correct, the scrollbars don't work with any Wikipedia entry. I have no idea how to solve it, since that's something I rarely use. All I can suggest is that if you want to report this issue to Apple's engineering, send a bug report via its Bug Reporter system. To do this, join the Mac Developer Program—it's free and available for all Mac users and gets you a look at some development software. Since you already have an Apple username/ID, use that. Once a member, go to Apple BugReporter and file your bug report. The nice thing with this procedure is that you get a response and a follow-up number; thus, starting a dialog with engineering.

According to http://smartassism.com/blog/post/Dictionaryapp-in-Mac-OS-X-Snow-Leopard-scroll-b ug-for-Wikipedia.aspx there's no fix.

Chiming in to say "me too" with the Dictionary scrollbars. Unfortunately as a writer it's something I use regularly and the missing scrollbar is driving me nuts.

I found this solution on the MacRumor forum:

1. From your browser, go to Wikipedia's main page and log in. Use the "remember me" feature. (Register if needed)

2. In the upper right corner, click on "New Features."

3. Under "Take Me Back" section found in the lower middle of the next page, click the "click here" indicating you would like to turn off the new features.

4. Fill out their little survey asking why you want to turn them off and update.

That's it. The next time you access dictionary.app, the scroll bars will be working under the Wikipedia section.

The scrollbars on my copy of the app have disappeared as well. I just checked another Mac running Leopard (10.5) and the scrollbars aren't there either.

Outstanding, thanks very much.

Thanks aduffbrew. That worked for me.

Just like to add that your response worked for me too. Excellent.

Thanks for that. The article I cited in my previous post is inaccurate, since this fix worked for me, restoring the scrollbars for the Dictionary app.

I must be doing something wrong. I've gone through these steps both in Firefox and in Safari, and I still don't have scrollbars in Dictionary's Wikipedia. In step 4, you say to "update" — that's the only part I couldn't see a button or other option to do. Is that where I've gone wrong?

Thanks!

Sounds like it. AFAIK, there was an update or submit button on the survey page.

Sorry... I just said "update" because I didn't remember the exact verbiage.

The button actually says "Turn new features off" and is located at the bottom of the survey. If you are still having problems, purging your browsers caches and cookies might help. Of course, I am just guessing but it's a logical guess worth a shot!

This is just a work-around until Apple fixes dictionary.app to be compatible with the Wiki update. There are still some minor rendering problems.

Baltwo makes an excellent recommendation for those so inclined. Apple feedback is important. I have read posts on other forums saying something to the effect that Apple is aware of the problem but there are no pending solutions coming now or in the future. I'm not sure exactly what they mean by that. They wouldn't elaborate claiming NDA restrictions.