iOS - Google Search Window Disappears Behind Safari Address Bar

So for me I have to pull down and just keep typing and then if I pull down again I can see what I’m typing-stupidly annoying and so now I’m just using Bing

Here is a solution:

use Bing instead of Google.

I did turn off Java but yes. It’s used so much for webpages, it’s moot to turn it off. Short of placing the address bar at the bottom (which I don’t like), there’s not other way I have found to fix this. It seems like a simple fix on apples part but for some reason, this is not being addressed by them. Frustrating.

I took off the Java Script and it all seemed different. So I’m back to where I was before. With the search bar at the top hidden. I literally have to use my microphone to search on something. I don’t want it at the bottom either. I would like Apple to tell us what the problem is. Are we the only people in this group that have this problem? I find that hard to believe. I guess we have to wait. I tried switching it to chrome, but the problem still exists.

Yes, unless I rotate my phone sideways, which is an extra step when I just want to do a quick search of something. I hope this gets fixed. It turned something mindless into something irritating. I just googled how to correct it and came up on your post. I hope Apple reads it and updates the glitch.

I think this issue is model dependent. I have two iPhones with same iOS (16.2). The iPhone 13 Max Pro has this issue, but iPhone 8 (yes, that cute small iPhone is still working) doesn’t have this problem.

I posted a couple of weeks ago asking if anyone could confirm that changing Display Size to Larger Text is a workaround. It’s under Display & Brightness. I haven’t seen that it worked for anyone else.

For me, this problem keeps coming and going.

On the last couple of cycles when the problem came back for me (22-23 January and then on 29-30 January), this has been when there was a Google Doodle on the Google search page in my region (UK).

This bug still hasn't been properly fixed. I still have this problem when it's zoomed in. I like having Google zoomed in 115% to help me prevent tapping the wrong thing but this bug is really annoying.

Another problem is it jumps down too much after pulling down and tapping the box a second time so there's unnecessary white space above.

Strangely, after re enabling java script to post on here, and with page zoom for goole set back to 115% my google home page now has a different shaped (square edged) search box and it is not disappearing anymore ???

Maybe a auto google update overnight or maybe my actions with changing zoom and java script reset something ?

Update: i just reset my phone to make sure it wasn't a lucky result and with my settings the same as they were when the search box was disappearing, i still have a new square edged search box which stays in the middle of the screen when i type.

My issues are now resolved, hope it works for everyone else who has this annoying issue.

—SusanB_

Yes, I posted last week, or just before maybe, that it appeared to be ‘working’ again, or at least, wasn’t requiring a re-scrolling down of the page each time.

However, what I have noticed since, is that even after you tap in the Google search bar, the screen change, the search text field moves to the top but, vitally, still visible, and it shows a list of your previous searches below that.

BUT YOU STILL have to click into the search text field at the top to get it to accept input.

All I can think is that the people behind the page code for this don’t care less about its compatibility with different, non-Google browsers and haven’t bothered trying to test it on same.

It annoys the crap out of me though that Apple haven’t made any comment one way or the other. Zilch, Nada. So we, as (assumption here) valued users, have absolutely no idea if Apple even:

• knows anything about this issue when occurring in the first place
• knows how bloody annoying it is to users when this isn’t working
• acknowledges that this is ‘a thing’
• has it on any kind of list at all, let alone a list of ‘future changes’ or ‘investigations’

i would dearly love it if Apple were to maintain a list of user reported issues, containing all the various steps / statuses that they will go through. Even if 99% of them end up under the “KNOWN BUT NO ACTION TO TAKE” status.

That is how to let your customers / end users (those people that will be opening their wallets every September) know that they, and their intelligence and views, are valued.

Any reasonable customer recognises that it’s totally unreasonable for Apple, or any tech company for that matter, can, or has an appetite to, address everything.

If I felt confident that Apple were aware and acknowledged that this problem existed for some users, but had made the decision that it didn’t effect sufficient numbers of them, it was too costly to fix for the given priority/importance, then I, and pretty sure everyone else, would soon stop wasting my time and mental processing cycles, writing on this forum thread, and any others, about various ideas for root causes, solutions or workarounds, or rants, like this one.

Of course, what tech company would dare to openly admit that there was problems? And what tech company would dare to give a transparent view of line items in its problem management process to its users?

Maybe this small band of the faithful are the only ones affected by this. Perhaps we are living in an obscure bubble, taking about things that no one else out there recognises, in a language that no one else understands?

Thanks. I was a database admin/tech support rep for years so I broke it down and tried to figure out. While it's speculation it makes sense to me anyway, that the page may display differently and Google isn't going to change their code to correct an Apple problem. I'm giving up though on the thought of it getting fixed. Not sure where the error actually originate from but neither Apple nor Google will take ownership of this one so I think we are out of luck. I am just going to use Chrome going forward since Google is my home page and search engine of choice.

—SusanB_

Yes, I posted last week, or just before maybe, that it appeared to be ‘working’ again, or at least, wasn’t requiring a re-scrolling down of the page each time.

However, what I have noticed since is that

• after you tap in the search bar on the Google front page the screen then changes
• the search input text field moves to the top of the screen but is, vitally, still visible,
• you are presented with a list of your previous searches below
• there is NO FLASHING CURSOR in the search text field

YOU STILL have to click into the search text field at the top to get it to accept input.

All I can think is that the people behind the page code for this (Google or Apple) don’t care less about its compatibility with different, non-Google browsers and haven’t bothered trying to test it on same.

It annoys the crap out of me though that Apple haven’t made any comment one way or the other. Zilch, Nada. So we, (an assumption here) as valued users, have absolutely no idea if Apple even:

• knows anything about this issue occurring in the first place
• knows how bloody annoying it is to users when it happens, especially if, like me, you’re an avid and continuous user of Safari and Google search
• has acknowledged that this is ‘a thing’ or an acknowledgement of any kind
• has this ‘thing’ on any kind of list at all, let alone a list of ‘future changes’ or ‘investigations’

i would dearly love it if Apple were to maintain a list of user reported issues, containing all the various steps / statuses that they will go through. Even if 99.99% of them will end up under the “KNOWN ABOUT - NO ACTION NECESSARY OR PLANNED” status.

That is how to let your customers / end users (those people that will hopefully be opening their wallets every September, enabling higher bonuses for all, and more expensive presents under the Christmas tree) know that they, and their intelligence and views, are valued.

In this day and age any, reasonable, customer recognises that it is, of course, totally illogical to expect that Apple, or any large tech company for that matter, can, or has an appetite to, address everything reported by its end users.

If I felt confident that Apple were aware, and acknowledged, that this problem existed for some users, but had made the decision that it didn’t effect sufficient numbers of them, or it was too costly to fix for the given priority/importance, then I, and I’m pretty sure everyone else reading this, would soon stop wasting my time, and mental processing cycles, writing on this forum thread about various well thought out ideas for potential root causes, solutions or workarounds. Or, indeed, rants, like this one maybe?

Of course, what tech company would dare to openly admit that problems with their products existed? And what tech company would dare to give a transparent view of line items in its problem management process to its users?

Maybe this small band of the faithful are the only ones affected by this. Perhaps we are living in an obscure bubble, discussing things that no one else out there recognises, in a language that no one else understands?

Not just his phone, mine too, XR. I think it was last update. VERY ANNOYING. P