Problem with Wikipedia

[Australis]

These last few days, I've had an odd problem with Wikipedia.

First thing, the search button (magnifying glass) isn't working. When I click on it, it highlights but it doesn't do anything. I have to search by entering a term into the browser which either takes me to the relevant article or a bunch of options.

Second thing, instead of appearing down the side of the article, the main menu is above the article, taking up a lot of space. Looks weird.

I'm guessing there's an issue with the hypertext formatting, or whatever the kids use these days, but I din't know how to fix it. Restarting the browser (FFox) makes no difference, nor rebooting the machine (laptop).

Anyone have any suggestions?

TIA.

 

[The Laughing Vulcan]

Dumb question?

Does it work in another browser, ie Edge or Chrome?

1) Try deleting cookies from the browser. Restart and see if it works

2) Go to User\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\LongProfileName\Storage\Default

where User is your windows UserName, and LongProfileName is the string of characters and numbers that Mozilla use to define your Firefox profile

You might have to enable hidden files in File Explorer to see the AppData directory.

Once there, delete "https+++www.wikipedia.org"

Restart browser.

 

[Australis]

Hmm, works correctly in Edge.

It's getting late here, so I'll try the rest tomorrow.

Thanks for that, @The Laughing Vulcan