Search bar stuck on "Searching" on docs site

Open
#170 0 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
55/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
jquery, python
Domain
documentation, frontend

Research direction

Start by finding where the docs site declares its Python dependencies and Sphinx extensions. The issue identifies the expected change: add sphinxcontrib-jquery so sphinx_rtd_theme has jQuery under Sphinx 6+. Done means rebuilding the docs site and confirming the search bar no longer stays on "Searching."

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Description

What's broken: Search hangs indefinitely on "Searching."

Steps to reproduce: Go to docs.activitywatch.net, type anything in the search bar

Expected: Search results should appear

Root cause: Sphinx 6+ removed jQuery, but sphinx_rtd_theme depends on it

Fix: Adding sphinxcontrib-jquery to dependencies and extensions (PR coming)

Environment: Chrome 124, Windows 11

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/d10be943-6202-45fe-a345-f392648590e9

Dominant language
Python
Stars
31
Forks
84
Avg merge
11h 45m
Merged PRs (30d)
4

Contributor guide

No contributing guide indexed for this repository

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

More from ActivityWatch/docs

All issues in ActivityWatch/docs

Similar issues

More Python issues

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.