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When editting a page, I no longer see a dropdown selection of standard edit summaries (e.g. "4.1 Added infobox"). I'm using monobook. I just noticed it a couple of days ago (though I had been away for several days beforehand). Is it just me or did something happen to the edit form? - Esjs^(Talk) 23:18, December 7, 2011 (UTC)

• It's there for me and I'm using monobook. What browser are you using? - JMAS ^{Hey, it's me!} 23:23, December 7, 2011 (UTC)
  • In this case, IE8. Indeed, when I use FF I can see the selection dropdown, no problem. I checked the page source from each browser and I did not see the <select> and <option> tags in the source for IE8. Immediately following <span class="mw-summary" id="wpSummaryLabel"> is <label for="wpSummary">. - Esjs^(Talk) 00:44, December 8, 2011 (UTC)
    • Can you view some sort of JavaScript console in IE8? I know IE9 has one. If you can, look for any JavaScript errors on page load and report them back here. (Alternatively... use Firefox or Chrome or pretty much any other browser as they're all better than IE :P) Cheers, grunny@wookieepedia:~$ 00:51, December 8, 2011 (UTC)
      • IE8 script log report below:

LOG: 9:50:45 AM (0ms): global: Logger output to the function console.log() has been enabled.
LOG: monobook: DOM ready after 7780 ms
LOG: JSSnippets: init
LOG: JSSnippets: [object Object]
LOG: JSSnippets: function(callback){$.loadLibrary('Facebook API',window.fbScript||'//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js',typeof window.FB,callback);}
LOG: JSSnippets: [object Object]
LOG: JSSnippets: loading dependencies...
LOG: loadLibrary: loading Facebook API
LOG: JSSnippets: stack cleared
LOG: monobook: window onload after 7860 ms
LOG: LinkSuggest: init for #wpTextbox1
LOG: loadLibrary: Facebook API loaded
LOG: JSSnippets: dependencies loaded, running callbacks...
LOG: JSSnippets: window.onFBloaded()
LOG: FB: onFBloaded
LOG: JSSnippets: done
  Object doesn't support this property or method  index.php?title=-&action=raw&smaxage=0&gen=js&useskin=monobook&45892, line 142 character 4
  Object doesn't support this property or method  index.php?title=-&action=raw&smaxage=0&gen=js&useskin=monobook&45892, line 106 character 4

Line 142 is within function fillPreloads() and line 106 is within function fillEditSummaries(). Good luck, Grunny. I don't see anything wrong with the JS. - Esjs^(Talk) 17:06, December 9, 2011 (UTC)

The dropdown selection is showing up for me in both FF8 and IE9, using Monobook. Master Jonathan — ^{Jedi Council Chambers} _{Friday, December 9, 2011, 18:16 UTC}

So where is my edit summery dropdown selection for IE8? Is it no longer functioning? Corellian Premier^{All along the watchtower} 23:46, December 13, 2011 (UTC)

There doesn't appear to be anything wrong with the JS, and it works in every other browser (hint: don't use the craptastic IE). But since some people use it, I'm going to try some random thoughts of what might be causing it (as I don't have IE8 to test with myself, and it works in IE9). Can someone who uses IE8 (or has it installed) please refresh your cache multiple times and try editing again (using monobook in case you're not, as the change I made is in the monobook-only version of the JS for now). Cheers, grunny@wookieepedia:~$ 05:11, December 15, 2011 (UTC)

Whatever you did, it worked! Thank you, Grunny! - Esjs^(Talk) 16:24, December 15, 2011 (UTC)

Indeed, it is working again. Thanks. Corellian Premier^{All along the watchtower} 17:24, December 15, 2011 (UTC)

No problem. :) I had a random idea of what IE8 might not have liked, turns out the JScript version it uses must handle for in loops differently to other browsers. Cheers, grunny@wookieepedia:~$ 09:08, December 16, 2011 (UTC)