---
title: "Display issues with the Search Bar"
date: 2026-04-23
author: "GravityKit"
link: "https://www.gravitykit.com/docs/gravityview/common-problems/display-issues-with-the-search-bar/"
---

If your Search Bar layout is set to horizontal and it is displaying vertically, your browser may not support the "flexbox" functionality.

 Please visit [What's My Browser](https://whatsmybrowser.org/) and see what browser you're using. If you're using one of the following browsers, the fix we have will work for you:

### Want to support the following browsers?

- Chrome 21–28
- Safari 6.1–8
- Safari & Chrome for iOS 7.1–8.4
- Opera 15–16

 You can add the following CSS code to your website ([here's how](https://www.gravitykit.com/docs/gravityview/customizing-your-views/adding-custom-css-to-your-website/)):

```

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```

```

 GravityView automatically supports browsers that makeup 99.7% of the global user base. The code above is for browsers older than that.

## If you're having a different display issue

 If you are having display issues with your [Search Bar](https://www.gravitykit.com/docs/gravityview/search/configuring-the-search-bar/) like in the image below:

![Search bar with input field for entry ID on a contact form above a table of names and emails](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/file-AyWRKcQ4GI.jpg)
*Then, that means your theme's stylesheet is not "playing well" with our new flex-box styled Search Bar (introduced in version 1.17 on June 14, 2016)*
 Rest assured that can be easily fixed by using the previous styling of the Search Bar. You'll need to add the filter below to your theme:

```
add_filter('gravityview_use_legacy_search_style', '__return_true');
```

```
add_filter('gravityview_use_legacy_search_style', '__return_true');
```

 See where to add that code snippet above: [Where do I add the code samples you share?](https://www.gravitykit.com/docs/gravityview/customizing-your-views/where-to-put-code-samples/)

 After adding that code, your Search Bar should look like this:

![Contact form interface with search fields for Entry ID and Name, displaying a list of entries with emails](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/file-sQkqVvbbgP.jpg)