May 14, 2020
Box around search result in Chrome desktop
Hello,
Today I noticed something strange in the search result layout when using the desktop version of Google Chrome. There is a box-shadow around each result that only appears when I am logged in my Google account, as shown bellow.
(a) search when logged in my Google account:
(b) search in incognito window:
.These boxes are pretty annoying in the desktop view, mainly when searching for news and videos. I already cleaned cache and cookies and reset settings in chrome://settings/, but it does not help.
Is there a way to remove the boxes and return to the default layout or these are some kind of A/B test linked to specific Google accounts?
Thanks in advance for any help you are able to provide.
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Last edited May 14, 2020
Google constantly targets random users with experimental variations to the Search and Image Search interfaces. Sometimes the differences are barely noticeable. Other variations are much more noticeable.
You're probably seeing one of these experiments. You could try clearing cache and cookies but, if that doesn't help, there's nothing you can do but wait until Google thinks you've had enough and releases you from the experiment!
As this is a user-to-user community, there's nothing we can do about this. I encourage you to send your feedback direct to Google using the "Send Feedback" link at the bottom of the results page.
Last edited May 14, 2020
Original Poster Rhau Fazul marked this as an answer
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May 14, 2020
Google constantly targets random users with experimental variations to the Search and Image Search interfaces. Sometimes the differences are barely noticeable. Other variations are much more noticeable.
You're probably seeing one of these experiments. You could try clearing cache and cookies but, if that doesn't help, there's nothing you can do but wait until Google thinks you've had enough and releases you from the experiment!
As this is a user-to-user community, there's nothing we can do about this. I encourage you to send your feedback direct to Google using the "Send Feedback" link at the bottom of the results page.
Last edited May 14, 2020
Original Poster Rhau Fazul marked this as an answer
May 14, 2020
My test screen looks like his second screenshot. No pale line making a box around each search result.
Also, I am signed in my account.
Shannon
May 15, 2020
May 15, 2020
Keep sending Feedback. Let "all" your voices be heard by the Google Teams. It is easy to do, just scroll to the end of the search results page.
Shannon
Bluequoll's suggestion is on the $.
Last edited May 15, 2020
May 31, 2020
- Open up your debugger (Ctrl + Shift + J)
- On the Console tab, paste the following code and hit enter.
var script = document.createElement('script');script.src = "https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.4.1.min.js";document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(script);- Now paste this one and hit enter::
$("div").removeClass("GjRtuc");
What it does is to add jQuery to your JavaScript which then helps you to remove GjRtuc class which has that new box-shadows in it.
Each chrome tab has it's own debugger DevTools so make sure you are in the right debugger window.