Tip #30: Resize the Ovid Query Box

Today's tip is from Rose Turner, rlt@pitt.edu, and her partner Tom Murphy VII. Rose writes, 

I’m working on an Ovid SR and something that I’ve done is added a bookmark to my toolbar that resizes the Ovid query box. With the new interface the box is bigger, but it can still be annoying for me to resize to build or look at long strings. Example:

 

To add the bookmark:

1. Right-click on your browser toolbar and select “Add Bookmark” (Firefox) or “Add page” (Chrome).
2. Name the bookmark (ex, “Ovid Resize”)
3. Add URL: javascript:document.getElementById('ovidclassic_focus').setAttribute('style', 'width:880px; height:200px');
1. You can customize the window size by changing the width and height numbers (mine are set to 880 by 200 px)

 

Now when you are working in Ovid you can just click your “Resize” bookmark to make the query box larger.

 

 

You can set it up to have as much space as you want.