Main subject of the paper submission problem

[bpm5026]

While trying to submit my paper to the journal, it says I must "select the subject that best applies to your paper". However, there is nothing to select from, and for any subject I type in there and try to submit, I get the error:
You must select a valid subject for the paper

[arfon]

This is an auto complete form. Did you try typing anything?

[bpm5026]

Yesterday I had tried typing in 3 different things and was getting the error message that those were not options. When start typing now I am getting a drop-down menu so I will pick one of those. Thanks, Brandon

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[SchmJo]

I can second this - same problem for me with my submission. the "Main subject of the paper" field is empty, no drop-down or anything. I type something, click on submission, and the same error as above appears: "You must select a valid subject for the paper". What shall I do? Thanks

[SchmJo]

Ok it worked when only typing a single letter, and then wait for the autocomplete

[dbuscombe-usgs]

We spent 20 minutes trying to figure this out! Should be better documented.

[sneakers-the-rat]

Agreed if this is a recurring problem it probably needs to be signposted clearer.

Im curious what it looks like to yall who had problems - this is what it looks like to me:

So I can see a prompt that says "start typing" in that field, does that not show up for yall, or is it just not clear enough? Or what would work better? We could have a little question mark tooltip there or something?

I can see the problem with making it just a big dropdown list because the number of entries are so high, would it be possible/worth it to add a tree viewer widget so ppl more inclined towards navigating a menu can do so?

[logological]

For some visitors, this could be a browser incompatibility issue. With the latest version of Firefox (124.0.2), the autocomplete works for me. With the latest version of SeaMonkey (2.53.18.2), it does not. Could be that whatever web technology is being used for autocomplete does not work with (older versions of) some web browsers.