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credit category resets when I request desktop website on Safari for iPadOS

I'm browsing with Safari 17 for iPadOS.  On Steven Spielberg's page, I've selected the filter button under "Credits".  In the pop-up, I select "by Credit Category".  Then ATS opens with Steven Spielberg selected but no credit category.  If I select to "Request Desktop Website", the page reloads to display search filters with all filters reset.  So there's no way to open ATS and select "by Credit Category" on iPad.

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I am writing this on an iPad and it works fine here. The IMDb site is now fully responsive and should work at all screensizes so not sure why the name page is not already in a desktop view.  What happens if you request the desktop view on Spielberg’s page and then select the “by Credit Category” there to reach ATS already in desktop view?  What happens if you load https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?role=nm0000229&explore=credits directly on your iPad?

It sounds like you may have configured something on your iPad to force it into a mobile view when that should not be necessary.  Perhaps try searching for solutions to this aspect of the problem? 

Hope this helps. 

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Your link displays below on my iPad.  When I "Request Desktop Website" for this page, ATS resets all filters. If I open Steven Spielberg's page and "Request Desktop Website", clicking on the filter button to select "by Credit Category" opens ATS as displayed above.  I guess my iPad is defaulting to the mobile website.

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@rootsmusic​ 

If you hit the AA icon in the address bar you can possibly use website settings to always request desktop view for IMDb. In Settings -> Safari there is also a general setting.

Also, even if I have not selected "by credit category" on the name page, "credited as" options appear for me under "Cast or crew" in the menu in ATS when the name is selected. If I use the menu to type and select a name, the "credited as" options appear after I choose to see the results.

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@Peter_pbn​ Below is ATS when I "Request Desktop Website" and manually filter for a name.

When I click on the button to "See results", it reverts to the mobile view of ATS filtered results that's displayed in my first screenshot above.

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@rootsmusic​  As Peter notes (thanks) the credit category filters only appear after you click “See results”

Hope this helps. 

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@Peter_pbn​ I've edited my previous reply to add a sentence below its screenshot.

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@rootsmusic​ Please can you check if you are starting and staying on www.IMDb.com throughout this process or at some point are you bounced to m.IMDb.com? It should not matter, but something is going wrong on your iPad here.