Change the header search
A larger search field with a placeholder text.
Life cycle: Redesign, example 25 of 34. Worked out on the Fit & Healthy site of Exponential 6.0.15+.
Contents
In the Layouts editor
No layout change.
With templates
- Copy
extension/sevenx_themes_media/design/media/templates/pagelayout/header/search_box.tpltoextension/mysite/design/media/templates/pagelayout/header/search_box.tpl. - Keep
name="SearchText"and the action/content/search. - Clear Template & content and check a page that uses it.
Which to choose
Templates.
Check
- Searching from the header still lands on the results page.
Related pages
- How the header is built
- Redesign examples, every page
- Free documentation: this page is free to copy, translate and improve under the GNU FDL 1.3.
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