Search bar

Header

The Search bar displays in the header and lets visitors search your collections, products, and pages.

You can enable product type filters, change the product results style, and promote your collections with suggested links that appear beneath the search field.

Shopify | You can customize search results with Shopify's Search & Discovery app. Create custom filters, select result types, and add "synonym groups" to show relevant results. See Shopify's App guide ↗ to learn more.

Settings reference

Click the Header section to find the following settings.

Setting	Description
Show search bar	Choose to show the search bar in the header. If the Search bar is disabled in your Theme settings, clicking the search icon will redirect to the search page.
Mobile search appearance	Choose to display either the full Search bar or just the Search icon on mobile.

Go to Theme settings > Search to find the following settings.

Search bar

Setting	Description
Enable product type filter	Allow customers to search within a specific Product type ↗. We also recommend enabling the Product type filter in the Search & Discovery app so filters are applied on search pages.
Product types	All product types are listed in the dropdown filter by default. To list specific types, use a comma-separated list (eg. "Bed Sheets, Blankets, Duvet Covers, Pillows").
All Products label	Change the default ‘All products’ label.

Custom search term suggestions

Display a custom list of search suggestions when search bar is first opened.

Setting	Description
Heading	Add text to show a heading above the suggested terms.
Search terms	Add suggested search terms in a comma-separated list. These terms will appear in a dropdown when visitors click the search bar field.

Quick links

When a search hasn't been made yet, you can display suggested links to help customers get started.

Setting	Description
Suggested links heading	Enter text into the Suggested link heading to display a title
Suggested links	Select a menu of links that you’ve created in your Shopify admin.

Predictive search

The following settings control the style of the predictive search suggested results. Learn more ↗.

Setting	Description
Heading	Add text to show a heading above the suggested terms.
Search terms	Add suggested search terms in a comma-separated list. These terms will appear in a dropdown when visitors click the search bar field.

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Related links

Header Search page