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Search ​

This guide describes the Theme settings > Search menu options.

Visitors to your store enter search terms into the Search textbox. Occurrences of the terms throughout your store are displayed in the search results. Use the search settings to specify the parts of your store to include in the search results. Refer to Shopify help: Search behavior.

An example store's home page with the Theme setting's Search menu open in Theme editor.

The previous image shows a store's home page. In the upper right, part of Theme editor's Theme settings > Search menu is displayed. To include products in the search results, the menu's Search products option is checked (set to on). On the left, the Search textbox contains the search term "Simon". The Simon says stool product matches the search term. Below the search textbox, the product is displayed in the search results.

For general guidance with adjusting a theme setting, refer to Settings overview and Shopify help: Theme settings.

To set up search:

  1. In Theme editor, go to Theme settings > Search.

    Theme editor's Search Theme settings menu.

  2. Select a setting described in the following table.

Setting nameDescription
Enable predictive searchSelect the Enable predictive search checkbox to turn on/off predictive searching. As a visitor types a search term into the search field, predictive search suggests items in your store that match the search term. Refer to Shopify help: Predictive search.
Search productsSelect the Search products checkbox to show/hide products in the search results.
Search collectionsSelect the Search collections checkbox to include/exclude collections in the search results.
Search articlesSelect the Search articles checkbox to turn show/hide (blog) articles in the search results.
Search pagesSelect the Search pages checkbox to turn include/exclude pages in the search results.
Show search suggestionsSelect the Show search suggestions checkbox to show/hide suggested items in the search results that match the search query. To use this option, enable predictive searching. Refer to Shopify help: Predictive search.
Predictive search product results > Product tile typeSelect the Product tile type radio buttons to specify the type of product tile to display inside the predictive search area. The product tiles display products that match the search term. The options are Standard or Text overlay.