Search

This guide describes the Theme editor's Theme settings > Search menu options.

Visitors can enter search terms into your store's Search field to find occurrences of the terms throughout your store. Use the Search theme settings to specify the parts of your store to include in searches and how the search results are displayed. Refer to Shopify help: Search behavior.

In the previous video, the search term "b" is entered into the Search field on a store's home page. Using predictive search, as the visitor types, store products and collections that match the search term are displayed in the Search results area.

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

Configure Search

To configure your Search settings:

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

2. Select a setting described in the following table.

Setting name	Description
Enable predictive search	Use the Enable predictive search options to turn on or 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 developer guide: Add predictive search to your theme.
Search products	Use the Search products options to include or exclude products in the search results.
Search collections	Use the Search collections options to include or exclude collections in the search results.
Search articles	Use the Search articles option to show or hide blog posts in the search results.
Search pages	Use the Search pages options to include or exclude store pages in the search results.
Show search suggestions	Use the Show search suggestions options to show or hide suggested items in the search results that match the search query.
Crop predictive search images	Use the Crop predictive search image options to set a cropping style for images displayed within the predictive search results. The options are No crop, Landscape, Square, or Portrait.