Question

How do I change the default scope of the search box in the pattern template to "all" rather than "text"?

I have successfully changed the default on the WebSearch topic, but this does not apply to the Search box.

Environment

-- RobHill - 10 May 2007

Answer

If you answer a question - or have a question you asked answered by someone - please remember to edit the page and set the status to answered. The status is in a drop-down list below the edit box.

Modify the WebTopBar located in the TWiki web.

-- PeterThoeny - 11 May 2007

Thanks Peter, I thought that was the right place to look, but hadn't had any luck modifiying it. I assumed the scope="topic" bit in the URLPARAM expression was the right bit to change, but having looked at VarURLPARAM I don't really understand what the scope= bit actually does in that expression...

Anyway, in the end I added:

<INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME=scope VALUE="all">

Thanks

-- RobHill - 14 May 2007

Hmm, it should work. There are two forms. Make sure you add this to the search form, not the jump form. And better to use proper XHTML:

<input type="hidden" name="scope" value="all" />

-- PeterThoeny - 15 May 2007

See also SearchAllWebsTopBar, SearchInWebTopBar.

-- PeterThoeny - 01 Jun 2007