Search settings

Easily customize the appearance and behavior of your store’s search fields site-wide with options for input style, placeholder text, and button label, ensuring a consistent and user-friendly experience across all devices.

Last updated 4 months ago

Overview

The Search settings group provides centralized options for managing the look and functionality of search features throughout your entire shop. These settings impact all site-wide search fields, helping ensure a unified and accessible experience for every visitor. Choices here establish the default presentation and messaging for search inputs, supporting both usability and brand consistency.

⚠️ Important: Changing options in Search settings affects every default search field across your shop, fostering a cohesive customer experience.

Key components and functionality

Search settings

Search settings offer foundational controls that shape how search interacts with your overall shop design. They help guide users to effectively find products and content.

Search input placeholder text

This option sets the instructional text shown within the search input before a user types anything. Effective use of placeholder text helps guide customers to use your search effectively.

  1. Provides a concise prompt relevant to your shop.

  2. Default: Enter your search terms

Search button text

This control sets the label text inside the action button next to the search input field. Adjusting this text lets you tailor the interface for clarity, branding, or multilingual support.

  1. Modify this setting for a more descriptive or brand-appropriate search action.

  2. Default: Search

Usage notes

  1. All adjustments made in Search settings act as site-wide defaults, unless custom overrides are set at the section or block level within your shop.

  2. Personalizing the placeholder and button text helps align your storefront with seasonal campaigns, specific audiences, or brand voice.

  3. Prioritize accessibility by using clear and descriptive labels, which benefit all users, especially those relying on assistive technologies.

  4. These search settings adapt fluidly between desktop and mobile layouts, enabling you to optimize for device-specific user experience. You might consider customizing for smaller screens where space and readability are most important.

💡 Tip: Regularly assess your search interface and user feedback. Even small updates in input style or text can impact discoverability and customer engagement in meaningful ways.