# Configure properties of the Search Box Web Part

- Link: https://sharepointtechnicalsupport.com/2015/05/12/configure-properties-of-the-search-box-web-part/
- Published: 2015-05-12T18:58:57+05:30
- Author: Deviprasad Panda

When you create an Enterprise Search Center site collection as described in [Create a Search Center site in SharePoint Server 2013](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh582314.aspx),
SharePoint 2013 creates a default search home page and a default search results 
page. In addition, several pages known as _search verticals_ are also created. Search
verticals are customized for searching specific content, such as People, Conversations,
and Videos, and they display search results that are filtered and formatted for 
a specific content type or class.

The following pages are created in an Enterprise Search Center site collection:

 * **default.aspx:** the home page for the Search Center, and the page where end-
   users enter their queries.
 * **results.aspx:** the default search results page for the Search Center. It is
   also the search results page for the **Everything** search vertical.
 * **peopleresults.aspx:** the search results page for the **People** search vertical.
 * **conversationresults.aspx:** the search results page for the **Conversations**
   search vertical.
 * **videoresults.aspx:** the search results page for the **Videos** search vertical.
 * **advanced.aspx:** the search page where end-users can apply some restrictions
   to their search phrases — for example, limiting the search to an exact phrase.

These pages are located in the **Pages** library, and they contain Web Parts that
you can customize to improve the end-user search experience. This article describes
the Web Parts on these pages, and how you can configure the different Web Parts 
settings to improve how search results are displayed.

By default, the Web Parts on the search vertical pages (results.aspx, peopleresults.
aspx, conversationresults.aspx, videoresults.aspx, advanced.aspx) are the same. 
However the query in the **Search Results Web Part** is configured differently for
each search vertical page. For each search vertical page, the query in the **Search
Results Web Part** is directed to a particular result source. This can be a result
source that defines the search vertical or any result source that you want to direct
queries to when you create a custom search vertical. For example, for the **peopleresults.
aspx** search vertical page, the query in the **Search Results Web Part** is limited
to the **Local People Results (System)** result source. For the **videoresults.aspx**
search vertical page, the query in the **Search Results Web Part** is limited to
the **Local Video Results (System).**

By **default**, the **Search Box Web Part is used** on the **home page** for the**
Search Center** (default.aspx), and all **search results pages (results.aspx, peopleresults.
aspx, conversationresults.aspx, videoresults.aspx)**. By changing properties in 
the Search Box Web Part you can you can do the following:

 * Change the Web Part or page where the search results should be displayed — for
   example, a custom Search Results Web Part or a custom search results page.
 * Turn off query suggestions and people suggestions. For more information about
   query suggestions, see [Manage query suggestions in SharePoint Server 2013](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj721441.aspx)
 * Display links to a search preference page and an advanced search page.
 * Change the display template that is applied to the Web Part.

**To configure the properties of a Search Box Web Part       **

 1.  Verify that the user account that performs this procedure is a member of the Designers
     SharePoint group on the Enterprise Search Center site.
 2.  On the Search Center site home page, click the **Settings** menu, and then click**
     Edit Page**.
 3.  In the Web Part, click the **Search Box Web Part Menu** arrow, and then click **
     Edit Web Part**.
 4.  In the Web Part tool pane, in the **Properties for Search Box** section, expand
     the **Which search results page should queries be sent to** section, and then 
     do the following:
 5.   * To display the settings that are defined on the Search Settings page, select
        the **Use this site’s Search Settings** check box.
      * To override the settings that are defined on the Search Settings page, clear
        the **Use this site’s Search Settings** check box, and then do the following:
         - To display search results in a Web Part on the page, in the section **Send
           queries to other Web Parts on this page**, select a Web Part.
         -   |  **Note: ** |  
            |  If there are no other Web Parts on a page, search
           results will be sent to the search results page as specified on the Search
           Settings page. |
      * To send queries to a custom search results page, select **Send queries to a
        custom results page URL**, and then type the URL of the custom search results
        page.
      *   |  **Note: ** |  
         |  You can’t send queries to a custom search results page
        that uses a friendly URL. |
 6.  In the Web Part tool pane, in the **Properties for Search Box** section, expand
     the **Query Suggestions** section, and then do the following:
 7.   * To disable query suggestions, clear the **Show suggestions** check box.
      * To specify additional properties for query suggestions, change the values in
        the following fields:
         - **Number of query suggestions:** How many query suggestions to display.
         - **Minimum number of characters:** How many characters the user must type
           before query suggestions are displayed.
         - **Suggestions delay (in milliseconds):** How many milliseconds elapse before
           query suggestions are displayed.
         - **Number of personal favorites:** How many query suggestions are displayed
           to the user under the text **Are you looking for these again?** in the search
           results. These suggestions are based on search results that the user has
           clicked previously. To disable personal favorite results, clear the **Show
           personal favorite results** check box.
      * To turn on people name suggestions, select **Show people name suggestions**.
 8.  In the Web Part tool pane, in the **Properties for Search Box** section, expand
     the **Settings** section, and then do the following:
 9.   * To show a link to a search preference page, select **Show preferences link**.
      * To show a link to an advanced search page, select **Show advanced link**, and
        then in the **Advanced search page URL** box, type the URL of the advanced 
        search page that you want to link to.
      * To apply another display template, in the **Search box control Display Template**
        list, select the display template that you want to apply to the Web Part.
      * Select the **Make the search box have focus when the page is loaded** check
        box to make it possible for users to immediately type a query in the search
        box when the page is loaded without first having to click the search box. By
        default, this is selected.

[Configure properties of the Search Results Web Part in SharePoint Server 2013](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg549987.aspx)

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