Appearance
Header search
The search bar sits in the header and suggests results as buyers type. It matches product titles, vendors, collections, pages, and — because wholesale buyers order by part number — variant SKUs.
Show the search bar
Open the Header section and turn on Show search bar. With it off, the header has no search field.
Predictive suggestions
Suggestions appear in a panel below the bar once a buyer has typed two characters. Results are grouped:
- Suggestions — matching search terms.
- Products — with thumbnail, and optional vendor and price.
- Collections and pages — matching collections and content pages.
Each group lists up to eight matches. A View all results link at the bottom opens the full search page for the current query.
Typing a part number surfaces products whose variant SKUs match.
What shows in a product row
- Open Theme settings → Search.
- Turn on Show vendor in suggestions to print the vendor under each product title.
- Turn on Show price in suggestions to show each product's price.
Note: When Hide prices for guests is on (Theme settings → Wholesale), prices are withheld from the suggestion panel until a buyer signs in, even if Show price in suggestions is on.
Keyboard
The panel is a combobox. Use the Down and Up arrows to move through suggestions, Enter to open the highlighted one, and Escape to close the panel. With nothing highlighted, Enter runs a full search and opens the results page.
Turning predictive search off
Predictive suggestions are controlled by Theme settings → Search → Enable predictive search. With it off, the bar still works: typing and pressing Enter goes straight to the search results page, with no live panel.