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jeffr_ca  
#1 Posted : Wednesday, November 11, 2020 3:26:41 PM(UTC)
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Hello,

I've noticed that none of the Header Widgets Boards (Store Header Compact, Store Header MenuBar or Store Header Content Menu) display a Search Bar Toggle on mobile devices.

I'm working with Store Header Content Menu for my system. Could we enable a Search Toggle similar to the attachments?

Thanks!!

-Jeff

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AC 9 has No Search Tool on Mobile

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#2 Posted : Thursday, November 12, 2020 4:43:50 AM(UTC)
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Hi Jeff,

Currently, there is no option for a search bar on the mobile view.

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#3 Posted : Tuesday, November 24, 2020 7:48:52 PM(UTC)
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Is there any way we could get a code snippet to add this into 9.0.3? It seems like we're the only mobile store interface around without an upfront search bar i.e. Amazon, Ebay, Walmart, Bestbuy, etc.

-Jeff
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#4 Posted : Wednesday, November 25, 2020 11:35:08 AM(UTC)
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You can try to place the Store Search widget from the Header category just below the main header.
But this will be visible on the desktop screen as well. To remove from desktop view and display on mobile view only you can add classes around the container in the layout HTML (Admin - Configure - Website menu) and then add CSS media queried to only display on mobile view.
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#5 Posted : Sunday, November 29, 2020 4:12:28 PM(UTC)
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Thanks. I tried the method you suggested and it works somewhat. The trouble is that the search bar becomes part of the page contents and when the page is scrolled, the search bar disappears behind the Nav Bar.

So, I played around with the _StoreItemsMenu.cshtml and came up with a solution that adds an extra button to the NavBar that toggles the Search Bar immediately below the Nav Bar. The original Menu toggle continues to work and pops up below the Search Bar.

I don't know if my programming is entirely correct, but it appears to be working on our site in testing. It's pretty simple but I'm pleased with how it's working so I've posted it here in case others can use it.

I'd like to improve it by giving the search bar Focus as soon as it is toggled on so that the mobile keyboard pops up and the customer can immediately start typing their search words. If anyone can offer suggestions on how to do that would be appreciated.

Thanks!

-Jeff

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Code:

            <div class="navbar-header">
                <a id="able-span" href="@Url.Content("~/")" class="visible-xs navbar-brand"><img src="@Url.Content(ViewBag.MobileImageUrl)" alt="@ViewBag.MobileAlternateText" /></a>
  
  
<!--Assigned the data-target an ID for the original menu toggle button by Able so it doesn't conflict with our new search button below-->  
                <button type="button" class="navbar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#Ablenavbar-collapse"><i class="fa fa-bars"></i></button>

<!--Added a new button for search toggle.  Assigned the data-target an ID for the new search toggle-->
				<button type="button" class="navbar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#WEDSearchbar-collapse"><i class="fa fa-search"></i></button>
				
								
                <a class="visible-xs pull-right navbar-brand" href="~/Checkout/Basket">
                    <span class="p1 fa-1x" data-count="@(basketItemsCount)">
                        <i class="fa fa-shopping-cart m-t-n-xs"></i>
                    </span>
                </a>
            </div>


<!--This is our new toggle-->

	<div class="visible-xs">
            <div  class="navbar-collapse collapse" id="WEDSearchbar-collapse">
                   <li class="visible-xs nav navbar-nav">			  
					@Html.Action("RenderStoreSearch")
                   </li>
            </div>
    </div>



<!--This is Able original code but we assigned an ID-->		
            <div class="navbar-collapse collapse" id="Ablenavbar-collapse">
                <ul class="nav navbar-nav sf-menu">
                    <li class="visible-xs text-center"><a href="~/Members" class="tab"><i class="acct"></i>@GetResourceString("retail.storemenu.account")</a></li>

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#6 Posted : Monday, November 30, 2020 3:26:59 AM(UTC)
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Hi Jeff,

Try adding this to your app.js file

Code:
$(function () {
    $('#WEDSearchbar-collapse').on('show.bs.collapse', function () {
        $('#Keywords').focus();
    })
});
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#7 Posted : Monday, November 30, 2020 8:26:05 AM(UTC)
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Thanks...I've given it a quick try, but no success. I will check it further later.

-Jeff
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#8 Posted : Monday, November 30, 2020 9:32:22 PM(UTC)
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I've placed the code into the ~/scripts/app.js file and have re-checked and tried a few changes, but still not successful with automatically setting focus when the search bar opens.

Any further ideas on this?

-Jeff
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