# @vuepress/plugin-search (opens new window)

Headers-based search plugin

# Install

yarn add -D @vuepress/plugin-search
# OR npm install -D @vuepress/plugin-search

TIP

Note that this plugin has been included in default theme, the search box you see now is powered by the plugin.

# Usage

Enable this plugin:

// .vuepress/config.js or themePath/index.js
module.exports = {
  plugins: [
    ['@vuepress/search', {
      searchMaxSuggestions: 10
    }]
  ]
}

This plugin will automatically inject a webpack alias @SearchBox pointing to the search component so that you can use it directly in your layout component:

<template>
  <div class="foo-layout">
    <header>
      <SearchBox/>
    </header>
    <main>
      ...
    </main>
  </div>
</template>

<script>
import SearchBox from '@SearchBox'

export default {
  components: { SearchBox }
}
</script>

# Options

# searchMaxSuggestions

Type: number
Default: 5

Set the maximum number of results for search.

# test

Type: RegExp | Array<RegExp>
Default: null

Set up searchable paths with regular expressions. If no test expression is provided it will search on all paths. Considering you have this structure:

docs/
├── .vuepress/
│    └── ...
│
├── master/
│    └── ...
│
├── 1.0/
│    └── ...
│
└── 2.0/
     └── ...

You can set up searchable paths with test as:

RegExp: '/1\.0/'
Array of RegExp: ['/1\.0/', '/2\.0/']

Otherwise, the default search will return duplicates, once you can have similar content between folders /master/, /1.0/ and /2.0/.

# searchHotkeys

Type: Array<string>
Default: ['s', '/']

Configure the hotkeys which when pressed will focus the search box. Set to an empty array to disable this feature.

# Tips

# Tweak the default colors.

Since the Search component leverages the built-in palette, you can tweak the default colors via styles/palette.styl:

// colors of the searchbox you see now:
$accentColor = #3eaf7c
$textColor = #2c3e50
$borderColor = #eaecef
$codeBgColor = #282c34
$arrowBgColor = #ccc

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