Answered SimpleSearch not working when put in chunk

Hi there,

I am trying to make the SimpleSearch work on my website. The problem is that I want to include the search form in the top menu.
The top menu is generated with Wayfinder, so I put the placeholder for Simple Search Form in the chunk for outer containter for WF menu ([[!SimpleSearchForm? &landing=`10`]]).

The thing is that it redirects me to the landing page for search results, but the only thing I get displayed is :
"There were no search results for the search "". Please try using more general terms to get more results."

When i put the same [[!SimpleSearchForm? &landing=`10`]] in a page template, it works without problems (I get redirected and results are correctly displayed).

I even tried to create custom chunk for Search form and then use &searchIndex=`my_custom_search_field` in the page with results but no luck.

I am using MODX Revolution 2.3.2-pl and SimpleSearch 1.9.1-pl

Can anybody help me out ? Any idea why its not working ?
Thanks in advance. [ed. note: filipbaf last edited this post 10 years, 3 months ago.]

Try calling it ¡cached when in the chunk, if your Wayfinder call is !uncached, or whatever it is that is the wrapper.

Quote from: donshakespeare at Jan 16, 2015, 01:11 AM

 [[SimpleSearchForm? &landing=`10`]] 

Hey, thanks for the answer, but I tried and it's not working. In both (cached, uncached) calls I noticed that after submiting the search and after the redirect to page with search results if I try to submit the search again here it works.

Any other idea where the problem could be ?

I don't see why that wouldn't work, but if SimpleSearch could be the last menu choice, you could make it appear to be part of the Menu but have it as a separate tag in the template.