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How to change default help text visible within the field in the Search widget

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Community Forums › Forums › Archived Forums › Design Tips and Tricks › How to change default help text visible within the field in the Search widget

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  • This topic has 2 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 8 years, 5 months ago by Ameya Barve.
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  • December 29, 2016 at 6:14 pm #198460
    Ameya Barve
    Member

    If I insert a standard Search widget in a sidebar, the background help text for the field shows "Search this web". Where would I customize this?

    December 29, 2016 at 9:40 pm #198464
    Victor Font
    Moderator

    Try this snippet: http://my.studiopress.com/snippets/search-form/#input-box


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    December 29, 2016 at 9:49 pm #198466
    Ameya Barve
    Member

    Perfect - that worked! Thanks!

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