# Change default text in search box

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-default-text-in-search-box/145672
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [26 במרץ,‏ 2020,‏ 12:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-default-text-in-search-box/145672 "2020-03-26T12:22:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![petepan23](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/petepan23/32/161836_2.png) [@petepan23](https://meta.discourse.org/u/petepan23)
#### Post date: [26 במרץ,‏ 2020,‏ 12:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-default-text-in-search-box/145672/1 "2020-03-26T12:22:24Z")

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Hi,

How can we change the default search text (i.e., “search topic, post, users, …”) in the search box?

Thanks!

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### Author: ![ondrej](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ondrej/32/198804_2.png) [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)
#### Post date: [26 במרץ,‏ 2020,‏ 12:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-default-text-in-search-box/145672/2 "2020-03-26T12:59:16Z")

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Hello there @petepan23!

Go to:

Admin → customise - \> text

`js.search.full_page_title`

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### Author: ![petepan23](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/petepan23/32/161836_2.png) [@petepan23](https://meta.discourse.org/u/petepan23)
#### Post date: [26 במרץ,‏ 2020,‏ 2:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-default-text-in-search-box/145672/3 "2020-03-26T14:08:16Z")

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> [@ondrej](#):
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> `js.search.full_page_title`

Thanks! `full_page_title` is not really the text box, but I found `js.search.title` is exactly what I need.

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### Author: ![ondrej](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ondrej/32/198804_2.png) [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)
#### Post date: [26 במרץ,‏ 2020,‏ 2:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-default-text-in-search-box/145672/4 "2020-03-26T14:14:15Z")

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OK close enough… 🙂

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [2 באפריל,‏ 2024,‏ 12:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-default-text-in-search-box/145672/5 "2024-04-02T00:38:38Z")

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