Changing translation text in Search Banner

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In a support thread titled ‘Changing translation text in Search Banner,’ user Honeyxilia seeks help removing or customizing the text in the search banner component, preferring the basic search bar layout over the wide div-style bar. They note that blanking text fields doesn’t work due to their forum’s non-English (French/German) locale. Heliosurge guides them to the Admin Panel > Customize > Component, pointing to the ‘Discourse search banner’ settings and highlighting the ‘Big Style no Text’ option in the Style section as shown in screenshots. Honeyxilia confirms trying this but still sees original text, reiterating preference for the smaller search bar. Heliosurge clarifies that selecting ‘Special Style’ with ‘Big Search no Text’ yields a cleaner result, and suggests simplifying text to one line per field or switching to an alternative component: Header Search Theme Component. In a follow-up, Heliosurge confirms that blanking text fields does work — but only if each field is saved using the green checkmark, as shown in screenshots. The thread resolves with visual confirmation that removing text successfully reverts the banner to a minimal search bar.

Hello, I’ve just installed the component - However, I can’t seem to find where to change the text in the settings… I’d like to remove it to leave the basic layout search bar, and i’m not a fan of the main-container wide search bar with no text !

Ty :purple_heart:

Goto admin Panel Customize choose Component where you installed it. Scroll down to Discourse search banner select it and scroll down near bottom see pics.

The Style section above marked text also has a Big Style no Text Option

hi, thank you for the answer !

Unfortunaly, I have tried to remove the text there, however as our forum is not in english, but in french/german, removing this text just results in the original text still showing up…
Also, I’m more fan of the basic style of the search bar, and not so much of the div-wide search bar :confused:

maybe i can change it in the text translations however !

Click on Special Style. There is an option there Big Search no Texf

Result (Edit didn’t Notice yoy mentioned preferring smaller bar.)

You could simplify the Text to 1 Line each maybe.

Or as per Op post there is also this component.

I just tried with blanking text fields. It works. Be sure to save each field by the green checkmark.

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