# Search panel on a private not logged in forum

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-panel-on-a-private-not-logged-in-forum/55722>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [January 13, 2017, 7:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-panel-on-a-private-not-logged-in-forum/55722 "2017-01-13T19:56:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![intagger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3bc359/32.png) [@intagger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/intagger)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 7:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-panel-on-a-private-not-logged-in-forum/55722/1 "2017-01-13T19:56:12Z")

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Why there is a search panel on a private not logged in forum?  
I think the search button should not be displayed in this case.

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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 7:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-panel-on-a-private-not-logged-in-forum/55722/2 "2017-01-13T19:57:43Z")

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Not a bad idea, if someone wants to create a community PR to change that.

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**Author:** ![intagger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3bc359/32.png) [@intagger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/intagger)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 8:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-panel-on-a-private-not-logged-in-forum/55722/3 "2017-01-13T20:14:58Z")

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Also no need in the triple-lines button, there is no any menu on click.

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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-panel-on-a-private-not-logged-in-forum/55722/4 "2017-01-13T20:56:30Z")

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You make another good point.. here’s a login required site. @neil can you add this to your list?

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/c/5/c59409135436bc56e52e64f3a01f2e0697c26f9e.png)

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**Author:** ![neil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/neil/32/102150_2.png) [@neil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neil)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2017, 7:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-panel-on-a-private-not-logged-in-forum/55722/5 "2017-05-08T19:27:27Z")

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Both the search button and hamburger were removed on login-required sites a while ago.