# Search not working

**URL:** <https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/search-not-working/4565>\
**Category:** Meta\
**Created:** [December 18, 2020, 10:48am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/search-not-working/4565 "2020-12-18T10:48:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Steve\_Lambert](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.mopidy.com/steve_lambert/32/1149_2.png) [@Steve\_Lambert](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/Steve_Lambert)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 10:48am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/search-not-working/4565/1 "2020-12-18T10:48:13Z")

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Search facility on this site top bar works, however the search facility offered on the left doesn’t appear to work. It’s the one on a drop down box

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**Author:** ![kingosticks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/858c86/32.png) [@kingosticks](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/kingosticks)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 10:59am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/search-not-working/4565/2 "2020-12-18T10:59:08Z")

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Is it that the one in the drop down box is only searching the category names? e.g. if you search for “ideas” you get one result.

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**Author:** ![kingosticks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/858c86/32.png) [@kingosticks](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/kingosticks)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 11:01am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/search-not-working/4565/3 "2020-12-18T11:01:12Z")

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@jodal I don’t know how discourse layouts work but It wouldn’t be a bad thing to have a massive search box on the landing page just above the page content. Not enough people bother to to search before posting, maybe it would help remind them.

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**Author:** ![Steve\_Lambert](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.mopidy.com/steve_lambert/32/1149_2.png) [@Steve\_Lambert](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/Steve_Lambert)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 12:08pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/search-not-working/4565/4 "2020-12-18T12:08:38Z")

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Yes that’s the one, I don’t usually use it.

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**Author:** ![kingosticks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/858c86/32.png) [@kingosticks](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/kingosticks)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 12:24pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/search-not-working/4565/5 "2020-12-18T12:24:43Z")

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There is [https://meta.discourse.org/t/header-search-box/128547](https://meta.discourse.org/t/header-search-box/128547) but it isn’t quite what I had in mind. I was thinking more like the last post in that thread.

Edit: in fact, more like they have at [https://community.kore.ai/](https://community.kore.ai/)

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**Author:** ![kingosticks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/858c86/32.png) [@kingosticks](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/kingosticks)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 12:45pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/search-not-working/4565/6 "2020-12-18T12:45:44Z")

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This looks perfect! [https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-banner-theme-component/122939](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-banner-theme-component/122939)

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**Author:** ![jodal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.mopidy.com/jodal/32/2651_2.png) [@jodal](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/jodal)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 11:52pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/search-not-working/4565/7 "2026-02-20T23:52:46Z")

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Closed on February 20, 2026, 11:52pm UTC