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---
title: Site Search
description: Learn about Starlights built-in site search features and how to customize them.
tableOfContents:
maxHeadingLevel: 4
---
import { Tabs, TabItem, Steps } from '@astrojs/starlight/components';
By default, Starlight sites include full-text search powered by [Pagefind](https://pagefind.app/), which is a fast and low-bandwidth search tool for static sites.
No configuration is required to enable search. Build and deploy your site, then use the search bar in the site header to find content.
## Hide content in search results
### Exclude a page
To exclude a page from your search index, add [`pagefind: false`](/reference/frontmatter/#pagefind) to the pages frontmatter:
```md title="src/content/docs/not-indexed" ins={3}
---
title: Content to hide from search
pagefind: false
---
```
### Exclude part of a page
Pagefind will ignore content inside an element with the [`data-pagefind-ignore`](https://pagefind.app/docs/indexing/#removing-individual-elements-from-the-index) attribute.
In the following example, the first paragraph will display in search results, but the contents of the `<div>` will not:
```md title="src/content/docs/partially-indexed" ins="data-pagefind-ignore"
---
title: Partially indexed page
---
This text will be discoverable via search.
<div data-pagefind-ignore>
This text will be hidden from search.
</div>
```
## Alternative search providers
### Algolia DocSearch
If you have access to [Algolias DocSearch program](https://docsearch.algolia.com/) and want to use it instead of Pagefind, you can use the official Starlight DocSearch plugin.
<Steps>
1. Install `@astrojs/starlight-docsearch`:
<Tabs syncKey="pkg">
<TabItem label="npm">
```sh
npm install @astrojs/starlight-docsearch
```
</TabItem>
<TabItem label="pnpm">
```sh
pnpm add @astrojs/starlight-docsearch
```
</TabItem>
<TabItem label="Yarn">
```sh
yarn add @astrojs/starlight-docsearch
```
</TabItem>
</Tabs>
2. Add DocSearch to your Starlight [`plugins`](/reference/configuration/#plugins) config in `astro.config.mjs` and pass it your Algolia `appId`, `apiKey`, and `indexName`:
```js ins={4,10-16}
// astro.config.mjs
import { defineConfig } from 'astro/config';
import starlight from '@astrojs/starlight';
import starlightDocSearch from '@astrojs/starlight-docsearch';
export default defineConfig({
integrations: [
starlight({
title: 'Site with DocSearch',
plugins: [
starlightDocSearch({
appId: 'YOUR_APP_ID',
apiKey: 'YOUR_SEARCH_API_KEY',
indexName: 'YOUR_INDEX_NAME',
}),
],
}),
],
});
```
</Steps>
With this updated configuration, the search bar on your site will now open an Algolia modal instead of the default search modal.
#### DocSearch configuration
The Starlight DocSearch plugin supports customizing the DocSearch component with the following inline options:
- `maxResultsPerGroup`: Limit the number of results displayed for each search group. Default is `5`.
- `disableUserPersonalization`: Prevent DocSearch from saving a users recent searches and favorites to local storage. Default is `false`.
- `insights`: Enable the Algolia Insights plugin and send search events to your DocSearch index. Default is `false`.
- `searchParameters`: An object customizing the [Algolia Search Parameters](https://www.algolia.com/doc/api-reference/search-api-parameters/).
##### Additional DocSearch options
A separate configuration file is required to pass function options like `transformItems()` or `resultsFooterComponent()` to the DocSearch component.
<Steps>
1. Create a TypeScript file exporting your DocSearch configuration.
```ts
// src/config/docsearch.ts
import type { DocSearchClientOptions } from '@astrojs/starlight-docsearch';
export default {
appId: 'YOUR_APP_ID',
apiKey: 'YOUR_SEARCH_API_KEY',
indexName: 'YOUR_INDEX_NAME',
getMissingResultsUrl({ query }) {
return `https://github.com/algolia/docsearch/issues/new?title=${query}`;
},
// ...
} satisfies DocSearchClientOptions;
```
2. Pass the path to your configuration file to the Starlight DocSearch plugin in `astro.config.mjs`.
```js {11-13}
// astro.config.mjs
import { defineConfig } from 'astro/config';
import starlight from '@astrojs/starlight';
import starlightDocSearch from '@astrojs/starlight-docsearch';
export default defineConfig({
integrations: [
starlight({
title: 'Site with DocSearch',
plugins: [
starlightDocSearch({
clientOptionsModule: './src/config/docsearch.ts',
}),
],
}),
],
});
```
</Steps>
See the [DocSearch JavaScript client API Reference](https://docsearch.algolia.com/docs/api/) for all supported options.
#### Translating the DocSearch UI
DocSearch only provides English UI strings by default.
Add translations of the modal UI for your language using Starlights built-in [internationalization system](/guides/i18n/#translate-starlights-ui).
<Steps>
1. Extend Starlights `i18n` content collection definition with the DocSearch schema in `src/content.config.ts`:
```js ins={5} ins=/{ extend: .+ }/
// src/content.config.ts
import { defineCollection } from 'astro:content';
import { docsLoader, i18nLoader } from '@astrojs/starlight/loaders';
import { docsSchema, i18nSchema } from '@astrojs/starlight/schema';
import { docSearchI18nSchema } from '@astrojs/starlight-docsearch/schema';
export const collections = {
docs: defineCollection({ loader: docsLoader(), schema: docsSchema() }),
i18n: defineCollection({
loader: i18nLoader(),
schema: i18nSchema({ extend: docSearchI18nSchema() }),
}),
};
```
2. Add translations to your JSON files in `src/content/i18n/`.
These are the English defaults used by DocSearch:
```json title="src/content/i18n/en.json"
{
"docsearch.searchBox.resetButtonTitle": "Clear the query",
"docsearch.searchBox.resetButtonAriaLabel": "Clear the query",
"docsearch.searchBox.cancelButtonText": "Cancel",
"docsearch.searchBox.cancelButtonAriaLabel": "Cancel",
"docsearch.searchBox.searchInputLabel": "Search",
"docsearch.startScreen.recentSearchesTitle": "Recent",
"docsearch.startScreen.noRecentSearchesText": "No recent searches",
"docsearch.startScreen.saveRecentSearchButtonTitle": "Save this search",
"docsearch.startScreen.removeRecentSearchButtonTitle": "Remove this search from history",
"docsearch.startScreen.favoriteSearchesTitle": "Favorite",
"docsearch.startScreen.removeFavoriteSearchButtonTitle": "Remove this search from favorites",
"docsearch.errorScreen.titleText": "Unable to fetch results",
"docsearch.errorScreen.helpText": "You might want to check your network connection.",
"docsearch.footer.selectText": "to select",
"docsearch.footer.selectKeyAriaLabel": "Enter key",
"docsearch.footer.navigateText": "to navigate",
"docsearch.footer.navigateUpKeyAriaLabel": "Arrow up",
"docsearch.footer.navigateDownKeyAriaLabel": "Arrow down",
"docsearch.footer.closeText": "to close",
"docsearch.footer.closeKeyAriaLabel": "Escape key",
"docsearch.footer.searchByText": "Search by",
"docsearch.noResultsScreen.noResultsText": "No results for",
"docsearch.noResultsScreen.suggestedQueryText": "Try searching for",
"docsearch.noResultsScreen.reportMissingResultsText": "Believe this query should return results?",
"docsearch.noResultsScreen.reportMissingResultsLinkText": "Let us know."
}
```
</Steps>