how to fix this search bar?

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Topic summary

A user seeks to enable collection-based search functionality on their Shopify store (redpandaoutdoor.in). Currently, when searching for collection names, the desired collections don’t appear in results, and clicking “Enter” doesn’t display collection products.

Core Issue:

  • Shopify’s standard search doesn’t natively support collection-type results
  • The search drawer uses predictive-search for suggestions, not comprehensive search results
  • Products within collections also aren’t appearing in relevant searches

Proposed Solutions:

  1. Install a dedicated search app (like Shopify’s Search & Discovery app) that supports collection searching
  2. Implement custom theme modifications to check and display collections when their products appear in results

Current Status:
The discussion remains open, with the original poster requesting specific app recommendations to resolve the search functionality gap.

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Hi @Emiway collections are not a type for the standard search form.

https://shopify.dev/docs/storefronts/themes/navigation-search/search#query-parameters

and the products themselves do not show up for the relevant search as well.

For searching collections that would require either:

  1. search-apps with that behavior
  2. or since you only a handful of collection a theme customization that when products are returned the collections those products are in are checked and displayed.

the drawer is using a predictive-search component to get suggestions and not just search

https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/online-store/storefront-search/predictive-search

https://shopify.dev/docs/api/ajax/reference/predictive-search

https://shopify.dev/docs/storefronts/themes/navigation-search/search/predictive-search

Search page uses a different system for queried and rendered results

https://shopify.dev/docs/storefronts/themes/navigation-search/search

If using a search app like shopifys search-and-discovery app it may need configuration.
https://apps.shopify.com/search-and-discovery

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