Search bar color is not matching theme settings

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Topic summary

A Shopify store owner encountered visibility issues with their search bar due to incorrect color settings that didn’t match their theme.

Initial Problem:

  • Search bar was invisible against the background
  • User identified the issue but couldn’t locate the source code or fix

Solution Process:

The fix required adding custom CSS to the base.css file in the theme’s Assets folder:

  1. Search bar transparency: Added code to make the input field background transparent
  2. Search results background: Initially remained black, requiring additional CSS targeting div#predictive-search-results with white background color and !important flag

Final Resolution:

  • Multiple CSS snippets were tested before finding the working solution
  • The issue was resolved by modifying background colors for both the search input field and predictive search results container
  • Another user confirmed experiencing the same issue and shared their fix using Custom CSS in the Search Section of the Search Template

Technical Details:
All solutions involved navigating to Themes → Edit Code → Assets → base.css and adding CSS rules at the bottom of the file, with some requiring !important declarations to override existing styles.

Summarized with AI on November 7. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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Try this one. Again Same Instruction.

div#predictive-search-results {   
background: white !important;
}

And Save.

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