SimpleSearch Required Field

[chrisandy]

I’ve got a feeling this is a silly question but is there a way to make the ‘keyword’ field in SimpleSearch required? i.e. it shouldn’t be blank.

[halftrainedharry]

What exactly do you mean by “‘keyword’ field”?

If you mean the input field for the search value in the form, then you probably can add required to the <input>-tag in the chunk SearchForm.

[chrisandy]

Sorry, the search input field

[halftrainedharry]

The required attribute should ensure, that the form isn’t sent without a search value.

<form class="simplesearch-search-form" action="[[~[[+landing]]]]" method="[[+method]]">
        ...
        <input type="text" name="[[+searchIndex]]" id="[[+searchIndex]]" value="[[+searchValue]]" required />
        ...
</form>

[chrisandy]

Thank you - client is requesting it but it just seems a bit silly to me.