To control where and how the Advanced Search form appears across the site, go to Theme Options → Search → Advanced Search Display.
These settings are used when the Advanced Search form is enabled to show with the site header or Hero Media area.
Advanced Search Display overview
The Advanced Search Display section controls the visibility and position of the Advanced Search form on pages, properties, taxonomies, and archives.
What this section controls
From this section, you can control:
- Where the Advanced Search form is visible.
- Whether the search form appears before or after the Hero Media.
- Whether the search form floats over the Hero Media.
- Whether the search form becomes sticky while scrolling.
- Whether the search form is open or collapsed by default.
- Whether the preview results box is displayed.
- Whether property categories with no listings are shown in search filters.
Global search visibility
Show Advanced Search?
This option enables or disables the Advanced Search form globally.
- Yes – The Advanced Search form is displayed based on the display rules selected in this section.
- No – The Advanced Search form is hidden globally, unless overridden by page or property settings.
Show Advanced Search in the Property Page?
This option controls whether the Advanced Search form is shown on single property pages.
- Yes – The Advanced Search form can show on property pages.
- No – The Advanced Search form is hidden on property pages.
Show Advanced Search in Taxonomies, Categories, or Archives?
This option controls whether the Advanced Search form is shown on taxonomy, category, and archive pages.
This can apply to:
- Property category pages
- Property action or type pages
- Property city and area pages
- Blog category pages
- Archive pages
Page and property overrides
The global Advanced Search display settings can be overridden for individual pages or properties.
To manage this per page or per property, edit the page or property and check the Appearance Options section.
Put search form before the header media
The option Put Search form before the header media? controls whether the search form appears before or after the Hero Media.
When set to Yes, the search form appears:
- Below the main menu
- Above the Hero Media
When set to No, and Use Float Search Form is also set to No, the search form appears after the Hero Media.
Use float search form
The option Use Float Search Form? makes the Advanced Search form float over the Hero Media.
- Yes – The search form is displayed over the Hero Media.
- No – The search form follows the before or after Hero Media position selected above.
Float search position
When the float search form is enabled, you must define the distance from the top of the browser.
This value controls how low or high the search form appears over the Hero Media.
Use sticky search
The option Use sticky search? controls whether the Advanced Search form becomes sticky while the visitor scrolls.
When enabled, the Advanced Search can replace the sticky header while scrolling.
- Yes – The Advanced Search stays visible while scrolling.
- No – The Advanced Search scrolls normally with the page.
Keep Advanced Search visible
The option Keep Advanced Search visible? controls whether the search form is open by default or collapsed.
This option applies only for search types 1, 3, and 4, and only when the search form is in float position.
- Yes – The Advanced Search form is open by default.
- No – The Advanced Search form is collapsed and can be opened manually.
Preview results box
The option Show preview results box when search is shown in header controls the small result preview message shown near the search form.
This preview can display messages such as:
We found X results.
This option applies only when the search form is displayed in the header area.
Show property categories with 0 properties
The option Show Property Categories with 0 properties? controls whether taxonomy terms with no properties are displayed in search filters.
This applies to:
- Advanced Search filters
- Properties List filters
- Yes – Categories with 0 properties are shown.
- No – Categories with 0 properties are hidden.