SharePoint Search Server 2010 Missing Small Search Input Box

Question

This is our production SharePoint site missing the Small Search Input Box 

This is our Test SharePoint site that was restored with a cab backup from the production site including the Small Search Input Box

I've compared the following files between the production site and test site and each one was identical: default.master, v4.master, minimal.master, peoplesearchresults.aspx, searchmain.aspx, searchresults.aspx

Also I confirmed that the Search Service was running on the production site and that the following code existed in the default.master page

<td style="padding-" valign="top">

               <asp:contentplaceholder id="PlaceHolderSearchArea" runat="server">
                <SharePoint:DelegateControl runat="server" ControlId="SmallSearchInputBox"/>
                 </asp:contentplaceholder>

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/sk/sharepointsearch/thread/b2d028ab-ea52-4a30-bcd1-9861b9bd21b6

I've followed many proposed solutions from many sites, but can't find a solution that works for me.

Please SharePoint Gurus' help me find my solution! :-)

Answer 1

Hello,

can you please check by right click on the page in the browser and check the view source , your search box control appearing or not in the view source ?

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Hiren Patel

Answer 2

This is the code that I captured by right-clicking on the area where the Small Search Input Box should be located in the TopNavigationMenu and inspecting it.

<div id="zz15_TopNavigationMenuV4" class="s4-tn"> <div class="menu horizontal menu-horizontal"> <ul class="root static"> <li class="static selected"><a class="static selected menu-item" href="/" accesskey="1"><span class="additional-background"><span class="menu-item-text">Home</span><span class="ms-hidden">Currently selected</span></span></a></li><li class="static"><a class="static menu-item" href="/hr/Benefits/Home.aspx"><span class="additional-background"><span class="menu-item-text">Human Resources</span></span></a></li><li class="static"><a class="static menu-item" href="/apcommittee/"><span class="additional-background"><span class="menu-item-text">Appreciation Committee</span></span></a></li><li class="static"><a class="static menu-item" href="/ProductDevelopment/"><span class="additional-background"><span class="menu-item-text">Product Development</span></span></a></li><li class="static"><a class="static menu-item" href="/it/"><span class="additional-background"><span class="menu-item-text">IT</span></span></a></li><li class="static"><a class="static menu-item" href="/sales/"><span class="additional-background"><span class="menu-item-text">Sales</span></span></a></li><li class="static"><a class="static menu-item" href="/search/default.aspx"><span class="additional-background"><span class="menu-item-text">Search</span></span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div>

Answer 3

Here is what the code should appear as if the Small Search Input Box existed on the production site ( this is from our test site):

<table class="ms-sbtable ms-sbtable-ex s4-search" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tbody><tr class="ms-sbrow"> <td class="ms-sbscopes ms-sbcell"><select name="ctl00$PlaceHolderSearchArea$ctl01$SBScopesDDL" id="ctl00_PlaceHolderSearchArea_ctl01_SBScopesDDL" title="Search Scope" class="ms-sbscopes"> <option value="This Site">This Site: Home Page</option> <option selected="selected" value="">All Sites</option> </select></td><td class="ms-sbcell"><input name="InputKeywords" type="text" maxlength="200" id="ctl00_PlaceHolderSearchArea_ctl01_S3031AEBB_InputKeywords" accesskey="S" title="Search..." class="ms-sbplain" alt="Search..." onkeypress="javascript: return S3031AEBB_OSBEK(event);" style="width:170px;"></td><td class="ms-sbgo ms-sbcell"><a id="ctl00_PlaceHolderSearchArea_ctl01_S3031AEBB_go" title="Search" href="javascript:S3031AEBB_Submit()"><img title="Search" onmouseover="this.src='\u002f_layouts\u002fimages\u002fgosearchhover15.png'" onmouseout="this.src='\u002f_layouts\u002fimages\u002fgosearch15.png'" class="srch-gosearchimg" alt="Search" src="/_layouts/images/gosearch15.png" style="border-width:0px;"></a></td><td class="ms-sbLastcell"></td> </tr> </tbody></table>

Answer 4

Status update: Finally! I made progress! 

If I change the Site Collection Search Center to "Do not use custom scopes. Use only contextual scopes" the Small Input Search Box re-appears! At least now I know that this problem shouldn't be the cause of context errors in my master files. It appears this behavior is expected OOB in SharePoint Search Server.

Answer 5

More info when changing the Site Collection Search Center to "Do not use custom scopes.":

On the production site, the search box appears, but the drop down menu does not. 

When I apply the same settings on the test site, both the drop down and the search box appears. Both sites have the same display scopes setup.

Production Site:

Test Site: