Place a Placeholder in search box on the top

Hi Olivier,

the link you have provided does not work, can you edit the original topic and provide a working one?

Hi David,
It's OK now ?
Thank you

Hi Olivier its not the URL doesn't look correct its just dev.dev

^^ My site is on development... no access directly

What is it you are trying to do? Is it adding a Placeholder? Or Filtering the Search?

No just adding a Placeholder in the search bar, a text : "Que cherchez-vous ?"

Ok, so the code should look like this:

add_filter( 'generate_navigation_search_output', 'tu_navigation_search_placeholder' );
function tu_navigation_search_placeholder() {
	printf( 
		'<form method="get" class="search-form navigation-search" action="%1$s">
			<input type="search" placeholder="Que cherchez-vous ?" class="search-field" value="%2$s" name="s" title="%3$s" />
		</form>',
		esc_url( home_url( '/' ) ),
		esc_attr( get_search_query() ),
		esc_attr_x( 'Search', 'label', 'generatepress' )
	);
}

You can add this to your child theme functions or use the Code Snippets Plugin link provided in here:

https://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-php/

Add the code (and activate if using the plugin).

If it still isn't showing then can your use the Browser Inspector on the search bar when its open and inspect the code in the console. And see whether the placeholder is correct?

I added the code in Functions.php but it does not work.

https://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2018/26/2/1530011838-sans-titre-2.png

hmm it's difficult to assess without access to the site. Could you try adding the code using the Code Snippets plugin?

Hum OK
I can give you an access if you want because I limit the plugins :)
Give me your email or other.

You can send login details via the account issue form here:

https://generatepress.com/contact/

Please add a link to this post in the details

David it's work !

I must use the Editor in WordPress to modify the Functions.php, if I use the FTP and Notepad++ and save it, it's don't work. I don't know why... maybe caracters invisible...

Hi Olivier,

glad to hear that, but unless you are using a child theme then it not recommended to directly edit the Function files, any changes will be lost when the theme is updated.

The Code Snippets plugin is really good, many GP users including myself use this for a lot of builds.

I use only child theme for all sites :)
Ok for the plugin :)

Thank you very much David