Advanced Search

Common Configurations

Copy these ready-to-use configurations:

Recent Updates

• Fixed: all four result templates (Card, Classic List, List, Table) now honour the Open in New Tab toggle and add data-interception="off", so SharePoint's link interceptor no longer hijacks navigation from search results.
• New: Date Field control under Result Display → Show Result Published lets authors choose which managed property's date drives the displayed published date (Auto/Created, Created, Last Modified, or Write).
• New: Classic result template with rich metadata (category, views, tags, thumbnail, author, likes & comments, published date) — now the default view.
• New: inline filter row above results — Content Type (multi-select), Author, Date, and Tags text fields.
• New: Sort dropdown — Relevance, Most Recent, or Most Viewed.
• New: typeahead suggestions — live result previews after 2+ characters, powered by the SharePoint Search query API (not the legacy suggestions endpoint).
• New: sub-site scoping with auto-detect toggle (limits search to the current site).
• New: Content Type picker in the property pane — select content types and assign friendly labels for end-user filters.
• New: page exclusions by URL or GUID (exclude specific pages from results).
• New: prefix/wildcard search for partial matching (e.g., "comm" matches "communication").
• New: per-field result card toggles — hide category, views, tags, URL, thumbnail, author, likes/comments, or published date individually.
• Improved: property pane reorganized into two pages with collapsible accordion sections.

Sub-site Scoping

An auto-detect toggle scopes search results to the current site. When turned off, a manual scope field lets you enter a specific path. The scope is applied as a Path: KQL filter and also narrows typeahead suggestions.

Content Type Filters

Admins can select which content types appear in the end-user filter dropdown using a visual picker in the property pane (the contentTypeChoices property). Each content type can be given a friendly label (e.g., "Documents" instead of "STS_ListItem_DocumentLibrary"). End users see a multi-select dropdown in the inline filter row for narrowing results. This is separate from the allowedContentTypesproperty, which restricts which values appear inside the Content Type refiner in the side panel.

Inline Filters & Sort

A filter row sits directly above the results and exposes quick filters without opening the refinement panel: a multi-select Content Type dropdown (populated from your configured content type choices), an Author text field (prefix-matched), a Date picker (matched on LastModifiedTime for that day), and a Tags text field (comma- or semicolon-separated, matched against Tags andowstaxidmetadataalltagsinfo). A separate Sort dropdown offers Relevance, Most Recent, or Most Viewed ordering (recent and views are applied client-side).

Result Templates

Four built-in templates render the result list. Classic (default) shows a rich card per result with category label, view count, title, description, URL, tags, author/published date, and likes/comments, plus an optional thumbnail. List is a compact list with a file-type icon, title, description, author and date. Cards is a grid of tiles showing file-type badge, title, short description, author and date. Table renders Name, Type, Author and Published columns. The Show View Switcher toggle lets end users switch between these at runtime.

Page Exclusions

Exclude specific pages from search results by entering URLs or GUIDs. URL-based exclusions useNOT Path: KQL filters; GUID-based exclusions are applied client-side after results are returned (matched against DocId / UniqueId).

Best Practices

Reference

Technical details for developers and advanced users.

Consolidated Components

Advanced Search consolidates functionality from two legacy Bonzai components:

Property Pane Configuration

Title & Branding

Search Scope

Refiners Configuration

Content Type Configuration

Filter Restrictions

Page Exclusions

Display Settings

Result Card Details

These toggles control which metadata appears on each search result. The showResultCategory,showResultViews, showResultTags, showResultUrl,showResultThumbnail, and showResultLikesComments fields are only rendered by the Classic template; the other templates display a subset.

Appearance

Features Checklist

• ✅ Search input box with prefix/wildcard matching (auto-appends * for simple queries)
• ✅ Typeahead — live result suggestions after 2+ characters, debounced 200 ms
• ✅ Inline filter row — Content Type (multi-select), Author, Date, Tags
• ✅ Sort dropdown — Relevance, Most Recent, Most Viewed
• ✅ Refinement sidebar — multi-select filters with value counts, expand/collapse, show more/less
• ✅ Clear all filters button
• ✅ Four result templates — Classic (default, rich metadata), List, Cards, Table
• ✅ Per-field toggles for category, views, tags, URL, thumbnail, author, likes/comments, published date
• ✅ Pagination (Previous / Next with page count)
• ✅ Sub-site scoping with auto-detect toggle or manual path
• ✅ Content type picker with friendly labels (contentTypeChoices)
• ✅ Allowed content type / file type restrictions on refiner values
• ✅ Page exclusions by URL (NOT Path:) or GUID (client-side)
• ✅ Optional result source ID (GUID) and show-more footer link
• ✅ Chrome options (None / Title Only / Border Only / Title and Border) and fixed height
• ✅ Property pane organized into two pages with collapsible accordion groups

Implementation Changes

Migration Benefits

1. Flexibility: Can be placed on any Modern page
2. No Master Page: Works without customization
3. Unified Experience: Single web part for complete search
4. Property Pane: No Brick login required for configuration
5. Real-time Preview: See changes immediately while editing