# Search Suggestions

# Summary

Enter Search Suggestions which will display to the customer when they make a search on the website.

<p class="callout info">For optimal function, use this in conjunction with [Search Overrides](https://bookstack.iconography.co.uk/books/search-overrides "Search Overrides").</p>

### Setup

#### Search Phrase

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-field-purpose-search" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;"><colgroup><col style="width: 50%;"></col><col style="width: 50%;"></col></colgroup><thead><tr><td>Field</td><td>Purpose</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Search phrase</td><td>*The string searched for by the customer*</td></tr><tr><td>Synonyms</td><td>*Words that products are named instead of the search phrase, comma separated, e.g. "tv unit, tv cabinet" for "tv stand"*

*When synonyms are searched for, site search will treat the search as for the primary Search Phrase*

</td></tr><tr><td>Use synonyms</td><td>*Toggle to yes to enable synonyms*</td></tr></tbody></table>

#### Default suggestion

These fields are optional - if left blank, Search Suggestions will solely be used for synonyms.

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-field-purpose-search-1" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;"><colgroup><col style="width: 50%;"></col><col style="width: 50%;"></col></colgroup><thead><tr><td>Field</td><td>Purpose</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Search title</td><td>*Primary label, displays to the customer*</td></tr><tr><td>Search sumamry</td><td>*Secondary label, displays to the customer*</td></tr><tr><td>Image</td><td>*Image that appears in the Search Recommendations drop down*</td></tr><tr><td>Use as default suggestion</td><td>*If toggled to 'yes' will show as a drop down when site search is used*</td></tr></tbody></table>

##### How it displays

These will appear when a user clicks into the search bar.

[![image.png](https://bookstack.iconography.co.uk/uploads/images/gallery/2025-10/scaled-1680-/tViimage.png)](https://bookstack.iconography.co.uk/uploads/images/gallery/2025-10/tViimage.png)