Remove / replace quick search from menu in Confluence 5.1

Question

I want to remove the quick search macro in the menu header and replace it with my own macro.  In Confluence 2.X-4.X this was pretty easy to do . .  hide #quicksearch_macro and replace it with my own using $helper.render("{mymacro}"), which I could do by editing the site layout.

To do this in 5.x I have to do this by editing decorators/include/aui-header-secondary.vm . . .

###     * #auiQuickSearch($isSpaceSearchEnabled, $spaceKey)

* $helper.renderConfluenceMacro("{mymacro}")

Is there a way I can do this in the admin panel?

Nathan Dunn2 · Answer

No, I never got a response.   The "best" solution would be to load your macro on the page and then move it into position use JavaScript, removing the old "Search" plugin in the process.

Feels a bit hacky, but in theory should work.

https://bitbucket.org/ndunn/favorites-extension/src/806258054e7ce10fb16179e30ad73756b2a761f7/src/main/resources/org/precog/favorites/movelabels.vm?at=default

Alex Holtz · Answer

Did you ever figure this out, Nathan? I find myself needing to do the same thing while upgrading our 3.5.x site to 5.4.x.