How to add a searchbox in confluence sidebar?

Matt Lundstrom

Hello. Thanks for reading!

I am trying to add a simple searchbox above the Page Tree in the sidebar when using the confluence default theme. We're already heavily invested in configuring this theme to our liking and this is one of the final steps.

I've modified multiple decorator style layouts inside the Confluence admin area and added #searchbox() (per https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFEAP/Working+With+Decorator+Macros )to multiple lines but never got anything to show except the actual text which was on the page and not the sidebar.

I also opened up and edited a couple .vm files and inserted that same decorator macro as mentioned on the page above (Again - #searchbox()) with no result anywhere. 

Can someone point me in the right direction to throw a simple searchbox at the top of the page tree in the sidebar on the default theme?

Thanks in advance!

 

Taha Khanzada

Go to Page Layout and may be modify this as below

#if( ($mode != "edit" && $mode != "edit-preview" ))
<content tag="ia-sidebar">
	#foreach ($webPanel in $webInterfaceManager.getDisplayableWebPanels("atl.page.left.sidebar", {"page": $confPage, "context": $context}))
	    <br/><br/>
    	$!webPanel.getHtml($action.context)
		<br/><br/>
    #end
	$helper.renderConfluenceMacro("{livesearch:spaceKey=TES|size=medium|placeholder=Search this space}")
</content>
#end