Search not appearing on public portal

[tcorniels]

We are creating a public-facing portal that we do not want users to have to have an account to view anything on.  We have been able to get the main portal page and links working, but we cannot get search to work.  We have confirmed that the knowledge base, main page, search widget, etc. are all set to public and have no roles required for viewing.  The actual search widget title appears, but the field to enter search criteria into does not.  Not sure what else we should be checking.

[James Chun]

Hey @tcorniels,

Do you mind sharing the screenshot of the issue? I am guessing the search box is missing but wanted to make sure.

Can you also share which widget you are using?

Does it work for non-public (i.e. internal employee) users?

Cheers

[tcorniels]

Here is the main public portal page.  If a user logs in they get the search box.

Attached is the code from the widget:

[James Chun · Accepted solution]

Thanks, you will see that the widget invokes another widget in this line of code:

data.typeAheadSearch = $sp.getWidget('typeahead-search', options.typeahead_search);

When I checked my PDI, the typeahed-search portal widget was not set to public.

That's probably why non-authenticated users cannot see the search box.

Cheers