How to move the search box into the sidebar?

Hey Flugtraeumer,
To add the search bar to the sidebar please add the following code to functions.php file from Appearance > Editor

add_shortcode('avia_search', 'get_search_form');

Add the following shortcode in a HTML widget

[avia_search]

Best regards,
Mike

Hey,

Please enable debugging mode – https://kriesi.at/documentation/enfold/intro-to-layout-builder/#debug-mode, add your search element to your page and then copy the shortcode from debugging field below Advanced Layout Builder and paste it into HTML widget in Appearance > Widgets

Cheers!
Yigit

Hi,

You also did not say that you have activated it. We cannot just assume that you did and skip that crucial step. Next time, please provide as much information as possible so we would not waste time :)

We released Enfold 4.5.5 yesterday. Please update the theme to the latest version, then go to Enfold theme options > Performance and “Scan Widgets for Theme Shortcodes”.

Best regards,
Yigit

Hi,
Sorry this shortcode doesn’t have options it only calls the WordPress search function get_search_form as seen in the shortcode function:
add_shortcode('avia_search', 'get_search_form');
You can try the many different plugins available or you can review this tutorial to Create a Custom WordPress Search Results Page.
The only easy way I found to limit the search results to the first 8 is to use this function which only shows this first 8 and hides the search results title, pagination and heading.
Try adding this code to the end of your functions.php file in Appearance ▸ Editor:

function limit_search_results() { ?>
    <script>
(function($){
  $('#top.search-results .template-search article').hide();
  $('#top.search-results .title_container').hide();
  $('#top.search-results .template-search .pagination').hide();
  $('#top.search-results .template-search .extra-mini-title').hide();
  $('#top.search-results .template-search article').slice(0, 8).show();
})(jQuery);
</script>
    <?php
}
add_action('wp_footer', 'limit_search_results');

Best regards,
Mike