Adding a search function when using Enfold side menu as main menu

i just switched my layout to left main menu – and i found a hook we can use for that in helper-main-menu.php

this to child-theme functions.php

add_filter( 'ava_inside_main_menu', 'avia_append_search_nav_mod');
function avia_append_search_nav_mod()
{
          global $avia_config;
          ob_start();
          get_search_form();
          $form =  htmlspecialchars(ob_get_clean()) ;
          $items .= '<div id="menu-item-search">
              		<a href="?s=" data-avia-search-tooltip="'.$form.'" '.av_icon_string('search').'><span class="avia_hidden_link_text">'.__('Search','avia_framework').'</span></a>
                 	</div>';
    echo $items;
}

and that to quick css ( play a bit with the values):

#top #menu-item-search {
    margin-left: 15%;
    width: 70%;
    z-index: 100;
}

.avia-search-tooltip.avia-tt {
    left: 110px !important;
    position: relative;
    top: 5px !important;
}

.avia-search-tooltip .avia-arrow-wrap {
    left: 20px !important;
right: inherit
}

looks this way – click to enlarge:

• This reply was modified 7 years, 3 months ago by Guenni007.

ok – i think this is the propper version of doing it:

this to funktions.php of your child-theme:

add_filter( 'wp_nav_menu_items', 'avia_append_search_nav', 10, 2 );
function avia_append_search_nav ( $items, $args )
{
		if ((is_object($args) && $args->theme_location == 'avia') || (is_string($args) && $args = "fallback_menu"))
	    {
	        global $avia_config;
	        ob_start();
	        get_search_form();
	        $form =  htmlspecialchars(ob_get_clean()) ;

	        $items .= '<li id="menu-item-search" class="noMobile menu-item menu-item-search-dropdown menu-item-avia-special">
							<a href="?s=" data-avia-search-tooltip="'.$form.'" '.av_icon_string('search').'><span class="avia_hidden_link_text">'.__('Search','avia_framework').'</span></a>
	        		   </li>';
	    }
	    return $items;
}

if you like you can style it afterwards with quick css !

and !!! you have to unstick the “Sticky Sidebar menu” – because the ajax searchresult preview is sometimes longer – so you have to be able to scroll down