Removing Searchbar from Search Results Page in Handlebars

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Hi team, I’m testing the functionality of removing the search bar from certain verticals on an iFramed search results page. I’ve commented out
{{> templates/universal-standard/script/searchbar }}
and
{{> templates/universal-standard/markup/searchbar }}
from certain [pages].html.hbs files, and although this successfully removes the search bar, what I’m seeing is that verticals without the search bar don’t seem to send a query. This is true despite the fact that when I submit a query in a vertical with the search bar, then click to a vertical without a search bar, the URL param query=[query] is maintained. The networks tab of Chrome DevTools confirms that no query is actually being sent.

I know there are other ways to accomplish this functionality with the React Component Library, but is it possible to eliminate a search bar on certain verticals using Handlebars?

Thanks for your help!

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Hi Jacob, I think the issue here is that the SearchBar is the component that actually fires the request, so if you comment it out I think that the request never gets sent.

I think you’d probably have an easier time accomplishing this in the React Component Library.

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Hi Max, thanks for your response! I agree that the React Component Library would be the most straightforward way of accomplishing the desired functionality. However, there’s already a search results page built in our code editor and I do not believe the client is a React developer. I’ve provided React documentation and recommended implementing a VerticalResults React component, but I’m wondering if there’s a way to accomplish this in Handlebars.

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Jacob,

I am working on a project with a similar design. Did you find a solution using just Handlebars, or did you need to React to solve your requirement?