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Implement document search in your docs
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Fumadocs UI provides a good-looking search UI for your docs, the search functionality is instead provided and documented on Fumadocs Core.
See Document Search.
Open with ⌘ K or Ctrl K.
You can customize search UI from the Root Provider component in root layout.
When not specified, it uses the Default fetch Search Client powered by Orama.
Add custom link items to search dialog. They are shown as fallbacks when the query is empty.
import { RootProvider } from 'fumadocs-ui/root-provider';
<RootProvider
search={{
links: [
['Home', '/'],
['Docs', '/docs'],
],
}}
>
{children}
</RootProvider>;
To opt-out of document search, disable it from root provider.
import { RootProvider } from 'fumadocs-ui/root-provider';
<RootProvider
search={{
enabled: false,
}}
>
{children}
</RootProvider>;
Customise the hot keys to trigger search dialog.
import { RootProvider } from 'fumadocs-ui/root-provider';
<RootProvider
search={{
hotKey: [
{
display: 'K',
key: 'k', // key code, or a function determining whether the key is pressed
},
],
}}
>
{children}
</RootProvider>;
Add UI to change filters. Make sure to configure Tag Filter on search server first.
import { RootProvider } from 'fumadocs-ui/root-provider';
<RootProvider
search={{
options: {
defaultTag: 'value',
tags: [
{
name: 'Tag Name',
value: 'value',
},
],
},
}}
>
{children}
</RootProvider>;
Pass options to the search client, like changing the API endpoint for Orama search server:
import { RootProvider } from 'fumadocs-ui/root-provider';
<RootProvider
search={{
options: {
api: '/api/search/docs',
},
}}
>
{children}
</RootProvider>;
You can replace the default Search Dialog with:
'use client';
import SearchDialog from 'fumadocs-ui/components/dialog/search-default';
import type { SharedProps } from 'fumadocs-ui/components/dialog/search';
export default function CustomDialog(props: SharedProps) {
// your own logic here
return <SearchDialog {...props} />;
}
To pass it to the Root Provider, you need a wrapper with use client directive.
'use client';
import { RootProvider } from 'fumadocs-ui/provider';
import dynamic from 'next/dynamic';
import type { ReactNode } from 'react';
const SearchDialog = dynamic(() => import('@/components/search')); // lazy load
export function Provider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
return (
<RootProvider
search={{
SearchDialog,
}}
>
{children}
</RootProvider>
);
}
Use it instead of your previous Root Provider
import { Provider } from './provider';
import type { ReactNode } from 'react';
export default function Layout({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
return (
<html lang="en">
<body>
<Provider>{children}</Provider>
</body>
</html>
);
}
For the setup guide, see Integrate Algolia Search.
While generally we recommend building your own search with their client-side SDK, you can also plug the built-in dialog interface.
'use client';
import algo from 'algoliasearch/lite';
import type { SharedProps } from 'fumadocs-ui/components/dialog/search';
import SearchDialog from 'fumadocs-ui/components/dialog/search-algolia';
const client = algo('appId', 'apiKey');
const index = client.initIndex('indexName');
export default function CustomSearchDialog(props: SharedProps) {
return <SearchDialog index={index} {...props} />;
}
Replace appId, apiKey and indexName with your desired values.
Replace the default search dialog with your new component.
Note
The built-in implementation doesn't use instant search (their official javascript client).
Same as default search client, you can configure Tag Filter on the dialog.
import SearchDialog from 'fumadocs-ui/components/dialog/search-algolia';
<SearchDialog
defaultTag="value"
tags={[
{
name: 'Tag Name',
value: 'value',
},
]}
/>;
For the setup guide, see Integrate Orama Cloud.
'use client';
import { OramaClient } from '@oramacloud/client';
import type { SharedProps } from 'fumadocs-ui/components/dialog/search';
import SearchDialog from 'fumadocs-ui/components/dialog/search-orama';
const client = new OramaClient({
endpoint: 'endpoint',
api_key: 'apiKey',
});
export default function CustomSearchDialog(props: SharedProps) {
return <SearchDialog {...props} client={client} showOrama />;
}
endpoint, apiKey with your desired values.A list of integrations maintained by community.
If you want to use the built-in search dialog UI instead of building your own,
you may use the SearchDialog component.
import {
SearchDialog,
type SharedProps,
} from 'fumadocs-ui/components/dialog/search';
export default function CustomSearchDialog(props: SharedProps) {
return <SearchDialog {...props} />;
}
Unstable
It is an internal API, might break during iterations