Title: Search Bar Localization
Last modified: March 11, 2019

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# Search Bar Localization

 *  [warsage](https://wordpress.org/support/users/warsage/)
 * (@warsage)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-bar-localization/)
 * My site supports three languages by having several different catalogues, one 
   for each language. But the theme header search text field only searches the catalogue
   on my English catalogue, regardless of the language users have selected. How 
   can I have the search field search the correct language?
 * Failing that, how can I remove the search field?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fsearch-bar-localization%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [etoilewebdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/etoilewebdesign/)
 * (@etoilewebdesign)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-bar-localization/#post-11331310)
 * Hi warsage,
 * Sorry for the late reply. I see you were already able to hide the search bar.
   Unfortunately, there wouldn’t be a way to have it search different catalogues
   based on which language you are in on the site. That’s because it always searches
   the catalogue located at the Catalogue URL that you provide in the settings.
 *  Thread Starter [warsage](https://wordpress.org/support/users/warsage/)
 * (@warsage)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-bar-localization/#post-11331882)
 * Yes, I hid the search bar by applying `display: none` to it. Is there a different
   way to do it?
 * I’d like to suggest adding localized search bars as a feature. I would love to
   be able to use that search bar.
 *  [etoilewebdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/etoilewebdesign/)
 * (@etoilewebdesign)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-bar-localization/#post-11341406)
 * Using `display: none` is perfect.
 * It isn’t really about localizing it. It’s the fact that you’re searching one 
   specific catalog. You have to specify the catalog URL to search. You can’t have
   it search multiple catalogs
 *  Thread Starter [warsage](https://wordpress.org/support/users/warsage/)
 * (@warsage)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-bar-localization/#post-11341417)
 * My question stems from what you said [in this comment](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-make-ultimate-product-catalogue-multilingual/):
 * > we recommend setting up a separate catalogue as well as a separate set of products,
   > categories, tags, custom fields, etc. for each language.
 * I did this for several languages, and it works great overall, but the search 
   bar ignores the currently selected language. I understand _why_ it does this,
   but the behavior seems wrong. It’s incompatible with your advice for dealing 
   with localization.
 * My suggested enhancement is to allow admins to specify which catalogue will be
   searched based on which language is selected.
 * Thanks for your time!
    -  This reply was modified 7 years, 1 month ago by [warsage](https://wordpress.org/support/users/warsage/).

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 * Last reply from: [warsage](https://wordpress.org/support/users/warsage/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-bar-localization/#post-11341417)
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