Title: SEARCH BOX
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# SEARCH BOX

 *  [ankith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ankith/)
 * (@ankith)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-box-38/)
 * I have question.
 * I have a searchbox in the header part of my website [http://www.civilbuddy.com](http://www.civilbuddy.com).
   I want to edit it, I mean to say I want to change it colour, its text from search
   to something else. How can I do it?

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 *  [ikaring](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ikaring/)
 * (@ikaring)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-box-38/#post-6737197)
 * First of all, it is recommended to use child theme, before customizing themes.
   
   [http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes)
 * As for “search” text, look for header.php for the following:
    `<input type="search"
   class="search-field" placeholder="Search …" value="" name="s" title="Search for:"
   >` Placeholder attribute is what you are looking for.
 * As for colors, it is in site-banner.css.
 * It is good to use Chrome developer tool for finding which styles to change.

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