_Search in Documentation Theme

When using the Documentation theme, the Confluence search offers a few options as described below.

Using the search box at the top right of the page:

• By default, the main Confluence search is configured to search the entire Confluence site.
  • You will see the words 'Search Confluence' in the search box at top right of the page.
  • The Confluence search will look for matches in the entire Confluence site. This is the default behaviour for other themes too.
• A space administrator can configure the Documentation theme to restrict the search to the current space.
  • You will see the words 'Search this space' in the search box at top right of the page.
  • The search will return results from the current space only.
  • You can override the search restriction. Enter 'all:' and your search term to search the entire site. For example, enter the following into the search box at top right of the page to search the entire site for 'technical writing':

    all: technical writing
    

Using the search box in the left-hand panel:

• By default, the Documentation theme's left-hand panel includes a search box. Enter your search term there, to restrict the search to the current space. Specifically, this will search only the pages that are children of the space's home page.
• If your administrator has restricted the main search to the current space, there will not be a search box in the left-hand panel.