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title: Customize the standalone search box
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# Customize the standalone search box
When using the Coveo standalone search box in your community, your administrators might want to customize it to fit their needs.
This page explains how to access the options panel and which parameters can be modified.

## Accessing the standalone search box options

. Ensure you've [added a Coveo Community Searchbox](https://docs.coveo.com/en/1218#leverage-the-coveo-standalone-search-box) to your Experience Cloud site.

. In the **Experience Builder**, select the **Coveo Community Searchbox**.

. An option panel should appear, allowing you to modify the Coveo standalone search box options.

![Panel displaying the Coveo Community Searchbox component options | Coveo for Salesforce](https://docs.coveo.com/en/assets/images/coveo-for-salesforce/option-panel.png)

## Modifying the standalone search box options

The Coveo [`StandaloneSearchbox`](https://docs.coveo.com/en/1220/) component offers many options that help you customize your experience.

### Name

The name of the Coveo Search component you want to associate to your search box.

Default value is `communitySearchCoveo`.

> **Note**
>
> It's good practice to use the same `name` value as your [Community Search](https://docs.coveo.com/en/2945/) component.

### Search Hub

The name of the [search hub](https://docs.coveo.com/en/1342/) used for [Coveo Analytics](https://docs.coveo.com/en/182/) reports.

Default value is the same value as `name`.

> **Note**
>
> It's good practice to use the same `searchHub` value as your [Community Search](https://docs.coveo.com/en/2945/) component.

### Placeholder

The placeholder text to put in the search box when no query is entered.

Default value is empty.

### Trigger Query on Clear

Specifies whether to trigger a query when the search box is cleared.

Default value is `true`.

### Enable Query Syntax

Specifies whether special characters should be interpreted as Coveo query syntax (see [Querybox - enableQuerySyntax](https://coveo.github.io/search-ui/components/querybox.html#options.enablequerysyntax)).

Default value is `false`.

### Enable Query Extension Suggest

Specifies whether to enable [Coveo Machine Learning (Coveo ML)](https://docs.coveo.com/en/188/) for query suggestions (see [Omnibox - enableQuerySuggestAddon](https://coveo.github.io/search-ui/components/omnibox.html#options.enablequerysuggestaddon)).

Default value is `true`.

### Search Url

The page where your search box should redirect.

Depending on your Salesforce version, the value should either be:

**Before Winter '18**: `search/all/home/%40uri`

**Winter '18 and up**: `global-search/%40uri`

### Debug

Whether to use the non-minified versions of the different resources.

Default value is `false`.

### Facet value suggestion fields


The specific fields a [Coveo Machine Learning (Coveo ML)](https://docs.coveo.com/en/188/) [Query Suggestion (QS)](https://docs.coveo.com/en/1015/) model uses to scope its suggestions.

**Example**

In your Coveo standalone search box, you want to scope the query suggestions according to the values of the `@filetype` field.
Therefore, you enter `@filetype` in the **Facet value suggestion fields** box.

For more information on facet value suggestions, see:

* [Coveo FacetValueSuggestions Component](https://coveo.github.io/search-ui/components/facetvaluesuggestions.html)

* [Providing facet value suggestions](https://docs.coveo.com/en/340#providing-facet-value-suggestions)

> **Note**
>
> This standalone search box option is only available for Organizations that use the **Coveo Community Searchbox** (see [Additional considerations](#additional-considerations)).

## Additional considerations

If you're using the **Coveo Searchbox** instead of the **Coveo Community Searchbox** (see the note in [Coveo Community Searchbox component](https://docs.coveo.com/en/1218#leverage-the-coveo-standalone-search-box)), the action panel looks like the following:

![Searchbox action panel | Coveo for Salesforce](https://docs.coveo.com/en/assets/images/coveo-for-salesforce/attachments/36641941/37099883.png)

Therefore, you can specify the following options:

* [**Enable query suggest**](#enable-query-suggest)

* [**Enable field suggest**](#enable-field-suggest)

### Enable Query Suggest

Specifies whether to enable [Coveo Machine Learning (Coveo ML)](https://docs.coveo.com/en/188/) for query suggestions (see [Omnibox - enableQuerySuggestAddon](https://coveo.github.io/search-ui/components/omnibox.html#options.enablequerysuggestaddon)).

Default value is `true`.

### Enable Field Suggest

Specifies whether field names should be suggested (see [Omnibox - enableFieldAddon](https://coveo.github.io/search-ui/components/omnibox.html#options.enablefieldaddon)).

> **Note**
>
> If you're using the **Coveo Searchbox** instead of the **Coveo Community Searchbox**, you don't have access to the [**Facet value suggestion fields**](#facet-value-suggestion-fields) option.

## What's next?

You can create a custom standalone search box for your Experience Cloud site (see [Create a custom standalone search box for your Experience Cloud site](https://docs.coveo.com/en/1245/)).