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title: Coveo Share Query
slug: '3061'
canonical_url: https://docs.coveo.com/en/3061/
collection: coveo-for-sitecore-v5
source_format: adoc
---
# Coveo Share Query
> **Legacy feature**
>
> The Coveo Hive Framework is now in maintenance mode and is no longer recommended for new implementations.
> 
> To build new search experiences, use one of Coveo's more modern, lightweight, and responsive libraries.
> To get started, see the [Build search](https://docs.coveo.com/en/2473/) article.

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![Share Query Menu Option | Coveo for Sitecore 5](c4sc-v5/share-query-menu-option.png)
Implements the [Coveo JavaScript Search Framework](https://docs.coveo.com/en/187/) [ShareQuery](https://coveo.github.io/search-ui/components/sharequery.html) component which populates the [Settings popup menu](https://coveo.github.io/search-ui/components/settings.html) with a **Share Query** menu item.

Selecting the **Share Query** menu item allows a user to share the URL of the current search interface and the current complete query, which another user may paste directly in their searchbox.
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## Usage notes

* In the **Share Query** modal, the value in the **Complete query** field represents the combined query expression (`((q AND aq) OR dq) AND cq`).
When this combined query expression is pasted into a search box, it becomes the [basic query expression (`q`)](https://docs.coveo.com/en/178/) of the new search query (see [About the query expression](https://docs.coveo.com/en/2830/)).

* For combined query expressions pasted in a search box to be interpreted correctly, the `Enable query syntax` option in the search box data source must be set to `Enabled`.

## Insertion location


<div>
<h3>Coveo Hive</h3>
  <p>The <strong>Coveo Share Query</strong> rendering is an Allowed Control in the following placeholder(s): <code class="highlighter-rouge">Searchbox Options</code></p>
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</video>
  <div class="figure-caption">Example insertion sequence for the <strong>Coveo Share Query</strong> rendering.
  </div>
</div>
<div>
<h3>Coveo Hive SXA</h3>
  <p>Coveo for Sitecore SXA rendering insertion locations aren't limited by placeholder Allowed Controls. The <strong>Coveo Share Query</strong> rendering may therefore be inserted throughout the partial design, whether in Coveo for Sitecore or Sitecore placeholders.</p>
  <p>To ease rendering management, group <strong>Coveo Advanced Search</strong>, <strong>Coveo Export To Excel</strong>, <strong>Coveo Preferences Panel</strong> and <strong>Coveo Share Query</strong> renderings together near your <strong>Coveo Settings Button</strong> rendering.</p>
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</video>
  <div class="figure-caption">Example insertion sequence for the <strong>Coveo Share Query</strong> rendering.
  </div>
</div>

## Data source options

The following table lists the available data source options for this rendering.

This rendering has no data source.

## Sample generated HTML and corresponding visual output

**Generated HTML**:

```html
<div class="CoveoShareQuery">
</div>
```

**User search**:

A website visitor performs a query using the terms `west lake` in the search box.

![Search on west lake](https://docs.coveo.com/en/assets/images/c4sc-v5/query-on-west-lake.png)

**Displayed Share Query modal**:

The visitor then selects the **Share Query** option in the Settings popup menu.

![Share Query Modal | Coveo for Sitecore 5](https://docs.coveo.com/en/assets/images/c4sc-v5/share-query-modal.png)