WooCommerce module

Product Search block

A WooCommerce product search box with an optional category dropdown.

Overview

Product Search is a search field that searches only your products and shows WooCommerce’s search results. An optional category dropdown lets shoppers search within one department.

At a glance

Block name: wpbb/product-search
Module: WooCommerce
Find it by searching: Product Search
Requires: WooCommerce installed and active
Works with: WooCommerce must be installed and active. The WooCommerce module only appears when it is.
Loads JavaScript on the site: No

When and why to use it

Shop headers.
Hero search on store homepages.

Example scenarios

Header: Pill shape, icon button, category dropdown on.

How to add the Product Search block

Open the editor. In your WordPress dashboard go to Pages (or Posts) and click the page you want to edit, or click Add New. For headers, footers and templates, use Appearance → Editor (block themes).
Add a new block. Click the blue + (Block Inserter) button in the top-left corner, or the small + that appears where you want the block. You can also type / on an empty line.
Search for the block. Type Product Search in the search field. Brigade Blocks appear in the Brigade Blocks category and show the coral block icon.
Insert it. Click Product Search in the results. The block appears with a search field with an icon button.
Configure the content. Edit the text directly on the block, then open the Settings tab (gear icon) in the right-hand sidebar for the options described below. If the sidebar is hidden, click the gear icon in the top-right corner.
Customise the design. Switch to the Styles tab (half-filled circle icon) to change colours, spacing, borders and more — see Design & styling.
Save or publish. Click Save draft to keep working later, Preview to check it, or Publish / Update to make it live.

Content settings

You set up this block in two places: on the block itself in the editor, and in the Settings tab (gear icon) of the sidebar on the right. Every option is listed below, with its default value.

Settings panel: Search

Label

What it does: A visible label above the field.
What to enter or choose: Text, or empty to hide it.
Default: Empty
How to use it: Type into the text field. Changes appear in the preview right away.
When to use it: Optional.
Example: “Find a product”.
Result: When empty, screen readers still get “Search products”.

Placeholder

What it does: Hint text inside the field.
What to enter or choose: Text, or empty for “Search products…”.
Default: Empty
How to use it: Type into the text field. Changes appear in the preview right away.
When to use it: Optional.
Example: “Search 2,000 products…”.
Result: Shown in the empty field.

Button

What it does: Search icon or a text button.
What to enter or choose: One of: Icon, Text.
Default: Icon
How to use it: Open the dropdown and pick an option.
When to use it: Icon saves space.
Example: Icon.
Result: The icon button has an accessible name.

Button text (with Icon: “Button label (for screen readers)”)

What it does: The text of a Text button, or the name screen readers announce for the Icon button.
What to enter or choose: Text, or empty for “Search”.
Default: Empty
How to use it: Type into the text field. Changes appear in the preview right away.
When to use it: Optional.
Example: “Go”.
Result: Shown on text buttons.

Shape

What it does: Corner style.
What to enter or choose: One of: Rounded, Pill, Square.
Default: Rounded
How to use it: Click one of the buttons in the group.
When to use it: Match your buttons.
Example: Pill.
Result: The field changes shape.

Design & styling

Select the block, open the Styles tab in the settings sidebar (the half-filled circle icon next to the gear) and use the three pickers at the top of the Style panel:

Element — which part of the block to style.
State — Normal, or a state such as Hover (only the states the part supports are offered).
Device — Desktop, Tablet or Mobile, for values that can differ per screen size.

Only panels that make sense for the chosen part and state are shown. The full meaning of every control is in the Styling Controls guide; below is exactly what Product Search offers.

Element: Field selected first

The search field. Focus state (while typing).

Styles-tab controls for “Field”
Panel	Control	Per device	Available in states
Typography	Font family	—	Normal
	Font size	Yes	Normal
	Weight	—	Normal
	Style	—	Normal
	Line height	Yes	Normal
	Letter spacing	Yes	Normal
	Letter case	—	Normal
	Alignment	Yes	Normal
	Decoration	—	Normal, Focus
Colors	Text	—	Normal, Focus
Background	Type	—	Normal, Focus
	Color / Gradient	—	Normal, Focus
	Image	—	Normal
Border	Border type	—	Normal, Focus
	Border	—	Normal, Focus
	Radius	Yes	Normal
	Focus indicator	—	Focus
Box Shadow	Remove shadow	—	Normal, Focus
Box Shadow	Shadow layers	—	Normal, Focus
Spacing	Padding	Yes	Normal
Sizing	Width	Yes	Normal
	Max width	Yes	Normal
	Height	Yes	Normal
	Min width / Min height / Max height	Yes	Normal
Effects	Opacity (%)	Yes	Normal, Focus

States for this part:

Focus — While the visitor is typing in it (the field inside has keyboard focus).

Element: Block

The wrapper.

Styles-tab controls for “Block”
Panel	Control	Per device	Available in states
Background	Type	—	Normal
	Color / Gradient	—	Normal
	Image	—	Normal
Border	Border type	—	Normal
	Border	—	Normal
	Radius	Yes	Normal
Box Shadow	Remove shadow	—	Normal
Box Shadow	Shadow layers	—	Normal
Spacing	Margin	Yes	Normal
Spacing	Padding	Yes	Normal
Sizing	Width	Yes	Normal
	Max width	Yes	Normal
	Height	Yes	Normal
	Min width / Min height / Max height	Yes	Normal
	Block alignment	Yes	Normal
Position	Position	Yes	Normal
	Top / Right / Bottom / Left	Yes	Normal
	Z-index	Yes	Normal
	Overflow	Yes	Normal
Transform	Move X / Move Y	—	Normal
	Scale X / Scale Y	—	Normal
	Rotate (°), Rotate X (°), Rotate Y (°)	—	Normal
	Skew X (°) / Skew Y (°)	—	Normal
Effects	Opacity (%)	Yes	Normal
	State transition (ms)	—	Normal
	Timing	—	Normal
Visibility	Show on Desktop / Tablet / Mobile	—	Normal

States: Normal only.

Element: Button

The button. Hover and Focus.

Styles-tab controls for “Button”
Panel	Control	Per device	Available in states
Typography	Font family	—	Normal
	Font size	Yes	Normal
	Weight	—	Normal
	Style	—	Normal
	Line height	Yes	Normal
	Letter spacing	Yes	Normal
	Letter case	—	Normal
	Alignment	Yes	Normal
	Decoration	—	Normal, Hover, Focus
Colors	Text	—	Normal, Hover, Focus
Background	Type	—	Normal, Hover, Focus
	Color / Gradient	—	Normal, Hover, Focus
	Image	—	Normal
Border	Border type	—	Normal, Hover, Focus
	Border	—	Normal, Hover, Focus
	Radius	Yes	Normal
	Focus indicator	—	Focus
Box Shadow	Remove shadow	—	Normal, Hover, Focus
Box Shadow	Shadow layers	—	Normal, Hover, Focus
Spacing	Padding	Yes	Normal
Sizing	Width	Yes	Normal
	Max width	Yes	Normal
	Height	Yes	Normal
	Min width / Min height / Max height	Yes	Normal
Effects	Opacity (%)	Yes	Normal, Hover, Focus

States for this part:

Hover — When the mouse pointer is over it. (Touch screens have no hover; they show the normal style.)
Focus — When it has keyboard focus — reached with the Tab key. Mouse clicks usually do not show focus styles.

Responsive settings

Brigade Blocks uses three screen sizes: Desktop (wider than 1023px), Tablet (600–1023px) and Mobile (599px and narrower). Tablet and Mobile values are optional: when empty, the value of the next larger screen is used.

In the Styles tab, pick the Device first; these controls can then have a different value for that screen size: Font size, Line height, Letter spacing, Alignment, Radius, Padding, Width, Max width, Height, Min width / Min height / Max height, Opacity (%), Margin, Block alignment, Position, Top / Right / Bottom / Left, Z-index, Overflow.

The Visibility panel (Styles tab, Normal state) can hide the block entirely on Desktop, Tablet or Mobile.

Advanced options

HTML anchor (Advanced section of the Settings tab) — a unique name such as pricing, so you can link straight to this block with #pricing at the end of the page address (for example from a menu).
Additional CSS class(es) (Advanced section) — for custom CSS from your theme or the Site Editor. Separate several classes with spaces.
Custom attributes (Advanced section) — add data-*, title, aria-label, aria-describedby, lang or dir attributes. See Custom attributes.
State transition (Styles tab → Effects, Normal state) — how smoothly hover and focus styles animate.
Width alignment (block toolbar) — Wide width, Full width, when your theme supports them.

How it works on your site

A standard search form (role="search") that submits to WooCommerce’s product search. No JavaScript.

Overview

At a glance

When and why to use it

Example scenarios

How to add the Product Search block

Content settings

Settings panel: Search

Label

Placeholder

Category dropdown

Button

Button text (with Icon: “Button label (for screen readers)”)

Shape

Design & styling

Element: Field selected first

Element: Block

Element: Button

Responsive settings

Advanced options

How it works on your site