fix(search): update search bar index and styling (#36656)

* Adjust search bar to only show hits for News
* Dropdown links working. Working on basic pagination
* Links to articles and temporarily routing to the News search result page working
* Fix colors for search bar and drop down
* Added Lato 300 font weight. Search bar now looks and works like it does on News.
* feat:update styles
* Update client/src/components/search/searchBar/SearchBar.js

Co-Authored-By: Ahmad Abdolsaheb <ahmad.abdolsaheb@gmail.com>

* Added Lato 300 font weight. Search bar now looks and works like it does on News.


Co-authored-by: Ahmad Abdolsaheb <ahmad.abdolsaheb@gmail.com>

client/gatsby-config.js

@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ module.exports = {
     {
       resolve: 'gatsby-plugin-google-fonts',
       options: {
-        fonts: ['Lato:400,400i,500', 'Roboto Mono:400,700']
+        fonts: ['Lato:300,400,400i,500,700', 'Roboto Mono:400,700']
       }
     },
     'gatsby-plugin-sitemap',

client/src/components/search/WithInstantSearch.js

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {
 
 import { createSelector } from 'reselect';
 
-const DEBOUNCE_TIME = 400;
+const DEBOUNCE_TIME = 100;
 
 const propTypes = {
   children: PropTypes.any,
@@ -120,11 +120,11 @@ class InstantSearchRoot extends Component {
       <InstantSearch
         apiKey='4318af87aa3ce128708f1153556c6108'
         appId='QMJYL5WYTI'
-        indexName='query_suggestions'
+        indexName='news'
         onSearchStateChange={this.onSearchStateChange}
         searchState={{ query }}
       >
-        <Configure hitsPerPage={8} />
+        <Configure hitsPerPage={15} />
         {this.props.children}
       </InstantSearch>
     );

client/src/components/search/redux/index.js

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ export const ns = 'search';
 
 const initialState = {
   query: '',
-  indexName: 'query_suggestions',
+  indexName: 'news',
   isSearchDropdownEnabled: true,
   isSearchBarFocused: false
 };

client/src/components/search/searchBar/SearchBar.js

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import { bindActionCreators } from 'redux';
 import { createSelector } from 'reselect';
 import { SearchBox } from 'react-instantsearch-dom';
-import { navigate } from 'gatsby';
 
 import {
   isSearchDropdownEnabledSelector,
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ const mapDispatchToProps = dispatch =>
     dispatch
   );
 
-const placeholder = 'Search 8,000+ lessons, articles, and videos';
+const placeholder = 'Search 5,000+ tutorials';
 
 class SearchBar extends Component {
   constructor(props) {
@@ -85,7 +84,13 @@ class SearchBar extends Component {
     if (query) {
       updateSearchQuery(query);
     }
-    return navigate('/search');
+    // For Learn search results page
+    // return navigate('/search');
+
+    // Temporary redirect to News search results page
+    return window.location.assign(
+      `https://freecodecamp.org/news/search/?query=${query}`
+    );
   }
 
   render() {

client/src/components/search/searchBar/SearchHits.js

@@ -4,16 +4,19 @@ import isEmpty from 'lodash/isEmpty';
 import Suggestion from './SearchSuggestion';
 
 const CustomHits = connectHits(({ hits, currentRefinement, handleSubmit }) => {
+  const shortenedHits = hits.filter((hit, i) => i < 8);
   const defaultHit = [
     {
       objectID: `default-hit-${currentRefinement}`,
       query: currentRefinement,
       _highlightResult: {
         query: {
-          value:
+          value: `
-            'Search for "<ais-highlight-0000000000>' +
+            See all results for
-            currentRefinement +
+            <ais-highlight-0000000000>
-            '</ais-highlight-0000000000>"'
+            ${currentRefinement}
+            </ais-highlight-0000000000>
+          `
         }
       }
     }
@@ -21,7 +24,7 @@ const CustomHits = connectHits(({ hits, currentRefinement, handleSubmit }) => {
   return (
     <div className='ais-Hits'>
       <ul className='ais-Hits-list'>
-        {defaultHit.concat(hits).map(hit => (
+        {shortenedHits.concat(defaultHit).map(hit => (
           <li
             className='ais-Hits-item'
             data-fccobjectid={hit.objectID}

client/src/components/search/searchBar/SearchSuggestion.js

@@ -4,17 +4,22 @@ import { Highlight } from 'react-instantsearch-dom';
 import { isEmpty } from 'lodash';
 
 const Suggestion = ({ handleSubmit, hit }) => {
+  const dropdownFooter = hit.objectID.includes('default-hit-');
   return isEmpty(hit) || isEmpty(hit.objectID) ? null : (
     <a
-      className='fcc_suggestion_item'
+      className={
-      href='/search'
+        dropdownFooter
-      onClick={e => handleSubmit(e, hit.query)}
+          ? 'fcc_suggestion_footer fcc_suggestion_item'
+          : 'fcc_suggestion_item'
+      }
+      href={hit.url}
+      onClick={e => (dropdownFooter ? handleSubmit(e, hit.query) : '')}
     >
       <span className='hit-name'>
-        {hit.objectID.includes('default-hit-') ? (
+        {dropdownFooter ? (
           <Highlight attribute='query' hit={hit} tagName='strong' />
         ) : (
-          <Highlight attribute='query' hit={hit} />
+          <Highlight attribute='title' hit={hit} />
         )}
       </span>
     </a>

client/src/components/search/searchBar/searchbar-base.css

@@ -420,9 +420,6 @@ a[class^='ais-'] {
   margin-left: 1rem;
   padding: 1rem;
   width: calc(25% - 1rem);
-  border: 1px solid #c4c8d8;
-  -webkit-box-shadow: 0 2px 5px 0px #e3e5ec;
-  box-shadow: 0 2px 5px 0px #e3e5ec;
 }
 .ais-Panel-body .ais-InfiniteHits-item,
 .ais-Panel-body .ais-InfiniteResults-item,
@@ -596,7 +593,6 @@ a[class^='ais-'] {
   -webkit-appearance: none;
   -moz-appearance: none;
   appearance: none;
-  padding: 0.3rem 1.7rem;
   width: 100%;
   position: relative;
   background-color: #fff;
@@ -604,16 +600,16 @@ a[class^='ais-'] {
   border-radius: 0px;
 }
 .ais-SearchBox-input::-webkit-input-placeholder {
-  color: #a5aed1;
+  color: var(--gray-15);
 }
 .ais-SearchBox-input::-moz-placeholder {
-  color: #a5aed1;
+  color: var(--gray-15);
 }
 .ais-SearchBox-input:-ms-input-placeholder {
-  color: #a5aed1;
+  color: var(--gray-15);
 }
 .ais-SearchBox-input:-moz-placeholder {
-  color: #a5aed1;
+  color: var(--gray-15);
 }
 .ais-SearchBox-submit,
 .ais-SearchBox-reset,
@@ -646,8 +642,9 @@ a[class^='ais-'] {
   transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%);
 }
 .ais-SearchBox-submitIcon path,
-.ais-SearchBox-resetIcon path {
+.ais-SearchBox-resetIcon path,
-  fill: #495588;
+.ais-SearchBox-loadingIndicator {
+  fill: var(--gray-15);
 }
 .ais-SearchBox-submitIcon {
   width: 14px;
@@ -661,13 +658,8 @@ a[class^='ais-'] {
   width: 16px;
   height: 16px;
 }
-
-.ais-SearchBox-input {
-  padding-left: 25px;
-  font-size: 14px;
-}
 .ais-SearchBox-submitIcon > path {
-  fill: #006400;
+  fill: var(--gray-15);
 }
 .ais-Hits {
   position: absolute;
@@ -679,17 +671,12 @@ a[class^='ais-'] {
   margin: 0;
   padding: 0;
   border: 0;
-  -webkit-box-shadow: none;
-  box-shadow: none;
 }
 .ais-Hits-list {
   margin: 0;
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;
   align-items: center;
-  border: 1px solid #c4c8d8;
-  -webkit-box-shadow: 0 2px 5px 0px #e3e5ec;
-  box-shadow: 0 2px 5px 0px #e3e5ec;
 }
 strong.ais-Highlight-highlighted {
   background-color: transparent;

client/src/components/search/searchBar/searchbar.css

@@ -2,11 +2,28 @@
   flex-grow: 1;
   padding: 0 10px;
   max-height: 33px;
+  font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif;
+}
+
+.fcc_searchBar strong,
+.fcc_searchBar a:hover {
+  color: var(--gray-00);
+}
+
+.ais-SearchBox-submit,
+.ais-SearchBox-reset {
+  display: none;
+}
+
+.ais-SearchBox-input {
+  padding: 1px 10px;
+  font-size: 18px;
 }
 
 .fcc_searchBar .ais-SearchBox-input,
 .fcc_searchBar .ais-Hits {
-  background-color: var(--quaternary-background);
+  background-color: var(--gray-75);
+  color: var(--gray-00);
 }
 
 .fcc_searchBar .ais-SearchBox-form {
@@ -49,26 +66,31 @@
   font-weight: bold;
 }
 
-.fcc_searchBar .fcc_suggestion_item {
+.ais-Highlight-nonHighlighted {
-  padding: 10px;
+  font-weight: 300;
 }
+
 .fcc_hits_wrapper {
   display: flex;
   justify-content: center;
 }
+
 .fcc_suggestion_item {
   display: block;
-  padding: 1rem;
+  padding: 8px;
-  color: #333;
+  color: var(--gray-00);
+  text-decoration: none;
 }
+
 .fcc_suggestion_item [class^='ais-'] {
   font-size: 17px;
 }
+
 .fcc_suggestion_item:hover {
-  background-color: rgba(0, 100, 0, 0.4);
+  background-color: var(--blue-dark);
-  color: white;
   cursor: pointer;
 }
+
 .fcc_sr_only {
   position: absolute;
   width: 1px;
@@ -79,3 +101,29 @@
   clip: rect(0, 0, 0, 0);
   border: 0;
 }
+
+/* Dropdown footer */
+.fcc_suggestion_footer {
+  border-top: 1.5px solid var(--gray-00);
+}
+
+.fcc_suggestion_footer .hit-name .ais-Highlight .ais-Highlight-nonHighlighted {
+  font-weight: bold;
+}
+
+/* Show only the first 5 hits on mobile */
+.ais-Hits-list .ais-Hits-item:nth-child(n + 6) {
+  display: none;
+}
+
+/* Ensure the dropdown footer is always visible */
+.ais-Hits-list .ais-Hits-item:nth-child(9) {
+  display: block;
+}
+
+@media (min-width: 767px) and (min-height: 768px) {
+  /* Show hits 6-8 on desktop and some tablets */
+  .ais-Hits-list .ais-Hits-item:nth-child(n + 6) {
+    display: block;
+  }
+}

client/src/components/search/searchPage/SearchPageHits.js

@@ -9,58 +9,29 @@ import { isEmpty } from 'lodash';
 
 import EmptySearch from './EmptySearch';
 import NoResults from './NoResults';
-import { homeLocation } from '../../../../config/env.json';
 
 import './search-page-hits.css';
 
-const indexMap = {
-  challenges: {
-    title: 'Lesson',
-    url: `${homeLocation}/learn`
-  },
-  guides: {
-    title: 'Guide',
-    url: `${homeLocation}/guide`
-  },
-  youtube: {
-    title: 'YouTube',
-    url: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v='
-  }
-};
-
-const buildUrl = (index, result) =>
-  `${indexMap[index].url}${'videoId' in result ? result.videoId : result.url}`;
-
 const AllHits = connectAutoComplete(({ hits, currentRefinement }) => {
-  if (hits.some(hit => isEmpty(hit.index))) {
+  const isHitsEmpty = !hits.length;
-    return null;
-  }
-  const nonQuerySuggestionHits = hits.filter(
-    ({ index }) => index !== 'query_suggestions'
-  );
-  const isHitsEmpty = nonQuerySuggestionHits.every(({ hits }) => !hits.length);
 
   return currentRefinement && !isHitsEmpty ? (
     <div className='ais-Hits search-page'>
       <ul className='ais-Hits-list'>
-        {nonQuerySuggestionHits.map(({ hits: results, index }) =>
+        {hits.map(result => (
-          results.map(result => (
+          <a
-            <a
+            href={result.url}
-              href={buildUrl(index, result)}
+            key={result.objectID}
-              key={result.objectID}
+            rel='noopener noreferrer'
-              rel='noopener noreferrer'
+            target='_blank'
-              target='_blank'
+          >
-            >
+            <li className='ais-Hits-item dataset-node'>
-              <li className='ais-Hits-item dataset-node'>
+              <p>
-                <p>
+                <Highlight attribute='title' hit={result} />
-                  <strong>{indexMap[index].title}:</strong>
+              </p>
-                  &nbsp;
+            </li>
-                  <Highlight attribute='title' hit={result} />
+          </a>
-                </p>
+        ))}
-              </li>
-            </a>
-          ))
-        )}
       </ul>
     </div>
   ) : (

client/src/pages/search.js

@@ -2,12 +2,11 @@ import React, { Fragment, Component } from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import Helmet from 'react-helmet';
 import { connect } from 'react-redux';
-import { Index, PoweredBy as PoweredByAlgolia } from 'react-instantsearch-dom';
+import { Index } from 'react-instantsearch-dom';
 import { Grid, Row, Col } from '@freecodecamp/react-bootstrap';
 
 import { updateSearchQuery } from '../components/search/redux';
 import SearchPageHits from '../components/search/searchPage/SearchPageHits';
-import Spacer from '../components/helpers/Spacer';
 
 import './search.css';
 
@@ -23,18 +22,13 @@ class SearchPage extends Component {
     return (
       <Fragment>
         <Helmet title='Search | freeCodeCamp.org' />
-        <Index indexName='challenges' />
+        <Index indexName='news' />
-        <Index indexName='guides' />
-        <Index indexName='youtube' />
         <Grid>
           <Row>
             <Col xs={12}>
               <main>
                 <SearchPageHits />
               </main>
-              <Spacer />
-              <PoweredByAlgolia className='powered-by-wrapper' />
-              <Spacer />
             </Col>
           </Row>
         </Grid>