Prevent Empty Searches in the Divi Search Box

Written by Dan Mossop

By default, an empty search in Divi will result in the display of all posts on the search page. Here's how to prevent empty searches.

Prevent Empty Searches in the Default Header Search Box

To prevent empty searches in the search box revealed by the search icon in the main Divi header, you can use the following jQuery code:

<script>
jQuery(
	function($){
		$('.et-search-field').prop('required',true);
	}
);
</script>
This will notify the user that the field must be filled in, like so:

Prevent Empty Searches in the Divi Search Module

To prevent empty searches in the search box added by a Divi search module, you can use the following jQuery code:

<script>
jQuery(
	function($){
		$('.et_pb_search .et_pb_s').prop('required',true);
	}
);
</script>

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About Dan Mossop

Dan is a Scottish-born web developer, now living in Brisbane with his wife and son. He has been sharing tips and helping users with Divi since 2014. He created Divi Booster, the first Divi plugin, and continues to develop it along with 20+ other Divi plugins. Dan has a PhD in Computer Science, a background in web security and likes a lot of stuff, 

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