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Modern Document library: Search box gone?
I opened a support case with Microsoft and the support agent was bewildered as well. We gathered Screenshots and Fiddler logs. To my surprise today everything has reverted back to normal but only for classic team sites. On modern team sites I can still see the new searchbox but in modern document libraries the old searchbox at the top left has returned. At least it's working.
And we determined that this is a preview feature at the moment and only users that, in the M365 admin center under organizational profile, ar enabled for "Targeted release for selected users" will see that feature. I was relieved to learn that as only a few select of our users have gotten confused by that hiccup.
So for the most part, all good now. Thanks for chiming in.
I'm noticing this as well. I tried to add a comment on https://sharepoint.uservoice.com/forums/330321-sharepoint-search/suggestions/33708433-modern-search-provide-option-to-change-scope-fro, but I'm not sure if it's the right one.
To Microsoft: Having users search library content at the top breaks design concept of hierarchy, especially if we have a mega menu right below it. If we could keep the search box that was on the left of the library, and have the top search for all of Sharepoint/Office 365, that would be amazing. Otherwise we're really going to be in a bind, design and user wise. I'm really hoping for a fix before this roles out to everyone on the tenant.
To shed some more light on our specific situation: currently, we have our own sharepoint-wide search in a custom extension that sits below that section on the page, but it will be confusing with two different searches stacked on top of each other. Our options are to either hide ours or hide Microsofts (via yucky CSS overrides), but hiding Microsofts would also prevent users from searching libraries.
Conversely, we would love to use Microsoft's solution, but it needs to be global for all sites and library pages (and should also have the ability to search for people as well).