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sameersalunke1983
MCT
May 25, 2017

Need help on SPFX web part properties search issue

We need help on SharePoint SPFX implementation. We have created one sample web part and one description property in it. When we are trying to search that property we are not able to search it. We h...
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Wictor Wilen's avatar
Wictor Wilen
Iron Contributor
Sep 04, 2017

You need to add isSearchablePlainText the parameter to your return value:

 

protected get propertiesMetadata(): IWebPartPropertiesMetadata {
    return {
      'spfxcrawl': { isSearchablePlainText: true }
    };
  }
  • Yannick Plenevaux's avatar
    Yannick Plenevaux
    Copper Contributor
    Sep 19, 2017

    Hi

     

    isSearchablePlainText is not needed if isHtmlString is specified, both flag the property as searchable.

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    sameersalunke1983
    MCT
    Sep 07, 2017

    Thanks Wictor Wilen,

    We did this code changes also but then we found another issue guid of webpart always get padded with text which causes search.

    Also we have seen search will not work with classic pages. We got confirmation from MS team this SPFx web part content will not be searchable in classic pages due to existing search architecture for Classic Pages.

     

    Thanks for your reply.

    • Yannick Plenevaux's avatar
      Yannick Plenevaux
      Copper Contributor
      Sep 19, 2017

      As Velin Georgiev says, the official reference doc might help you.

       

      It does mention that, indeed, SPFx WebPart properties metadata are not handled in classic pages.

       

      "Important: The following guide applies only to SharePoint Framework client-side web parts placed on modern SharePoint pages. Capabilities described in this article don't apply to classic web parts or SharePoint Framework client-side web parts placed on classic pages"

       

      Moreover, the content has to be crawled before appearing in search results. It might take several minutes.

      • Velin Georgiev's avatar
        Velin Georgiev
        Brass Contributor
        Sep 19, 2017

        Hey Guys, 

         

        There is another more recent source to take a look at as well. Please have a look at this video from Vesa and Waldek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB8PBs8RH-E

         

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