How do I provide search of a specific document library on my content page?

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I have a page with web parts that provide various views of a document library. I would also like to provide a means of searching the document library. I thought I could put a Search Box web part and a Search Results web part on the page and configure the Search Box to just search the specific document library. But, I can't seem to configure the Search Box to narrow the scope. I am in Classic mode

 

I have been doing some research and it seems that I may need to use a Content Editor web part and JavaScript to achieve my goal. If this is the case, I really need help because I am not a programmer.

 

Any suggestions on how I provide a search box of the document library with results on the content page?

Thanks.

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Hello @Vanessa Martin9 

 

you need to configure your results web part with a specific path for your results. In the query, also in classic, you can add a search results and change the query like this:

 

The current path:

{searchboxquery} Path:{site.url}

 

Or a specific path and only documents:

{searchboxquery} Path:"https://TENANT.sharepoint.com/sites/SPOClassicEnterpriseWiki/Documents/" IsDocument:1

 

Regards, Dave