The Search Box is the web part that you normally think of in the context of search: it's an input text box like you'd see on an internet search engine. The Search Box web part is displayed on the default home page, as well as the default results pages. You can update the settings for the search box's output display, query suggestions, enable or disable links for preferences or advanced search, or specify the actual template that's used to display the web part. To modify the Search Box web part, follow these steps:

1. While logged in as a user with either Global or SharePoint admin rights, navigate to the search center page, click the gear icon to expand the Settings menu, and select Edit Page.

2. Select the Search Box web part, select the down arrow that appears, and click Edit Web Part:

3. Under Properties for Search Box, you can configure the following:
   • Query destination; the current page, a custom URL, or a navigation node
   • Enable or disable query suggestions for content and names
   • Additional settings for displaying preferences, advanced search links, and page templates:

4. Under Appearance, you can configure the following:
   • Name of the search box
   • Fixed height and width
   • Box chrome (border) styling
5. Under Layout, you can configure the following:
   • Whether the box is hidden
   • Text directionality

6. Under Advanced, you can modify the following:
   • Allowing minimize, close, and hide
   • The title
   • The description
   • External help
   • URL link
   • Audience scoping
7. When you've finished modifying these settings to meet your requirements, click OK.
8. If the page displays a message stating that it is Checked out, click the link to Check it in.
9. If the page displays a message stating that it needs to be published, select Publish.

Now that you've configured the search box, let's look at the Search Results page.