Problem/Motivation

If a user has the search block enabled and placed in the default front-facing theme and they perform a search, the linked text "Search help" will appear near the form. This text in this context means "Read some help documentation about searching on this site." But now we have a search form on admin/help would could quite conceivably be titled "Search help". And in this context it would mean, "Search for help topics." Having these two meanings of "Search help" co-exist on a site could lead to confusion. (It certainly tripped me up when I was testing search for help topics.)

Proposed resolution

- Change wording of "Search help" that appears on the search results page's search form to "Help".

Remaining tasks

- Discuss/decide on resolution
- Do it.
- User testing (3 or 4 folks in various roles, especially content editor or site builder)

User interface changes

- Change text of link to help for search to "Help" in order to avoid confusion with "Search help" == "search for help topics".

API changes

- None.

Data model changes

- None.

Release notes snippet

- TODO

Original report by Amber Himes Matz

Originally reported in the Add search capability to help topics issue, comment #150 by Amber Himes Matz.

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Comments

Amber Himes Matz created an issue. See original summary.

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andypost
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Related issues: +#3086795: "Search help" link in search form is ambiguous and confusing
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amber himes matz
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Status: Active » Closed (duplicate)

Looks like this is a duplicate of #3086795.

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