Appending parameter to search URL

This is a lot of guessing on my end but try this and see what it does.

Make the entire contents of your searchform.php the following:

<form class="elementor-search-form" role="search" action="<?php echo get_site_url(); ?>" method="get">
	<div class="elementor-search-form__toggle">
		<i aria-hidden="true" class="fas fa-search"></i>
		<span class="elementor-screen-only">Search</span>
	</div>
	<div class="elementor-search-form__container elementor-search-form--full-screen elementor-lightbox">
		<input placeholder="" class="elementor-search-form__input" type="search" name="s" title="Search" value="forest">
		<input type="hidden" id="search-param" name="post_type" value="product">
		<div class="dialog-lightbox-close-button dialog-close-button">
			<i class="eicon-close" aria-hidden="true"></i>
			<span class="elementor-screen-only">Close</span>
		</div>
	</div>
</form>

Also, make sure your searchform.php is in the root of your theme along with like, style.css, index.php etc…

Hi @tugbucket,

Thanks for the assistance. I’ve tried the placing that as the contents of searchform.php but unfortunately still no luck – the URL for searching isn’t altered at all. I don’t think it’s using this as the search form template for some reason. Any other ideas?

Thanks,
Jordan.

@jordanlovelle interesting. I activated your theme with Elementor on and worked for me but looking at your form now, it’s different than the default one in my install.

If you have a place/file to add script you can try:

jQuery(document).ready(function(){
	jQuery('.elementor-search-form').append('<input type="hidden" id="search-param" name="post_type" value="product">');
});

Hi @tugbucket,

I really appreciate the help – it appears that the jQuery has done the trick!

Thanks again,
Jordan.