How to add an expandable search icon to the navigation in Infinity Pro

Updated on May 16, 2018

In Genesis Facebook group a user asked:

How do you add a search form to your Genesis theme (in your nav bar)? (I googled the same question and a whole lot of different answers came up). I read that this used to be included and now you can add some custom code but has anyone added a search form recently? I’m running the Infinity-pro theme.

Any idea on how to just add a magnifying glass to the navigation which expands into a search form when clicked?

This tutorial provides the steps to add a magnifying glass icon at the end of primary nav bar menu items in Infinity Pro, which when clicked will expand to show a search form. Typing a search query and hitting return will display the search results.

Clicking anywhere on the page when the search box is visible will fade it away.

Screenshots:

Upon clicking:

Screencast:

Tested in Infinity Pro

Step 1

Add the following in Infinity Pro’s functions.php:

add_filter( 'wp_nav_menu_items', 'custom_nav_search', 10, 2 );
/**
* Add search box to nav menu.
*/
function custom_nav_search( $items, $args ) {

    if ( 'primary' === $args->theme_location ) { // affect only Primary Navigation Menu.
        $items .= '<li class="menu-item search">' . get_search_form( false ) . '</li>';
    }

    return $items;

}

Step 2

Add the following in Infinity Pro’s style.css:

.menu-item.search {
    margin-left: 30px;
}

.nav-primary .genesis-nav-menu {
    display: -webkit-box;
    display: -ms-flexbox;
    display: flex;

    align-items: center;
    -webkit-box-align: center;
    -webkit-box-pack: center;
    -ms-flex-align: center;
    -ms-flex-pack: center;
    justify-content: center;
}

.search .search-form {
    text-align: center;
}

.search .search-form input[type="search"] {
    position: relative;
    width: 1px;
    padding: 8px 15px;
    border: none;
    border-radius: 4px;
    background-color: transparent;
    font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;
    font-size: 13px;
    cursor: pointer;
    -webkit-transition: width 500ms ease, background 400ms ease;
    transition: width 500ms ease, background 400ms ease;
}

.search .search-form input[type="search"]:focus {
    width: 250px;
    outline: 0;
    background-color: #fff;
    cursor: text;
}

.genesis-nav-menu .search input[type="submit"] {
    clip: rect(0, 0, 0, 0);
    position: absolute;
    width: 1px;
    height: 1px;
    margin: -1px;
    padding: 0;
    border: 0;
}

.search .search-form:before {
    top: 50%;
    left: 50%;
    width: 20px;
    height: 20px;
    -webkit-transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
    transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
}

.home .search .search-form:before {
    color: #fff;
}

.site-container.white .search .search-form:before {
    color: #999;
}

@media only screen and (max-width: 862px) {
    .nav-primary .genesis-nav-menu {
        display: block;
    }
}

@media only screen and (max-width: 800px) {
    .menu-item.search {
        margin-bottom: 10px;
        margin-left: 20px;
    }

    .search .search-form:before {
        position: absolute;
        top: 10px;
        left: 0;
        color: #999;
        -webkit-transform: none;
        transform: none;
    }

    .search .search-form {
        text-align: left;
    }

    .search .search-form input[type="search"] {
        padding-right: 0;
        padding-left: 0;
    }
}