explicitSearchResultPath Doesn't Show Correct Path for Dropdown Menu Items

[lisaschelch]

We’re having an issue where search results don’t show the correct path when using explicitSearchResultPath if the menu item is inside a dropdown. It only works for items directly in the menu bar.

For example, the item “REST API” in the first level menu is displayed correctly in the search result path, but items inside dropdowns are not. This makes it hard to tell results apart - for example, “Recording” appears without any context (Andoird and iOS are in SDKs Dropdown). We can’t just move everything to the top level, so we’d need a way to make the paths work properly for dropdown items too. We'd appreciate any insights or potential fixes for this issue.

You can test it live here: docs.eyeson.com

[weareoutman]

Try adding some options according to our readme:

{
   "searchContextByPaths": ["docs/js", "docs/android", "docs/ios", "docs/iframe"],
   "useAllContextsWithNoSearchContext": true,
}

[lisaschelch]

Thanks for the response. Unfortunately, the path still won't show the items from the dropdown menu. The only solution that would work right now is to put them in the first-level menu, not in a dropdown. But that is not a long-term solution.

Config part:

  require.resolve("@easyops-cn/docusaurus-search-local"),
  {
    hashed: true,

    explicitSearchResultPath: true,
    searchResultContextMaxLength: 80,
    ignoreFiles: [/docs\/streamrec\/*/],
    searchContextByPaths: [
      "docs/js",
      "docs/android",
      "docs/ios",
      "docs/iframe",
    ],
    useAllContextsWithNoSearchContext: true,
  },

...

[weareoutman]

The explicitSearchResultPath list the active navbar item, plus the breadcrumbs of the page. So I suggest you to prepend Xxx SDK to the breadcrumbs.

[lisaschelch]

It seams like breadcrumbs are not affecting this in any way, here's a screenshot from REST API (first level menu which is showing the path)

And here the breadcrumb says EyesonJS but is isn't showing any path in the search:

[weareoutman]

Oh I see, you're correct, it actually lists the active navbar item, plus the active folder items of the sidebar. The variable breadcrumb in the source code got me wrong.