Can I read the search scope selected in SharePoint from code behind

Question

I have a search box web part. In that web part I have created an instance of SearchBoxEx like

SearchBoxEx par=new SearchBoxEx par.goImageUrl="" par.DropDownMode= DropDownModes.DisplayScopeDD; Button sear= new Button(); sear.Click += new EventHnadler(sear_Click);

I have added a button to that search Box web part.Now I have to read the scope selected in the SearchBoxEx in the sear_Click event.Can anyone please guide me in the right direction

Any help would be really appreciated.

Answer 1

You could read the Request.QueryString["s"] parameter, even when it is a post, the SearchBoxEx adds it.

Edit

Based on the comments and new info, are you using 'pure' javascript? This would be a jquery example:

<a href="#" onclick="newSearchResultsPageWithScope(); return false">Search</a>

WARNING: You should change the site masterpage INSIDE your site with SharePoint designer, not the one in the C:\Program Files\etc... folder. You could also navigate to the

http://yourportal/_catalogs/masterpage

library and download a copy of the default.master to change it then upload it back to the library, do all this carefully, you can break your sharepoint very easily.

Insert above the </HEAD> tag in your masterpage:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://jqueryjs.googlecode.com/files/jquery-1.3.2.min.js">&lt;/script>
<script type="text/javascript">

function newSearchResultsPageWithScope()
{
    var scope = $(".ms-sbscopes select").val();
    location.href = "/CustomResultsPage.aspx?s=" + scope;
}

</script>

The jquery portion is pretty straightforward, it gets the <td> with the class="ms-sbscopes", and the <select> element under it, then it sets the 'scope' variable to the selected value of the scopes dropdown.

Also, customizing the masterpage in a sharepoint site is fine, do not worry with that.