Search does not return results

[wigging]

The search feature is not working, it continuously displays "Searching..." and never returns any results. I installed the theme using pip and made the appropriate edits in the conf.py file. I'm using the latest version of Sphinx to build the html. The search feature works fine when I use a default Sphinx theme.

[wigging]

Apparently the pip installation approach did not install all the necessary files. So I manually downloaded all the files and edited the conf.py accordingly and now everything works.

In summary, search does not work when installing via pip:

# Install theme via $ pip install sphinx_rtd_theme
# In conf.py add the following
import sphinx_rtd_theme
html_theme = "sphinx_rtd_theme"
html_theme_path = [sphinx_rtd_theme.get_html_theme_path()]

Manually downloading and installing the theme allows search to work correctly:

# Download theme from GitHub then place sphinx_rtd_theme folder into _themes directory
# In conf.py add the following
html_theme = "sphinx_rtd_theme"
html_theme_path = ["_themes", ]

[Blendify]

This was a bug that was fixed recently and is an issue with running the theme with Sphinx 1.5.X. To get this to work with the pip file use:

git+https://github.com/snide/sphinx_rtd_theme@abfa98539a2bfc44198a9ca8c2f16efe84cc4d26

[wigging]

The installation instructions in the README should be updated for Sphinx 1.5

[Blendify]

I think this issue can be closed now.

[fhennecker]

I'm experiencing the same issue here and have tried several options (including installing manually by git cloning the theme).

I have an error in the Chrome console:

Uncaught TypeError: Search.loadIndex is not a function
    at HTMLDocument.<anonymous>

Using python 3.7.1, sphinx 2.0.0, sphinx-rtd-theme==0.4.3
Any ideas?

[Blendify]

@fhennecker #728 might be a fix.

[fhennecker]

I tried your commit by installing using pip with the following command:

pip install git+https://github.com/snide/sphinx_rtd_theme@bd98133

The same issue occurs

[Blendify]

Can you please open a new issue.