I am developing a custom site search interface using multiple Views in a Panels Page. However, Panels Pages are unable to override the default Drupal search path (/search), which is quite a bummer. The following error is displayed when attempted:

"That path is already in used. This system cannot override existing paths."

This is disappointing (and the grammar could use a tweak: used -> use). Views pages have the ability to override the /search path. It would be nice if Panels could as well.

Would this be difficult to implement? Can anyone think of a workaround?

Much appreciated.
-Mke

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merlinofchaos commented

You'd have to write a task plugin that understands how search works.

The difficulty in overriding existing pages is the main reason Panels 3 happened and Panels 2 deadended. What Views does is a half-assed thing that only works for simple things. But if you think you can override search with Views, please try it.

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merlinofchaos commented
Project: Panels » Chaos Tool Suite (ctools)
Version: 6.x-3.0 » 6.x-1.x-dev
Component: Panel pages » Code
Status: Active » Fixed

This is now checked in.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.