How to add CSS and JavaScript to "_layouts/15/search.aspx" page for Sharepoint Online site

Question

We're trying to add CSS and JavaScript to "_layouts/15/searchh.aspx" page in a Sharepoint Online site to allow us to make some changes to the way the information is presented.

Is this something that can be achieved, and how? We are moving from On Premise Sharepoint servers so had this ability but we're not sure if it is possible with Sharepoint Online.

Thanks

Peter

Answer 1

Hi @Peter,

The Script Editor is not the build-in option in the Modern SharePoint site currently. As this article mentioned, for security reasons, modern web parts do not allow for the insertion of code like JS and css. If you are familar with codes, Script editor web part for modern pages built in React and Add The Script Editor Webpart back to SharePoint Modern Experience might be helpful for your requirement. You can learn more about spfx by following document

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/spfx/sharepoint-framework-overview

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Answer 2

Hi Raytheon Xie

The information sounded good and its possible we will look at implementing it, however the project is very close to launch and it has been decided to concentrate on other areas for the moment as the team who would need to look at implementing the framework are at full capacity so are unable to look at this pre-launch.

It looks like having the site content already prepared and the template and layouts in use may make it more complicated to add the script webpart to the existing pages as well as modifying the layouts to have it included.

One of the reasons we wanted to add custom javascript was to add the script to implement Google Tag Manager/Google Analytics across the entirety of a Sharepoint Online site but we're now considering using Microsoft Clarity to implement extra analytics recording on top of the basic Sharepoint Online stats.

We may still need to look at this pre-launch as there are some customisations we would like to do to certain pages using custom JS/CSS but these won't be clear until the new website has launched in a few weeks time.

Thanks

Peter