What webparts appear in SharePoint Online search?

Question

I am having trouble getting an answer from internal resources. Can someone please tell me what content should be appearing in my SharePoint Online search? I own a site within my organization, Document Libraries and Lists appear in my search but no other content such as Text web parts, Quick Link web parts, or Hyperlinks to name a few.

I need to know whether I need to reorganize my information, or if I can work internally to get these items to appear in my search.

Thank you.

Answer 1

Hi @K Hillhouse,

Content should be appearing in SharePoint Online search includes files, sites, people, news and images. By default, Content within web parts cannot be indexed and searched. As per my knowledge, there is currently no out-of-the-box way to search those content within web parts.

You can vote up this feedback: Add a search function to web parts. Microsoft will take this feedback into consideration if it is highly voted. Of course, you can also provide a new feedback post by yourself and explain your requirement in detail.

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