Detached Mode

Detached Mode turns the dropdown display into a full screen, modal experience.

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What is Detached

Autocomplete Detached aims at reproducing native experiences on the device you're using. It doesn't display a native input with results in a dropdown, but a search button with results in a modal. This allows a more immersive experience where the full viewport is used to display results.

Regular	Detached

You can enable Detached mode on small screens, on touch devices, or always enable it, as seen on DocSearch 3 and the Algolia Documentation Search.

Detached full screen design

Autocomplete's default behavior enables Detached mode when the screen is below 500px wide. You can customize this behavior with the detachedMediaQuery option.

Detached modal design

Once you're Detached, you can choose to enable the modal design, which shows the website in the background covered by an overlay. You can set when to enable this design with the --aa-detached-modal-media-query CSS variable, which defaults to (min-width: 500px).

Always enable Detached Mode

To always enable Detached Mode, you can pass detachedMediaQuery: ''.

Always disable Detached Mode

To always disable Detached Mode, you can pass detachedMediaQuery: 'none'.