Built-in Search plugin can not be disabled properly

[jpizquierdo]

Context

When trying to implement the disable of the search following this:
https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/plugins/search/#config.enabled

It does not work as described in documentation.

Bug description

I am trying yo disable the search, and I do not have any other plugins enabled.
So I decided to use inside mkdocs.yml:

plugins:
  - search:
      enabled: false

When I try the mkdocs serve this error 404 is shown:

And search is still there as you can see in my following image. (Not only with mkdocs serve, also in Vercel deployment):

Nevertheless I found a trick to make it work, and it is to put an empty plugins in mkdocs.yml:

plugins: []

Related links

• Plugin Search Enabled

Reproduction

9.6.10-search-enabled-not-working.zip

Steps to reproduce

1. try to disable search as explained above
2. mkdocs serve
3. the search is still there and error is shown in logging

Browser

Chrome

Before submitting

• I have read and followed the bug reporting guidelines.
• I have attached links to the documentation, and possibly related issues and discussions.
• I assure that I have removed all customizations before submitting this bug report.
• I have attached a .zip file with a minimal reproduction using the built-in info plugin.

[squidfunk]

Thanks for reporting. Fixed in 64635ba. We did not check in the templates when rendering the search bar, whether the search is enabled. Now, the search plugin configuration is inspected if the plugin is defined.

[jpizquierdo]

Thank you for the quick fix, I think that mkdocs-material is awesome!

[squidfunk]

Released as part of 9.6.11.

[jpizquierdo]

it works perfect, thank you @squidfunk !