From 33e722f83b56a984d73868bf36817cb0df0b9cc4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emilien Devos <4016501+unixfox@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2023 21:41:52 +0200
Subject: better error message when no results found

---
 searx/templates/simple/elements/engines_msg.html |  4 ++++
 searx/templates/simple/messages/no_results.html  | 10 ++++++++--
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'searx/templates/simple')

diff --git a/searx/templates/simple/elements/engines_msg.html b/searx/templates/simple/elements/engines_msg.html
index 33f31842d..db1cefaaf 100644
--- a/searx/templates/simple/elements/engines_msg.html
+++ b/searx/templates/simple/elements/engines_msg.html
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 <div id="engines_msg">
+  {% if not results and not answers %}
+  <details class="sidebar-collapsable" open>
+  {% else %}
   <details class="sidebar-collapsable">
+  {% endif %}
     <summary class="title" id="engines_msg-title">{{ _('Messages from the search engines') }}</summary>
     <div class="dialog-error" role="alert">
       {{ icon_big('warning') }}
diff --git a/searx/templates/simple/messages/no_results.html b/searx/templates/simple/messages/no_results.html
index 6412191dd..8361276d0 100644
--- a/searx/templates/simple/messages/no_results.html
+++ b/searx/templates/simple/messages/no_results.html
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 {% from 'simple/icons.html' import icon_big %}
-<div class="dialog-error" role="alert">
+<div class="dialog-error-block" role="alert">
   <p><strong>{{ _('Sorry!') }}</strong></p>
-  <p>{{ _("we didn't find any results. Please use another query or search in more categories.") }}</p>
+  <p>{{ _("No results were found. You can try to:") }}</p>
+  <ul>
+    <li>{{ _("Refresh the page.") }}</li>
+    <li>{{ _("Search for another query or select another category (above).") }}</li>
+    <li>{{ _("Change the search engine used in the preferences:") }} <a href="/preferences">/preferences</a></li>
+    <li>{{ _("Switch to another instance:") }} <a href="https://searx.space">https://searx.space</a></li>
+  </ul>
 </div>
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