Manual:$wgAjaxSearch

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When true, this enables auto-suggestion for the search bar, using asynchronous javascript XML requests.

This also requires to be true.

Setting causes wfSajaxSearch to be added to

is used to deliver the content. The script defines where on the page, and when the ajax search results will be delivered.

This setting has been removed in favor of, introduced in 1.13.0.