How to change search result page from 3 to 1 columns in magento?

Question

I have to change catalog search result page layout 3 from 1 columns layout. I have tried in catalogsearch.xml, but not getting proper result. Can anyone tell me how can I fix it?

Thank you.

Solution 1

Or you can in local.xml copy this:

 <catalogsearch_result_index>
     <reference name="root">
        <action method="setTemplate"><template>page/1column.phtml</template></action>
     </reference>
 </catalogsearch_result_index>

Solution 2

Changing the layout in catalogsearch.xml should do the trick, done this way:

Before:

<action method="setTemplate"><template>page/3columns.phtml</template></action>

After:

<action method="setTemplate"><template>page/1column.phtml</template></action>

You should also clear your Magento Cache in admin>System>Cache Management.

Hope this helps.

Comments

[Prashant Parekh]

I had tried to change layout from 3 to 1 column layout, but I am not getting search result in 1 columns layout.

[Maciej Paprocki]

It's better to use layout.xml for that.