starting from a mostly fresh CE 1.6.2.0 installation, I want to remove the default XML instantiation of the core/template block found in the header. This block is named "top.search" and is tied to form.mini.phtml.
In my local.xml, my first thought was to add this:
<default>
<remove name="header.top.search"/>
</default>
This works for any other block I've tried to remove (ie, prepend the skeleton block name (eg, "header") to the beginning of the content block name), but not this one. Why?
I have found that this does work:
<default>
<reference name="header">
<remove name="top.search"/>
</reference>
</default>
But of course I thought that this would be essentially the same thing.
I actually intend to move this into my navbar, so I know that I'll also need to instantiate a new core/template block in the top.menu skeleton block.
Another question that arises, however, is why is the default CSS set to use absolute positioning for .header .form-search anyway?
I guess that's two questions, but related at least :) Thanks kind sirs!
edit: thanks, So, I was simply using the incorrect block name! I was confused by the naming of the blocks which all newbies first encounter: left.permanent.callout, right.permanent.callout, which both are placed into their appropriately named skeleton blocks "right" and "left".
