# Problem with CMS Search Results Not Linking Correctly **URL:** \ **Category:** Elements\ **Tags:** blog\ **Created:** [June 3, 2026, 1:06pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/problem-with-cms-search-results-not-linking-correctly/56477 "2026-06-03T13:06:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BrettHannam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@BrettHannam](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/BrettHannam)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 1:06pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/problem-with-cms-search-results-not-linking-correctly/56477/1 "2026-06-03T13:06:11Z")
I have a problem with CMS Search results and would be grateful for advice. The problem is that only the first six results from any search have working links. The problem can be seen in this video, where the cursor shows when the link is live and then, after six entries, when it is not live. The problem is replicated across all pages where I use the search function. Any help would be much appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![ben](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/ben/32/28488_2.png) [@ben](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/ben)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/problem-with-cms-search-results-not-linking-correctly/56477/2 "2026-06-03T13:17:36Z")
do you have a url we can take a look at? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BrettHannam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@BrettHannam](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/BrettHannam)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 1:31pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/problem-with-cms-search-results-not-linking-correctly/56477/3 "2026-06-03T13:31:01Z")
Thanks Ben, I have found the cause, but can’t fix it. I had an empty container on the page and the results were going underneath it. Now the problem is that I have a footer section on the page and the Search results disappear underneath that. I have changed the z-index for both the Search container and the footer, but it doesn’t seem to help. The link is [here](https://test.hannamfamily.org.uk/advice/hands-on-heritage/skills-directory/search/). ---
**Author:** ![Pegasus](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/pegasus/32/25035_2.png) [@Pegasus](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Pegasus)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 1:45pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/problem-with-cms-search-results-not-linking-correctly/56477/4 "2026-06-03T13:45:00Z")
The same issue also seems to exist on your website: [Blog](https://elementscms.io/blog/) There, the first two search results can be clicked, but the last result can no longer be clicked. As far as I was able to test, the issue occurs in both Safari and Vivaldi. I’ve noticed the same problem on my own websites as well, which is why I’m not using the Search component yet. ![Bildschirmfoto 2026-06-03 um 15.38.00](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/d/4/d4e2ccf24ede129ea67195234b08201cb4fd270b.png) ---
**Author:** ![ben](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/ben/32/28488_2.png) [@ben](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/ben)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 6:34pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/problem-with-cms-search-results-not-linking-correctly/56477/5 "2026-06-03T18:34:26Z")
> [@BrettHannam](#): > > I have changed the z-index for both the Search container and the footer, but it doesn’t seem to help. It’s going to depend on how you have the page set up. Is the Search component in a container? If so, the container should have a z-index higher than the footer. ---
**Author:** ![BrettHannam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@BrettHannam](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/BrettHannam)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 8:02pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/problem-with-cms-search-results-not-linking-correctly/56477/6 "2026-06-03T20:02:54Z")
Yes - it does. It is 50 and the footer is -50. ---
**Author:** ![infomatique](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/infomatique/32/5463_2.png) [@infomatique](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/infomatique)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2026, 2:29am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/problem-with-cms-search-results-not-linking-correctly/56477/7 "2026-06-04T02:29:04Z")
Maybe I misunderstand but I have click the arrow heads to link and most of my visitors don’t realise this ---
**Author:** ![BrettHannam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@BrettHannam](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/BrettHannam)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2026, 7:47am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/problem-with-cms-search-results-not-linking-correctly/56477/8 "2026-06-04T07:47:53Z")
Thank you for the suggestion. However, I don’t think this is the problem - I have configured the results so that the whole entry is a link. The problem is shown in the screenshot below. Despite setting the z-indexes as kindly suggested by Ben, the results of the search are still appearing below the footer section. ![overlap](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/d/4/d4bc5a21d035ee1b376b47f6069fae76a5805d65.png)