Lightning Aura Components Developer Guide

What Is the Lightning Component Framework?
Quick Start
Creating Components
Using Components
Aura Component Bundle Design Resources
Use Aura Components in Lightning Experience and the Salesforce Mobile App
Navigate Across Your Apps with Page References
Get Your Aura Components Ready to Use on Lightning Pages
Use Aura Components in Experience Builder
Configure Components for Communities
Create Custom Theme Layout Components for Communities
Create Custom Component for Guest User Flows
Create Custom Search and Profile Menu Components for Communities
Create Custom Content Layout Components for Communities
Use Aura Components with Flows
Add Components to Apps
Integrate Your Custom Apps into the Chatter Publisher
Using Background Utility Items
Use Lightning Components in Visualforce Pages
Add Aura Components to Any App with Lightning Out (Beta)
Lightning Container
Communicating with Events
Communicating Across the DOM with Lightning Message Service
Creating Apps
Styling Apps
Developing Secure Code
Using JavaScript
Working with Salesforce Data
Testing Components with Lightning Testing Service
Debugging
Performance
Reference
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Create Custom Search and Profile Menu Components for Communities

Create custom components to replace the Customer Service template’s standard Profile Header and Search & Post Publisher components in Experience Builder.

forceCommunity:profileMenuInterface

Add the forceCommunity:profileMenuInterface interface to an Aura component to allow it to be used as a custom profile menu component for the Customer Service community template. After you create a custom profile menu component, admins can select it in Experience Builder in Settings | Theme to replace the template’s standard Profile Header component.

Here’s the sample code for a simple profile menu component.

forceCommunity:searchInterface

Add the forceCommunity:searchInterface interface to an Aura component to allow it to be used as a custom search component for the Customer Service community template. After you create a custom search component, admins can select it in Experience Builder in Settings | Theme to replace the template’s standard Search & Post Publisher component.

Here’s the sample code for a simple search component.