revert: move config back to search plugin

Signed-off-by: Enrico Alvarenga <enricomalvarenga@gmail.com>

plugins/search/README.md

@@ -8,6 +8,22 @@ Development is ongoing. You can follow the progress and contribute at the Backst
 
 Run `yarn dev` in the root directory, and then navigate to [/search](http://localhost:3000/search) to check out the plugin.
 
+### Optional Settings
+
+Configure the search query values via `app-config.yaml` to define how it behaves by default.
+
+```yaml
+# app-config.yaml
+search:
+  query:
+    pageLimit: 50
+```
+
+Acceptable values for `pageLimit` are `10`, `25`, `50` or `100`.
+
+**NOTE**: Currently this configuration only reflects the initial state of the Search React components. This means that
+it defines how it behaves when it is first loaded or reset.
+
 ### Areas of Responsibility
 
 This search plugin is primarily responsible for the following:

plugins/search/config.d.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+export interface Config {
+  /** Configuration options for the search plugin */
+  search?: {
+    /**
+     * An object representing the default search query configuration.
+     * By configuring and modifying the values of this object,
+     * you can customize the default values of the search queries
+     * and define how it behaves by default.
+     */
+    query?: {
+      /**
+       * A number indicating the maximum number of results to be returned
+       * per page during pagination.
+       * @visibility frontend
+       */
+      pageLimit?: 10 | 25 | 50 | 100;
+    };
+  };
+}

plugins/search/package.json

@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@
     "msw": "^1.0.0"
   },
   "files": [
-    "dist"
-  ]
+    "dist",
+    "config.d.ts"
+  ],
+  "configSchema": "config.d.ts"
 }