diff --git a/sfx2/sdi/sfx.sdi b/sfx2/sdi/sfx.sdi
index c07d4bbf7a83..2952289293cf 100644
--- a/sfx2/sdi/sfx.sdi
+++ b/sfx2/sdi/sfx.sdi
@@ -4002,7 +4002,7 @@ SfxBoolItem SearchDialog SID_SEARCH_DLG
 [
     AutoUpdate = TRUE,
     FastCall = FALSE,
-    ReadOnlyDoc = TRUE,
+    ReadOnlyDoc = FALSE,
     Toggle = FALSE,
     Container = FALSE,
     RecordAbsolute = FALSE,