Revert "chore: update query length to 4"

This reverts commit 1478660.

site/_js/web-components/search-box.js

@@ -286,6 +286,13 @@ export class SearchBox extends BaseElement {
       return;
     }
 
+    // todo: need help with displaying some sort of value for this.
+    if (this.query.length < 3) {
+      this.results = [];
+      this.categorisedResults = {};
+      return;
+    }
+
     try {
       const {hits: results} = await index.search(query, {
         hitsPerPage: 10,
@@ -428,6 +435,21 @@ export class SearchBox extends BaseElement {
       return;
     }
 
+    if (this.query.length < 3) {
+      return html`
+        <div
+          id="search-box__results"
+          class="search-box__results"
+          role="listbox"
+          aria-label="${this.placeholder}"
+        >
+          <div class="search-box__result-heading type--label">
+            Please enter at least 3 characters for search suggestions.
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      `;
+    }
+
     this.resultsCounter = -1;
     return html`
       <div