diff --git a/src/search/dolphinsearchbox.h b/src/search/dolphinsearchbox.h
--- a/src/search/dolphinsearchbox.h
+++ b/src/search/dolphinsearchbox.h
@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@
 
     void updateFacetsToggleButton();
 
+    bool isIndexingEnabled() const;
+
 private:
     bool m_startedSearching;
     bool m_active;
diff --git a/src/search/dolphinsearchbox.cpp b/src/search/dolphinsearchbox.cpp
--- a/src/search/dolphinsearchbox.cpp
+++ b/src/search/dolphinsearchbox.cpp
@@ -107,12 +107,10 @@
     m_fromHereButton->setText(i18nc("action:button", "From Here (%1)", elidedLocation));
     m_fromHereButton->setToolTip(i18nc("action:button", "Limit search to '%1' and its subfolders", cleanedUrl.toString(QUrl::PreferLocalFile)));
 
-    bool hasFacetsSupport = false;
-#ifdef HAVE_BALOO
-    const Baloo::IndexerConfig searchInfo;
-    hasFacetsSupport = searchInfo.fileIndexingEnabled() && searchInfo.shouldBeIndexed(m_searchPath.toLocalFile());
-#endif
-    m_facetsWidget->setEnabled(hasFacetsSupport);
+    const bool indexingEnabled = isIndexingEnabled();
+    m_facetsWidget->setEnabled(indexingEnabled);
+    m_facetsWidget->setVisible(indexingEnabled && SearchSettings::showFacetsWidget());
+    updateFacetsToggleButton();
 }
 
 QUrl DolphinSearchBox::searchPath() const
@@ -123,12 +121,8 @@
 QUrl DolphinSearchBox::urlForSearching() const
 {
     QUrl url;
-    bool useBalooSearch = false;
-#ifdef HAVE_BALOO
-    const Baloo::IndexerConfig searchInfo;
-    useBalooSearch = searchInfo.fileIndexingEnabled() && searchInfo.shouldBeIndexed(m_searchPath.toLocalFile());
-#endif
-    if (useBalooSearch) {
+
+    if (isIndexingEnabled()) {
         url = balooUrlForSearching();
     } else {
         url.setScheme(QStringLiteral("filenamesearch"));
@@ -291,8 +285,7 @@
 
 void DolphinSearchBox::slotFacetsButtonToggled()
 {
-    const bool facetsIsVisible = !m_facetsWidget->isVisible();
-    m_facetsWidget->setVisible(facetsIsVisible);
+    m_facetsWidget->setVisible(m_facetsToggleButton->isChecked());
     updateFacetsToggleButton();
 }
 
@@ -338,14 +331,19 @@
         m_fileNameButton->setChecked(true);
     }
 
-    m_facetsWidget->setVisible(SearchSettings::showFacetsWidget());
+    const bool indexingEnabled = isIndexingEnabled();
+    m_facetsWidget->setEnabled(indexingEnabled);
+    m_facetsWidget->setVisible(indexingEnabled && SearchSettings::showFacetsWidget());
+    updateFacetsToggleButton();
 }
 
 void DolphinSearchBox::saveSettings()
 {
     SearchSettings::setLocation(m_fromHereButton->isChecked() ? QStringLiteral("FromHere") : QStringLiteral("Everywhere"));
     SearchSettings::setWhat(m_fileNameButton->isChecked() ? QStringLiteral("FileName") : QStringLiteral("Content"));
-    SearchSettings::setShowFacetsWidget(m_facetsToggleButton->isChecked());
+    if (isIndexingEnabled()) {
+        SearchSettings::setShowFacetsWidget(m_facetsToggleButton->isChecked());
+    }
     SearchSettings::self()->save();
 }
 
@@ -481,8 +479,6 @@
     m_startSearchTimer->setSingleShot(true);
     m_startSearchTimer->setInterval(1000);
     connect(m_startSearchTimer, &QTimer::timeout, this, &DolphinSearchBox::emitSearchRequest);
-
-    updateFacetsToggleButton();
 }
 
 QUrl DolphinSearchBox::balooUrlForSearching() const
@@ -560,9 +556,42 @@
 
 void DolphinSearchBox::updateFacetsToggleButton()
 {
-    const bool facetsIsVisible = SearchSettings::showFacetsWidget();
-    m_facetsToggleButton->setChecked(facetsIsVisible ? true : false);
-    m_facetsToggleButton->setIcon(QIcon::fromTheme(facetsIsVisible ? QStringLiteral("arrow-up-double") : QStringLiteral("arrow-down-double")));
-    m_facetsToggleButton->setText(facetsIsVisible ? i18nc("action:button", "Fewer Options") : i18nc("action:button", "More Options"));
+    const bool facetsEnabled = m_facetsWidget->isEnabled();
+    const bool facetsVisible = m_facetsWidget->isVisible();
+
+    m_facetsToggleButton->setEnabled(facetsEnabled);
+    m_facetsToggleButton->setChecked(facetsVisible);
+
+    m_facetsToggleButton->setIcon(QIcon::fromTheme(
+           facetsVisible ? QStringLiteral("arrow-up-double") :
+                           QStringLiteral("arrow-down-double")));
+
+    m_facetsToggleButton->setText(
+           facetsVisible ? i18nc("action:button", "Fewer Options") :
+                           i18nc("action:button", "More Options"));
+
+    if (facetsEnabled) {
+        m_facetsToggleButton->setToolTip(QString());
+    } else {
+#ifdef HAVE_BALOO
+        const Baloo::IndexerConfig searchInfo;
+        if (!searchInfo.fileIndexingEnabled()) {
+            m_facetsToggleButton->setToolTip(i18nc("@tooltip", "Advanced search options are not available beacause the file indexing service is disabled."));
+        } else {
+            m_facetsToggleButton->setToolTip(i18nc("@tooltip", "Advanced search options are not available beacause this location is not indexed."));
+        }
+#else
+        m_facetsToggleButton->setToolTip(i18nc("tooltip", "Advanced search options are not available beacause this version of Dolphin does not support the Baloo file indexer."));
+#endif
+    }
 }
 
+bool DolphinSearchBox::isIndexingEnabled() const
+{
+#ifdef HAVE_BALOO
+    const Baloo::IndexerConfig searchInfo;
+    return searchInfo.fileIndexingEnabled() && searchInfo.shouldBeIndexed(m_searchPath.toLocalFile());
+#else
+    return false;
+#endif
+}