Topic Tag: Custom search

Problem:
The user would like to hide a filter when the visible results do not have a filter term assigned

Solution:

• The view must be configured to not display filter terms when no results are assigned. Check this screenshot https://toolset.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/1132932-Screenshot_2018_10_23_at_10.05.17_AM.png
• Add a Javascript code to the view that checks for empty filters and hide their parent(includes the label)

  jQuery(function($){
    $('#term-archive form select').each(function(){
      var select = $(this);
      var options = select.find('option')
      if ( ! options.length) {
        select.parent().hide()
      }
    })
  })
  

Notice:
Depending on how you are creating your forms, labels, controls, etc... the Javascript code might need to be adapted. In this example, we used the id "term-archive" and we hide the parent form-group of the filter(select)

Relevant Documentation:
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/views/front-page-filters/advanced-settings-custom-search/

Problem:

When a user does a search, is it possible to show the results in a different page?

Solution:

You can follow our document to display the search form and search result in different pages:

Relevant Documentation:

https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/views/front-page-filters/#displaying-custom-search

Problem:
The user would like to hide filters that are empty for the results set.

Solution:
You can customize manually to hide the filters that are empty in the view settings. http://prntscr.com/rqwglm