[Resolved] Add a filter using manually entered values as number ranges

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[Michelle Dodd]

Tell us what you are trying to do?
I need to add a filter to this website. The filter should be a drop down menu, listing the options 0 - 9, 10 - 19, and so on up to 50 & up. I can't seem to find documentation showing how to search number ranges (outside of setting a minimum and maximum), and I'm unsure of how to enter it in the form and / or within the code.

Is there any documentation that you are following?
I've been searching in tutorials and community support and haven't seen how to set this up from beginning to end.

Is there a similar example that we can see? Not that I'm aware of.

[Beda]

That's not natively supported in Toolset, mainly because it'd be subject to too many customization requests (while one wants steps of 2, another might want steps of 5, etc)

What you can do, assuming you have a Field with those values saved for the posts, you can set up a custom search in a view using custom values, so for example, instead of building a View search that uses all of the precise saved values you created when adding posts with their fields, it uses ranges.

You can use compare if you use two inputs - a max and minimum value. This would help to for example output posts between a value of 1-20 - but you need 2 inputs, as you can set it up in the View search: a maximum and minimum input so Views can search in between those.
But in one single select option, only one value can be passed, not a range of between values.

[Michelle Dodd]

Thank you for the info, Beda!

Is it possible to enter variables within the "add filter" set up pop up box, and then write custom PHP, calling those variables, within the existing code to create this option? It's a client ask, and we are already using Toolset for a lot of the other functionality components within the site.

[Beda]

I think this here is exactly what you need for it:
https://toolset.com/forums/topic/filter-a-custom-field-with-a-range-of-numbers/#post-1229631