Ajax Custom Search not working

This thread is resolved. Here is a description of the problem and solution.

Problem: I am trying to use an AJAX custom search View, but every time I click the submit button the page reloads. AJAX doesn't seem to work.

Solution: There seems to be a problem with the custom theme.

This support ticket is created 5 years, 8 months ago. There's a good chance that you are reading advice that it now obsolete.

This is the technical support forum for Toolset - a suite of plugins for developing WordPress sites without writing PHP.

Everyone can read this forum, but only Toolset clients can post in it. Toolset support works 6 days per week, 19 hours per day.

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
8:00 – 12:00	8:00 – 12:00	8:00 – 12:00	8:00 – 12:00	8:00 – 12:00	-	-
13:00 – 17:00	13:00 – 17:00	13:00 – 17:00	13:00 – 17:00	13:00 – 17:00	-	-

Supporter timezone: America/New_York (GMT-04:00)

Tagged: Views, Views plugin

This topic contains 5 replies, has 2 voices.

Last updated by dorineD 5 years, 8 months ago.

Assisted by: Christian Cox.

Author

Posts

May 23, 2019 at 2:35 pm #1248263

dorineD

I am trying to:
create a custom search with checkboxes and a submit button

Link to a page where the issue can be seen:
hidden link

I expected to see:
Ajax is working fine, updates when checkbox is checked and submit button clicked.

Instead, I got:
A full page refresh and updated result, so I think Ajax is blocked or not loaded on my website?

May 23, 2019 at 7:27 pm #1248523

Christian Cox

Hi, something strange is going on with this View. If I try to edit it in wp-admin, it looks incomplete. Can you check? hidden link

May 24, 2019 at 7:45 am #1249039

dorineD

HiChristian,

thanks for checking. I think the problem is still there. AJAX is not working...
Can you check again? 🙂

hidden link

Kind regards,
Jef M.

May 26, 2019 at 3:05 pm #1250243

Christian Cox

Looks like something in your custom theme is breaking Views' AJAX. If you switch to a default theme like Twenty Nineteen, the problem is resolved and AJAX works as expected. Maybe your custom theme is doing something with jQuery that overrides the AJAX function, or overrides another feature of the search form? I'm not really sure, and troubleshooting custom themes is outside the scope of our support policy: https://toolset.com/toolset-support-policy/

Try to narrow down exactly what the problem is in your theme, and if you need technical assistance with something specific I can try to ask for the best approach to resolve the problem.

May 27, 2019 at 11:41 am #1250893

dorineD

Hi,

thanks for your help. The solution was to add the vollowing in my templates:

 <?php wp_footer(); ?>

Normally that's something I do not forget in my custom themes, but this time I was al little too quick.

Kind regards,
Jef M.

May 27, 2019 at 11:42 am #1250895

dorineD

My issue is resolved now. Thank you!