Dropdown filter only shows half of the possible selections of a custom field

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Problem: I have a custom search View with a select-style custom field filter. The filter only shows some of the possible options for this custom field, but I want to show all the options for this custom field.

Solution: Check the Custom Search settings for this View, and select "Let me choose individual settings manually". Select the option "Always show all values for inputs", and save the View.

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

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This topic contains 6 replies, has 2 voices.

Last updated by Christian Cox 6 years, 1 month ago.

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October 1, 2018 at 7:23 pm #1118536

JosV9233

URL: hidden link

When you click on 'schoolvakken' there should be 34 choices, but only 16 are shown.

No idea what causes this.

October 2, 2018 at 5:47 pm #1119225

Christian Cox

Hi, these login credentials aren't working for me, but I think I know the problem. It looks like this View's search filter is set to only show the available options for each input. Edit the View and choose the option "Let me choose individual settings manually" in the Custom Search settings. This will open some additional options, where you can choose "Always show all values for inputs". This option should be selected, then save the View and test again.

You can see more information about these settings here:
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/front-page-filters/advanced-settings-custom-search/

Let me know if the problem is not resolved.

October 2, 2018 at 10:04 pm #1119317

JosV9233

My issue is resolved now. Thank you!

October 2, 2018 at 10:37 pm #1119319

JosV9233

Christian, now I have the following problem. The first selection is visible but I cannot select it. I can click on it but it doesn't search for that 'schoolvak'. To find those items I have to click first on another item, and then click on the first one. But that is not evident and not the way to go. How to solve this?

October 3, 2018 at 1:33 pm #1119950

Christian Cox

When I first load the page, then select "Engels" in the "schoolvak" field, I can see an AJAX request is triggered and the results are updated after a few moments. I'm attaching a screencapture here. It seems to be working as expected, but without a "loading" graphic it's not obvious. Is it possible you are just experiencing a delay? If not, I need more information to be able to replicate this problem. Please tell me what device and browser versions you are using. Test with a different browser or different device and let me know if the problem is still occurring.

October 4, 2018 at 9:24 am #1120618

JosV9233

Well, sorry to confuse things. Because the site is live, I changed back to "Always show all values for inputs".

If in the view I select 'show only available options for each input' I get what you see in the video (hidden link). I cannot select the first option directly.

Because the site is already live I changed that to 'Always show all values for inputs' and added an empty value to start out without a selection and to allow people to go back to all values without the reset button (if possible I want to go without the reset button). The drawback here is that not all available options do have items so sometimes people will get 'no options found'.

Is it possible to use 'show only available options for each input' without the problem shown in the video?

October 4, 2018 at 6:20 pm #1120930

Christian Cox

Oh yes, I understand now. You can add a default_label attribute to the vakken field filter shortcode. Edit this View and look for the filter in the Search and Pagination settings. Add a default_label attribute like this:

[wpv-control-postmeta field="wpcf-vakken" url_param="wpv-wpcf-vakken" default_label=" "]

This will add an empty default option at the top of the select field, so you can select the desired filter more effectively.