[Resolved] How to force blank search to return no results

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[catrionaD]

Blank search returns all results

I would like a blank search to return no results

[Waqar]

Hi,

Thank you for waiting.

To make sure that the search results are only shown when some text has been entered into the text search field, you can use the "wpv-search-term" shortcode ( ref: https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/views/views-shortcodes/#wpv-search-term ), in a conditional output ( ref: https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/views/conditional-html-output-in-views/using-shortcodes-in-conditions/ ).

For example, the structure of your view's content inside the "wpv-items-found" tags in "Loop Editor" section will look like this, with these conditional blocks:

[wpv-items-found]
	[wpv-conditional if="( '[wpv-search-term param='wpv_post_search']' ne '' )"]
		<!-- wpv-loop-start -->
			.....
		<!-- wpv-loop-end -->
	[/wpv-conditional]
	[wpv-conditional if="( '[wpv-search-term param='wpv_post_search']' eq '' )"]
		Please enter some text in the search field to view the results!
	[/wpv-conditional]
[/wpv-items-found]

I hope this helps and please let me know if you need any further assistance around this.

regards,
Waqar

[catrionaD]

Thanks Waqar, my issue is resolved now. Thank you!