limit taxonomy (category) filter to only first level

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Last updated by Shane 5 years, 4 months ago.

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September 23, 2019 at 5:36 pm #1346533

Wim

I am creating a category filter. Categories have subcategories but every post in a subcategory also belongs in a main category. In the dropdown filter in a custom search filter I only want to show the top level categories, so no subcategories should be visible. Is it possible somehow to limit the depth?

September 23, 2019 at 7:18 pm #1346595

Shane

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Hi Wim,

Thank you for contacting our support forum.

Unfortunately no its not possible to do this.

What I would recommend that you do is to open a feature request to get such a functionality added to the filter for the taxonomy.
https://toolset.com/home/contact-us/suggest-a-new-feature-for-toolset/

Please let me know if this helps.

Thanks,
Shane

September 23, 2019 at 8:37 pm #1346665

Wim

Hi Shane,

Really not possible? That is most unfortunately. I will see if I can hide them with some jQuery but maybe this might indeed be a nice feature to add? I you might have an idea for some jQuery to hide them, I would not say no to that 😉

September 23, 2019 at 9:50 pm #1346693

Shane

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Hi Wim,

There is a way to hide it but Its not practical if you have alot of options.

Take a look at the link below.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1271503/hide-options-in-a-select-list-using-jquery

The simple jQuery script here is able to hide the options for you.

Thanks,
Shane