Question about creating a custom search / filter

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Problem:

Is there a way to set the default value in the select menu to "All" and have that be an option in the select menu?

Solution:

Edit your view, in section "Search and Pagination", find the shortcode of [wpv-control-postmeta ...] for field "Price Range", add an attribute default_label="All" in it, for example:

[wpv-control-postmeta ... default_label="All"]

Relevant Documentation:

https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/views-shortcodes/#wpv-control-postmeta

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Tagged: Custom search, Views plugin

This topic contains 2 replies, has 2 voices.

Last updated by josephC-5 5 years, 2 months ago.

Assisted by: Luo Yang.

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October 22, 2019 at 9:42 pm #1366941

josephC-5

Hi there,

I've created a custom search / filter based on a custom field. The custom field, called Price Range, has three values: High, Medium, and Low.

I've set up the custom search / filter to update via this option: "AJAX results update when visitors change any filter values." The three values are displayed in a select / pull-down menu:
—High
—Medium
—Low

Right now, the filter shows the first item, "High," as the default value, which is misleading (because posts matching all three values appear by default). And it means that a user has to change the menu to "Medium" or "Low," and then back to "High," to see the posts which have a custom field value of "High."

Here's my question: is there a way to set the default value in the select menu to "All" and have that be an option in the select menu? Here's what I'm trying to accomplish:
—All
—High
—Medium
—Low

Thank you!

Saul

October 23, 2019 at 7:08 am #1367101

Luo Yang

Hello,

I suggest you try these:
Edit your view, in section "Search and Pagination", find the shortcode of [wpv-control-postmeta ...] for field "Price Range", add an attribute default_label="All" in it, for example:
[wpv-control-postmeta ... default_label="All"]

And test again

More help:
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/views-shortcodes/#wpv-control-postmeta

October 23, 2019 at 2:47 pm #1367687

josephC-5

This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you, Luo!

Saul