Filter option values with commas

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Problem: I am providing custom display_values in a search View filter shortcode. I would like to use commas in one of these values, but the system interprets the comma as another option for the filter. How can I use a comma in the option text?

Solution: Use the HTML entity for comma:

[wpv-control-postmeta field="wpcf-price-range" type="select" source="custom" url_param="wpv-wpcf-price-range" values="3,2,1" display_values="5&#044;000,400,300" default_label="All"]

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

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Last updated by josephC-5 5 years, 1 month ago.

Assisted by: Christian Cox.

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October 31, 2019 at 4:34 pm #1374159

josephC-5

Hi there,

I had a question about the display_values attribute for the [wpv-control-postmeta] shortcode. Here's a snippet of code from my site:

[wpv-control-postmeta field="wpcf-price-range" type="select" source="custom" url_param="wpv-wpcf-price-range" values="3,2,1" display_values="500,400,300" default_label="All"]

Above the value of display_values is "500,400,300." My question is, is it possible for the comma-separated list assigned to display_values to contain a comma? My client is dealing with money, and I might need the values in the thousands of dollars, but the following won't work: "3,000,2,000,1,000". Is there a way to "escape" commas when they are set as an attribute value?

Thanks!

Saul

October 31, 2019 at 6:10 pm #1374239

Christian Cox

You can try using the & #44; entity (without a space) like this:

[wpv-control-postmeta field="wpcf-price-range" type="select" source="custom" url_param="wpv-wpcf-price-range" values="3,2,1" display_values="5&#044;000,400,300" default_label="All"]

October 31, 2019 at 7:40 pm #1374263

josephC-5

That did the trick.

Thanks, Christian!

Saul