Search within dropdown

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Tagged: Custom search, Views, Views plugin

This topic contains 5 replies, has 2 voices.

Last updated by Ben 5 years, 8 months ago.

Assisted by: Christian Cox.

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March 4, 2019 at 8:19 pm #1209683

Ben

How would I enable users to be able to search through dropdown options via a search bar built into the dropdown somewhere?

March 4, 2019 at 11:00 pm #1209744

Christian Cox

Hi, in a custom search View there is no autosuggest or autocomplete filter type. The filter types offered in Views are:
- text input
- select
- select multiple
- radio button
- checkbox
You would have to create a custom autosuggest input using custom code to extend that list of filter types.

March 5, 2019 at 7:14 pm #1210213

Ben

Thank you for your reply Christian.

It is disappointing to see that this isn't an option available.

I don't think I can find an effective way of filtering through large taxonomies using Toolset. A text search can be too vague (no prompts for user etc), there are too many terms active for the other methods to work (cannot list 1000 terms), yet there is nothing in between these at all?

March 5, 2019 at 8:19 pm #1210241

Ben

Especially as this desired option is in use in the Toolset GUI already!

March 5, 2019 at 9:39 pm #1210278

Christian Cox

yet there is nothing in between these at all?
Unfortunately that's correct, the filter types offered in custom search Views are:
- text input
- select
- select multiple
- radio button
- checkbox

Anything beyond those options will require custom code.

March 6, 2019 at 4:22 pm #1210722

Ben

Thank you for your time with this Christian.

This is very disappointing to see (although nothing to do with you obviously!).