Taxonomy not displaying correctly in drop down

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Problem: I have a flat taxonomy that is showing as a hierarchical taxonomy in a custom search filter.

Solution: Switching it to a Flat taxonomy after term hierarchy has been established can result in this type of problem. One way to solve this is to switch back to a Hierarchical taxonomy (go to Toolset > Taxonomies and edit this custom taxonomy), then edit each of the terms that show up as indented child terms. Deselect the parent term from each of these and resave the terms. Then switch back to a Flat taxonomy once more.

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Last updated by cindyB 6 years, 3 months ago.

Assisted by: Christian Cox.

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August 5, 2018 at 2:28 am #1074201

cindyB

I am trying to: Have all of my "Teachers" be in the drop down w/o some of them looking like they are a "child".

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I expected to see: All teachers listed w/o indention.

Instead, I got: I set up a search with a drop down for teachers. When I have multiple teachers they show up in hierarchy fashion. I.E. indented. I selected teachers to show up as a flat item. Please advise

August 5, 2018 at 9:41 pm #1074427

Christian Cox

Hi, is it possible that this was once a hierarchical taxonomy? If so, switching it to a Flat taxonomy after term hierarchy has been established can result in this type of problem. One way to solve this is to switch back to a Hierarchical taxonomy (go to Toolset > Taxonomies and edit this custom taxonomy), then edit each of the terms that show up as indented child terms. Deselect the parent term from each of these and resave the terms. Then switch back to a Flat taxonomy once more.

If that's not the problem here, and you are not able to resolve the indentation, I'll need to take a closer look.

August 7, 2018 at 3:10 am #1076024

cindyB

Thanks so much, Christian! That hit it right on the nail!