Preselected Category for Search

[Eric Barnes +]

It seems to be a common change to want a category to be pre-selected when visiting the search form. This modification will allow that.

V4.0.x

#1. Open search.tpl and find the closing </form> tag.

#2. Just below it add:

{literal}
<script type="text/javascript">
    selectedCat(1); //where 1 is the category pre selected.
    function selectedCat(type){
        document.getElementById('ajxresponse').innerHTML = '';
        var QSTRING = type;
        cp.call('{/literal}{$smarty.const.URL}{literal}/ajax.php', 'ajax_extra_search_fields', response, QSTRING);
        return false;
    }
</script>
{/literal}

Please keep in mind you can only have one preselected and in this example the category had an id of 1.

V4.1.x Beta
#1. Open search.tpl and find the following code:

$(document).ready(function() {

#2. Just below it add:

selectedCat(1); //where 1 is the category pre selected.
    function selectedCat(type){
        $("#response").show()
        $.ajax({
            url: 'ajax.php',
            data: 'action=extra_listing_fields&do=search§ion=' + type,
            type: 'post',
            success: function (msg) {
                $("#response").html(msg);
            }
        });
    }

Please keep in mind you can only have one preselected and in this example the category had an id of 1.

[seymourjames +]

That is a nice mod and useful. Is there a way to get the same action if the same extrafields apply to all categories. In other words, the extrafields drop down automatically by default?

At present, if the mod is applied to the search form, the select all comes up by default (regardless of the cat id put in) and the extrafields drop down (the right action for my need), if you then do a search on a specific category it is fine also but then if you go back and 'select all' without refreshing the page, the extrafields in the search form disappear. Logic which is something like if select all then drop the extrafields.

[DGiscombe +]

Hi Eric,

Is there a different code to use for v4.1.0 Beta 5 which has the same outcome.

Reason why I would like this is because the searchable date field only works on this version and that is the one I'd like to target for the search without having to select a category first.

This question is open to anyone of course.

[Eric Barnes +]

Yes it would be different code. I will have to do some testing on it before I can post the change.

[DGiscombe +]

Excellent.

Thanks Eric, got something to tell my client now

[Eric Barnes +]

I just edited the first post in this topic with instructions for v4.1 beta.

[DGiscombe +]

Genius!

I've now stripped out the option box all together so that it only shows "starts from" and the search button. If I get the calendar to stay there instead of popping up, that can be my 'bare bones' event calendar.

Thank you very much Eric.

[naidu01 +]

Hello Eric,
I added this code to a search box that I added to the left menu. Can this script be modified to auto-select the category/subcategory that the user has clicked into?

[Bone +]

Originally Posted by Eric Barnes

It seems to be a common change to want a category to be pre-selected when visiting the search form. This modification will allow that.

V4.0.x

#1. Open search.tpl and find the closing </form> tag.

#2. Just below it add:

{literal}
<script type="text/javascript">
    selectedCat(1); //where 1 is the category pre selected.
    function selectedCat(type){
        document.getElementById('ajxresponse').innerHTML = '';
        var QSTRING = type;
        cp.call('{/literal}{$smarty.const.URL}{literal}/ajax.php', 'ajax_extra_search_fields', response, QSTRING);
        return false;
    }
</script>
{/literal}

Please keep in mind you can only have one preselected and in this example the category had an id of 1.

V4.1.x Beta
#1. Open search.tpl and find the following code:

$(document).ready(function() {

#2. Just below it add:

selectedCat(1); //where 1 is the category pre selected.
    function selectedCat(type){
        $("#response").show()
        $.ajax({
            url: 'ajax.php',
            data: 'action=extra_listing_fields&do=search§ion=' + type,
            type: 'post',
            success: function (msg) {
                $("#response").html(msg);
            }
        });
    }

Please keep in mind you can only have one preselected and in this example the category had an id of 1.

I made the modification to the search.tpl from templatecodes 3 column template system and it loaded the page with errors.
The when a category is selected from category dropdown, none of the category specific extra fields show.
Is this code / modification valid for 4.1.6 Developer editions using templatecodes template?

[seymourjames +]

I see no reason why it should not work if indeed it does work for 4.1.6. Try it on the default template (search.tpl) and see if it works. The only difference in the search.tpl file supplied by templatecodes is the styling of it. No structural change has been made.

If it does not work on the default template it is then a case of it does not work or you have not implemented the modification correctly. Let us know.