How to add "Search All" to extra fields

'Please select' is not the same as search all in terms of the action. Are you sure you wish to change this? If you do then I believe it is in the language file where most other labels are defined. If you don't want a 'search all' action then you will need to recode the search form in search.tpl to stop that.

You can't change it via language without it changing outside of the search. However the extra fields for search are all done via ajax, so you could alter the javascript to rewrite it to anything you want:

I've added this in two places see below:

Code:

msg = msg.replace(/Please Select/g, 'Search All');

Code:

$("#type").change(function()
    {
        $("#response").show();
        $("#optResponse").hide();
        //alert($('#type option:selected').val());
        $.ajax({
            url: 'ajax.php',
            data: 'action=extra_listing_fields&do=search§ion=' + $('#type option:selected').val(),
            type: 'post',
            success: function (msg) {
                msg = msg.replace(/Please Select/g, 'Search All');
                $("#response").html(msg);
            }
        });
    });
    $("#parent").change(function()
    {
        $("#response").show();
        //alert($('#section option:selected').val());
        $.ajax({
            url: 'ajax.php',
            data: 'action=extra_listing_fields§ion=' + $('#type option:selected').val(),
            type: 'post',
            success: function (msg) {
                msg = msg.replace(/Please Select/g, 'Search All');
                $("#response").html(msg);
            }
        });
    });

Just to clarify John's excellent response, the javascript code that he is referring to is in the template file not the ajax file itself. search.tpl

Thanks Mike, the info was useless without knowing where to put it.

OK - you are talking about extrafields and not the category. The screen shot is clear.