Catalog Filter starts searching before GO/Search is clicked?

[partisanentity]

Hi Everyone,

I have enabled the Catalog Filter module on one of my pages.

The problem is that the moment you click on one of the options, the search is started:

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Where/how can I change the behaviour to wait until all options are selected and the person has clicked on Go before a search is carried out?

Thanks very much.

p.s. and anyone know how I can get rid of those vertical scrollbars that are not being used?

[partisanentity]

Anyone? I would really appreciate any help or pointers on this.

[thyon]

This is by design. It's a URL type filter, not a form filter. Only the search is a Post operation. You can write your own form to send the values as post using your own custom filter template.

[partisanentity]

This is by design. It's a URL type filter, not a form filter. Only the search is a Post operation. You can write your own form to send the values as post using your own custom filter template.

Hi again,

Thanks very much for your feedback.

I am not sure how to build the form, because I don't know what parameters are being past to the list and how they are called.

Is it possible to build a form using the built in Contao form builder?

Thanks!

[Ruud]

I've asked about that ones but got the same response (it is by design). I don't agree forms should reload pages without that this is clear beforehand to users. So I had to redo it by myself. The filters work by redirecting to a specific url (GET instead of POST). If you understand what each option will do to the url, then you can build your own filter javascriptcode. I did not write my entire form, just rewrote the js code. The downside is that some filter options result in 0 items found.

What I did you can see here for example: http://designxpress.nl/drukwerk/type/14 ... ize/9.html
The link contains the parameters of the filter (type: 145=briefpapier; weight: 338=90gr; size: 9=A4)
(ps, this link will be dead within two months or so...)

[partisanentity]

Ruud,

Thanks very much for your feedback. I also disagree with the way the filter works, if you allow the user to choose more than 1 drop down, then obviously the form should wait until all possible filter options have been selected.

The way it has been designed by default actually in end effect creates a "separate" form for each drop down, which makes no sense.

Could you share your template file with me? This would help me to get a better idea of how to build my own form.

Thanks!