Hi David,
What I want to do is have a grid and list view. I've had a little go myself but don't know much about combining javascript and forms for this type of thing. What I need is $view to either be list or grid. Then I'll use $view as a div class.
What I've tried so far is a drop down and a href for changing between list/grid view on the searchresults. Trouble is the dropdown resets itself when I apply a filter and the href doesn't do much at all. I've applied the mod for displaying price, brand, etc filters and uses a drop down for sorting.
Here's what I tried
$sortForm .= '<select name="view" onchange="JavaScript:this.form.submit();">';
$sortForm .= '<option value="list" '.($view=='list'?'selected="selected" ':'').'>list</option>';
$sortForm .= '</select>';$sortForm .= '<a href="#" onclick="Javascript:document.getElementById(\'sr\').className = \'list\';">list</a> | ';//POST data?
$sortForm .= '<a href="#" name="view" value="grid" onclick="JavaScript:this.form.submit();">grid</a></p>';//POST data?The ideal solution for me would be to have them change via an input img type.
Any ideas?
Jay
Got a bit too fixated on trying to figure this out and after a long head scratching session came up with this.
This in the head
<script type='text/javascript'>
function chView(Form, Name, Value) {
Form.elements[Name].value = Value;
Form.submit();
}
</script>This in search.php
$view = (isset($_GET["view"])?$_GET["view"]:"list");
$sortForm .= '<input type="hidden" name="view" value="'.htmlentities($view,ENT_QUOTES,$config_charset).'" />';
if($view=='grid'){
$sortForm .= '<a href="javascript: chView(document.sortF, \'view\', \'list\');"> to list view </a>';
}else{
$sortForm .= '<a href="javascript: chView(document.sortF, \'view\', \'grid\');"> to grid view </a>';
}then this in my filters form
echo '<input type="hidden" name="view" value="'.htmlentities($view,ENT_QUOTES,$config_charset).'" />';
echo '<input type="hidden" name="sort" value="'.htmlentities($sort,ENT_QUOTES,$config_charset).'" />';All seems to work as intended. The only issue now is that when I apply a filter it resets the sort drop down.
Also, I've added a reset button to the filters that I would like to reset all the filters back to default. Can this be achieved easy enough?
echo '<input type="reset" value="Reset" />';regards,
Jay
Hi Jay,
The last html/searchresults.php that I sent to you didn't include the current value of $sort in a hidden field. In that file, look for the following code on line 10:
print "<form method='GET' action='".$config_baseHREF."search.php'>";...and REPLACE with:
print "<form method='GET' action='".$config_baseHREF."search.php'>";
print "<input type='hidden' name='sort' value='".htmlentities($sort,ENT_QUOTES,$config_charset)."' />";To remove filters, unfortunately the HTML form reset method will only reset the values to what they were when the page was loaded; however as each filter drop-down as an ID it should be easy to do with JavaScript; have a go with:
echo '<input type="button" value="Reset" onclick="JavaScript:document.getElementById(\'mf\').value=\'\';document.getElementById(\'cf\').value=\'\';document.getElementById(\'bf\').value=\'\';" />';Hope this helps!
Cheers,
David.
I have no form in searchresults.php? Do you mean the filters form? I moved that to the sidebar. I've already added a hidden 'sort' input into the filters form as above.
regards,
Jay
Hi Jay,
Yes - I was referring to the filters form (so I guess the one in your sidebar now).
If sort is there as a hidden field it should be propagated - make sure it is definitely within the <form> tags. If you're not sure could you email me your sidebar containing the form and I'll check it out for you...
Cheers,
David.
Just found that the value is being passed as this
rating&categoryFilter=Laptops+businessand sort is having values appended to it in this block of code
if (isset($pagination))
{
if ($minPrice || $maxPrice)
{
$sort .= "&minPrice=".$minPrice."&maxPrice=".$maxPrice;
}
if ($merchantFilter)
{
$sort .= "&merchantFilter=".urlencode($merchantFilter);
}
if ($categoryFilter)
{
$sort .= "&categoryFilter=".urlencode($categoryFilter);
}
if ($brandFilter)
{
$sort .= "&brandFilter=".urlencode($brandFilter);
}regards,
Jay
Further to my last comment, I've done this and used $sort2 in the filters hidden input which seems to be working.
$sort = (isset($_GET["sort"])?$_GET["sort"]:"relevance");
$sort2 = $sort;Do you think this will be ok or will it affect something I haven't thought of?
regards,
Jay
Hi Jay,
That's fine - I understand from your comments why it wasn't working before.
Cheers,
David.
Hi Jay,
The reason (I suspect) for the drop down not remembering the setting (and also I think for the style not being applied is because $_GET["view"] would need to be read into the $view variable. To this, near the top of search.php, add:
$view = $_GET["view"];I assume that 'sr' is the class name in use in your template, but bear in mind that in the distribution it is 'searchresults' so that may be the problem; however a great way to debug JavaScript HTML manipulation is with the Firefox Error Console (tools menu). You normally need to clear all existing errors first, then view your page; activate your JavaScript and check the Error Console for more information...
Cheers,
David.