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Adding Category Selector to Search Box

Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 5:11 am
by tuxscott
Hi, I'm wondering what would be the best way to go about adding a Category selector (drop down menu) to the Search Box like the older versions of OC.

For example: http://blog.ericlamb.net/wp-content/upl ... -Store.png As displayed in the image, the older version had a category selection menu beside the search box. Meanwhile, the later version: http://i.minus.com/if70Q1nXK0WaS.png does not.

How would I go about recovering that feature in the later version, v1.5.1.3 to be exact. Thanks, I appreciate it.

Re: Adding Category Selector to Search Box

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 6:40 pm
by remcofaasse
Hi, I am also interested in this drop down box. It would be great when it brings you directly to the selected category or product page.

Re: Adding Category Selector to Search Box

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 10:35 pm
by vanen
Did you solve it? I've searched everywhere.

Re: Adding Category Selector to Search Box

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 4:07 am
by tuxscott
No, unfortunately I never solved it. The closest I got was by utilizing the search box code in the advance search page. But I didn't know enough about it to actually make it work. I was able to get both the search box and category box to appear, but I never successfully got it to display the actual categories in the drop down so you could select them.

The only thing I can suggest is that you put a link to the advance search page beside the search box.

Re: Adding Category Selector to Search Box

Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2019 5:03 am
by nightwing