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how to add search box with dropdown menu
chililb
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Hi. How can I add the search box with a dropdown menu (title, author, category, tags, date), as in this vanilla forum site?
Thanks.
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closest thing is sphinxsearch plugin.
http://vanillaforums.org/addon/sphinxsearch-plugin
read the plugin instructions and description closely.
and you might get something similar as well if you use the vanilla hosted plan.
I may not provide the completed solution you might desire, but I do try to provide honest suggestions to help you solve your issue.
Thanks. I was hoping I could do it without a plugin![:\](https://open.vanillaforums.com/plugins/emojiextender/emoji/little/confused.png ":\")
my developer is going to implement a drop down search menu using sphinx. I'll let you know how it turns out...
@meshugy please issue a pull request if you get that dropdown working and plan to release it open source. It would be a nice touch to the frontend.
@mcu_hq will do!
Hi @meshugy ! I know this is a bump, but how did it work out? I need a dropdown solution for the search-panel, so it's just a bit easier to use the search options from SphinxSearch.
Will you be able to share your solution? Please let me know.
Best Regards.
@exetico I used a single button toggle for the search option in the "lite" version found here:
https://github.com/mcuhq/SphinxSearchLite/blob/master/views/search/index.php
Unfortunately, I don't have a picture to offer so you can see what it looks like, but I think it may be what you are looking for.
@mcu_hq Thanks for the explanation!