Faceted browse: text box for value facets?

[tatiana]

Hi all,

I have another possibly niche question related to the faceted browse module.

I want users to be able to search within a specific value, so I would have a value type facet with the query type “contains”, but rather than users needing to select from a list of values they would be able to type in a text box. I don’t think it’s possible in the current version of faceted browse, but maybe there is some kind of workaround?

I have a pretty specific use case where I’m building a catalogue of ceramic artist signatures, and I need people to be able to search within the “description” value and nothing else, as searches for intials could be something like “AB”, so a full-text search is unhelpful. I’m trying to figure out the most stream-lined solution for how people can browse the signatures, so I’ve been mulling over various advanced search/browse options but faceted browse seems the most appealing to me at the moment due to the visual appeal.

All the best,

Tatiana

[jimsafley]

It’s a good idea. Unfortunately there’s currently no way to do what you want. I’ve opened an issue.

[tatiana]

Fair enough, thank you for opening the issue!

[jimsafley]

To be clear, do you want open text without a select menu, or do you want a select menu, but with an option to filter the menu?

[tatiana]

For my situation, I think open text without a select menu!

[jimsafley]

This feature is implemented in the newest version of the module (v1.2.0).

[tatiana]

Thank you! It works great.