Hi Ernest,
Thank You. Your insight is much appreciated.
I did some progress by creating a custom taxonomy and used ASP frontend search settings shortcode to show this custom taxonomy to users with elementor pop-up on page load. Please see the screenshot: https://ibb.co/7kDcdqt . Now once I select an option and close the popup it does not reflect on the ASP search bar. Also it fails to retain search settings on page reload.
Please visit my website to get a clear picture. I hope to get your attention soon. Have a good one.
Many thanks
Sandy