Reply To: show blog and products in search results with different layouts

I want to filter the search results from the main search in the menu, without the user having to search again.
eg a user searches for ‘paint’ then I want to filter the different paint categories — brushes, paper, paint colors.
have a sidebar with options to filter the search results.
Is there a way to do this with the plugin?

Also I have a lot of different categories, even multiple color categories.
Is there a way to only show the categories that are relevant for that search result?
eg if there are paint brushes in the search results, show that as a filter option. If not, hide that option.

Thanks