Reply To: Filter by category, not by text

[Ernest MarcinkoKeymaster]

Hi!

I’m not sure, but it might be possible.

1. On the General Options -> Behavior panel, set:
Minimal character count to trigger search option to 0
Trigger search when changing a facet on settings? option ON

like so: https://i.imgur.com/CbWRsTu.png

2. Make sure the settings are visible by default: https://i.imgur.com/hPN75O5.png

3. and then, to hide the search bar, use this custom CSS:

.asp_main_container { height: 0px !important; }

That seems to be working on my test environment.

Best,
Ernest Marcinko
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