Click in search box to show settings – possible?

[MatthewFassParticipant]

I would like to get rid of the settings icon in the upper right hand corner search box and change the functionality so that the settings checkboxes appear when a visitor clicks in the box. Is this possible?

Thanks,

Matthew Fass
Developer
Thinking Partners
[email protected]
http://thinking-partners.com/
917-497-7852

[Ernest MarcinkoKeymaster]

Hi!

To hide the settings icon, go to the Frontend search settings -> General panel: https://i.imgur.com/4DWssHw.png

There is no option for opening the settings on input focus, but with a simple javascript snippet using the plugin API it’s possible. I’ve quickly put together a possible solution for you. Just include it in the functions.php file in your theme (or preferably child theme) directory (copy from line 3):

There is also an addition to hide the settings once the results are displayed. If you want to learn more about the search JS api, you can find it here.

Let’s hope this works!

Best,
Ernest Marcinko
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[MatthewFassParticipant]

Thank you for the reply. Will try this.

[MatthewFassParticipant]

Thank you for the reply. Much appreciated. Will try this. And thanks for creating such powerful and useful software.

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