Unable to add Custom Field to Main Search Bar

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January 27, 2018 at 7:14 pm #414639

Rebecca Sepulveda
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Hi everyone – tried to search for this topic, but not finding the answer…
Shouldn’t a custom field be searchable in the Main Search Bar itself (not just under an icon)?

I found the “Show in Main Search Bar” option for Categories, but the option isn’t there for the Custom Field “Designers” (see the attached screenshot).

I feel like I must be missing something 🙁

Thanks in advance for any thoughts/advice.

🙂

January 27, 2018 at 7:36 pm #414645

Kor
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Hi Rebecca,

Sorry, I’m not really sure what you mean there but are you referring to the option shown in the attached screenshot? That option will allow you to display the custom fields without clicking the “gear” icon.

Thanks!

January 27, 2018 at 7:44 pm #414648

Rebecca Sepulveda
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Hi Kor 🙂
Under the Advanced Search tab > I opened Designers and Category to show the comparison. Under Category, you’ll see “Show in main search bar?” But there is no ” Show in main search bar?” option under Designers. So far, I have only been able to get Designers to show under a gear icon (to the right of the magnifying glass icon). I am hoping to get Designers to show up as a dropdown, without having to click the icon.

Thank you for such a quick response, by the way!

January 27, 2018 at 7:50 pm #414649

Rebecca Sepulveda
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Follow up — I think I found what you were showing me, Kor!
I had to change the widget settings for more than just the GD Home Page

I had to change Appearance > Widgets > GD Listings > Search — and then select “Always Open”

That helped a lot!

WOOT!!

Thank you 😀

January 27, 2018 at 10:55 pm #414664

Guust
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Just for your information:

Only SELECT custom fields can be added to the search bar itself, see https://wpgeodirectory.com/docs/gd-search/#select

So I am guessing that “Designers” is not a SELECT custom field, but rather a MULTISELECT field.

Thanks
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