How to show no results as default [#292077]

Comment #1

ff1 CreditAttribution: ff1 commented 6 August 2008 at 22:24

I suppose it depends what sort of filter you are applying.

I just created and exposed a 'Node: type' filter on the default 'tracker' view. I then selected the option Operator Is not one of and selected all the options for Node type. I then checked Unlock operator and Limit list to selected items. This produced a view with no items initially, but did require the user to change the operator from Is not one of to Is one of before selecting the required node type.

It's not very elegant and a bit hackish, but if you can play with the initial filter settings, you may get a workable result.

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Comment #2

edward.peters CreditAttribution: edward.peters commented 20 August 2008 at 05:40

Thanks for these ideas. A possible workaround, I suppose, but not a user-friendly solution. I am on the lookout for more possible solutions!

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Comment #3

tisho-1 CreditAttribution: tisho-1 commented 23 August 2008 at 13:45

I'd love to find a user-friendly workaround as well. There should be one because this seems a really common use case of the exposed filters...

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Comment #4

merlinofchaos CreditAttribution: merlinofchaos commented 26 August 2008 at 20:37

Category:	support	» feature
Status:	Active	» Postponed

Currently, there isn't a way to do this. I recognize the desire for this feature, but it is going to have to wait for the 'next' Views version.

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Comment #5

tisho-1 CreditAttribution: tisho-1 commented 27 August 2008 at 06:37

Hi Merlin,

Thanks for your reply! I found a solution that you provided in another thread, to play with the default values of the filters in order to get no results by default; hopefully I can get such default values to work in my case.

Thanks again!