crazylane Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 I have a shopping cart in the backend there is drop down for navigating through the categories and sub categories, but I'm looking for a better way as I have over 3 thousand categories! and I need a better and faster way to navigate the categories. Any ideas? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/215348-cure-for-long-drop-down-boxes/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammesz Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 maybe something like google search suggestions? where suggestions to what category your looking for pops up as you type. If you want something that a user can browse what categories there are then you'll need a separate page for it or categorize better as 3000 categories is insane. You should maybe categorize the categories so the list of main categories is shortened. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/215348-cure-for-long-drop-down-boxes/#findComment-1119847 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawn Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 It seems like any system with that many categories could use category -> subcategory organisation. A "tag cloud" widget based on popularity and/or an AJAX text input (as suggested above) are both good alternatives to a drop down menu. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/215348-cure-for-long-drop-down-boxes/#findComment-1119850 Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazylane Posted October 7, 2010 Author Share Posted October 7, 2010 The child~ categories are indented but it is still had to see, I was thinking of Maybe only listing the parent and the next child in a sort-of drill down fashion. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/215348-cure-for-long-drop-down-boxes/#findComment-1119853 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammesz Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 Another idea you could do is ditch the dropdown box and make custom dhtml dropdown where the subcategories "slide out" to the side when the user hovers over the main parent categoy Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/215348-cure-for-long-drop-down-boxes/#findComment-1119856 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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