getting the filter value into the Search Heading

[yonatanlehman]

In the default Flare search output, it is not possible to see what filter was applied.
I can probably solve this myself in Javascript by looking for the value of the 'f' query parameter in the URL, but before I go that way I'm hoping there is a built-in solution
For example, in the SearchResults Skin I can set the UI text of the Search Heading to Showing {total_results} results for {query}

Perhaps there apart from the supported meta values {total_results} and {query} there is something like {filter}
(I did try {filter} - nope...)

Any other ideas on how to show the user which filter is active?

Thanks

[jimgilliam]

In the output, Flare generates this code for selected filter. Could you use the "selected" class to grab the title value, store as a variable, and then include the variable on your custom search results page?

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<div class="search-filter selected" aria-haspopup="true" aria-controls="sf-content" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Search Filter" role="button" tabindex="0" title="NewFilter"></div>

[jimgilliam]

Or, it might be easier to grab the selected value from Flare's search filter form?

[NorthEast]

I'm not aware of any {filter} parameter, and there probably isn't one because it's not included in any messages.

Quite easy to get the selected filter name though:

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var selectedFilter = $(".search-filter.selected").attr("title");

Might be better to use that method, as getting the 'f' parameter value will presumably include "%20" instead of spaces?

[jimgilliam]

Thanks! I'll be using the method you mentioned.