I think I will ask this to Merlin, as he is the only one that seems to help:

I am trying (for days now) to create a Taxonomy Term Autocomplete box, that will direct the user to
/taxonomy/term/tid url, which is the default url for the Taxonomy module.

I will use the above taxonomy autocomplete box to direct initial navigation to taxonomy term pages.
Using Views 2 and exposed filters does not seem to be a solution as I created this box with Views 2 Exposed Filters, everything fine, except, the result url goes to the view with ? query. However, this is not the solution I am seeking.

What is the best approach for this problem ? I can do the same thing with jump menu for taxonomy, however, it is a drop down menu and not a solution for large number of terms.

Autocomplete is preferred, however, autocomplete or not, what is the best way to implement this functionality ?

Thanks again,

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merlinofchaos’s picture

merlinofchaos commented
Status: Active » Closed (won't fix)

What you're asking is not something Views does, so I am unable to help you.

jogebau’s picture

jogebau commented

im very interested in this, did you find a solution?

sbydrupal’s picture

sbydrupal commented

So far, I asked the same question to 5-6 different module issues, no luck.

It could be done through

-autocomplete taxonomy directing to /taxonomy/term/tid, or
-search taxonomy directing to /taxonomy/term/tid or
- autocomplete menu, where, we can create menu for taxonomy vocabulary with some existing modules.
- exposed filter with aliasing to /taxonomy/term/tid

However, none of the existing modules have this capability. I am stuck !

jogebau’s picture

jogebau commented

please keep me posted on this.
i hope we will find a solution, as it is one of the few remaining open problems i have with my concept right now.

thanks for the info. right now i got some other problems to solve, but as soon as i can i will try to find a solution as well.

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sbydrupal commented

Yoge,

I have temporarily (or permanently depending on your case) solved the situation by
using Path Redirect Module, which accepts query strings to redirect to /taxonomy/term/tid.

For example, you have a Vocabulary "ABC" and a term called "XYZ", you can redirect exposed filter results for XYZ to /category/ABC/XYZ using Path Redirect.

For each term, you need to create one Path redirect, but not bad. For my case, it is okey. Finally!!!

jogebau’s picture

jogebau commented

Thanks for the info, I might use this solution for a while, although im not sure it will be a permanent solution for me. I might need to switch to a more performance oriented search method like solr. are there any autocomplete taxonomy search field options for that?

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sbydrupal commented

I didnt check Solr. There is an active task assigned on Taxonomy Browser module to implement this feature within the last few days.

jogebau’s picture

jogebau commented

wow, thanks i will check that out.

i would still prefer a solution for the solr search module, as it seems to be the best search available for drupal, in terms of performance...