Always show search fields

Hi there,

maybe it is just a little thing:
I always want to show the search fields on top of my user list. I don't want to click on "search users" before to show the fields.
How can I do that? Is there an option?

Thanks
Seagul

There isn't really an always visible mode for search fields, but you can use the second URL found at the top when editing your userlist in CB > List Management. It has "searchmode=1", which will force the search inputs to display, but it will cause the default list of users to be hidden until a search is made; next release of CB will have a "searchmode=2" though that will display search inputs and the default list of users.

I analysed the html of the page and the only difference in showing and not showing the search fields seems to be

<div class="contentdescription cbUserListSearch" id="cbUserListsSearcher" style="display: block;">

or

<div class="contentdescription cbUserListSearch" id="cbUserListsSearcher" style="display: none;">

Then the search fields will be there together with the list. I have been searching where I could change this in one of the component's files. But couldn't find it. How can I change this tiny thing?

You just need to use the searchmode URL. It will cause the criteria to always display. When a search is made the criteria is also always displayed. This is improved further in CB 2.0 with a few more modes. You could also use the below CSS to force it to always display.


The !important will allow it to override the inline styled. There maybe more styling that needs to be forced like that.