Post by Rupert_B » Thu May 19, 2022 9:15 pm

Hi:

I have v3.0.3.8 When I go to the "Links" tab within my product I have trouble adding categories. I have 20-30 categories, and when I click to set the category link, I'm only presented with five categories in the drop-down menu. I can't scroll through it to find the category I want. Some of my categories have complicated names that are hard to remember, so I can't start typing them in to find the exact category I want. Hopefully somebody can explain. Thanks!
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Post by grgr » Fri May 20, 2022 6:22 pm

Yes, it is the autocomplete and no it doesn't scroll. You need to start typing the category name.

Confused how you can know the category name that you would want to select but can't start typing it!

But anyway, try googling "opencart admin category select dropdown list" and see what you find. I know that are a number of extensions that will sort it for you.

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Post by paulfeakins » Fri May 20, 2022 8:06 pm

Yep that's how it works unfortunately, it's a common complaint.

There should be extensions that make it better.

If you can't find an extension, you could pay a developer such as ourselves or post a job in the Commercial Support Forum.

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Post by Rupert_B » Fri May 20, 2022 8:50 pm

Part of the problem is that there's some many categories (about 100) that they had to be broken down into subcategories like: Page 6 > Circuit Breakers

Even if I paste in the complete category, like: Page 6 > Wiring Devices > Terminals and terminal strips I can't get it to enter.

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Post by Rupert_B » Fri May 20, 2022 9:21 pm

I installed this module https://www.opencart.com/index.php?rout ... n_id=21393 and that helps a bit, now when I'm in the product->links about 20 categories appear in the dropdown box. I still need to see more, I'll continue to investigate and will report back. Thanks for the suggestions!

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Post by by mona » Fri May 20, 2022 11:50 pm

Rupert_B wrote:
Fri May 20, 2022 9:21 pm
I'll continue to investigate
Good idea



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by mona wrote:
Thu May 12, 2022 2:43 am
Hi,

Asked an answered comprehensively many times

https://www.google.com/search?q=auto+co ... ore+than+5
https://www.google.com/search?q=auto+co ... cart+forum

the word you are missing is auto complete.

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Tue May 17, 2022 1:03 pm
It is a simple task - change the 5 to whatever number you want and add a scroll with css.
Search the marketplace - I am pretty sure OSWorX made a free mod for it.

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Post by Rupert_B » Sat May 21, 2022 1:38 am

Thanks Mona and everyone! It turns out that because I have so many categories I listed them with sub-categories, ie. Page 5 > Pressure Switches
But in the product listing-->links if I try to bring up Page 5 > Pressure Switches I don't get anything. But if I just type in Pressure Switches it brings up the proper source: Page 5 > Pressure Switches so all is now well. Thank you all for the hand-holding :)

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