custom jQuery to hide options in Quick Search

[allenthehusband]

Running Civi 4.4.6 on Drupal 7.  I'm trying to remove 3 options we won't be using in the Quick Search.  I have added Navigation.extra.tpl to my custom templates directory\templates\CRM\common.  The file has the following code:

Code: [Select]

{literal}
<script>
cj('.innerbox li:nth-child(2)').hide();
cj('.innerbox li:nth-child(3)').hide();
cj('.innerbox li:last-child').hide();
</script>
{/literal}
The code does not work (the options are still there when I clear the cache and use QuickSearch), yet if I individually put those lines into Firebug's console, the options disappear.  Any ideas on why my jQuery is not working when placed in the tpl file?  Thanks for any help!

[JonGold]

Hi Allen,

That looks like the right template - but to be sure, it might be worth putting in an alert() on console.log() statement into your jQuery?  Also, are you using any other custom templates?  I've been bitten in the ass before by THINKING I had the right custom templates directory, but actually not...

More to the point - is there a reason not to simply override Navigation.tpl altogether and dispense with the jQuery?  In general I'd support your approach for upgrade/maintainability reasons, but Civi 4.5 has completely overhauled the QuickSearch, so I wouldn't sweat the maintainability.

[allenthehusband]

JonGold,
Thanks so much for the reminder that the solution doesn't *have* to be jQuery.  I tried the console.Log approach and as you suggested, something must have been wrong with my naming/folder convention.  Needing to push on and not spend more time on it, I followed the suggestion of point 1 on the template page (http://book.civicrm.org/developer/current/techniques/templates/), and went the CSS route through my Drupal theme.  Thanks again for helping!

UPDATE -- my previously noted selectors were too generic.  Turns out they selected the 2nd, 3rd and last items of each menu in the black toolbar across the top, not just the Quick Search.  Per Jon's suggestion, I overrode the Navigation.tpl and commented out the QuickSearch options we don't need.  Not ideal, by any means, but in the case with limited time, effective.