Author Topic: Hide field in default search (newbie) (Read 1212 times)

Durruti · April 17, 2008, 11:29:15 am

Hi, I'm new to CiviCRM and am finding it a very powerful tool, thankyou. I have a question, is there an easy way to hide field in the default search? The database will only ever contain organisations so the primary field in the default search is confusing to the user. I have looked at the custom search pages, but to be honest I don't have any php/mysql skills and am out of my depth. Can I just remove the first few lines from the php or is this better not messed with? $:-\$
Many thanks in advance,
Cheers
Matt

Dave Greenberg · April 17, 2008, 04:03:19 pm

Hi Matt (and welcome :-) )
The easiest way to do this (and one that's reasonably upgrade compatible) is to use the "custom templates" feature.

http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Customize+Built-in+and+Profile+Screens

Using this method, create your custom copy of the template file: templates/CRM/Contact/Form/Search/BasicCriteria.tpl

Then remove this code - which renders the drop-down for contact types.

Code: [Select]

{$form.contact_type.html}

.... and add this hidden field somewhere in that same table (which contains the form). This will sets the contact type to always be Organization:

Code: [Select]

<input type="hidden" name="contact_type" value="Organization">

Of course you'll probably want to modify the table layout a bit as well - but you can do all that in this same template file.

Durruti · April 20, 2008, 11:35:25 am

Thanks Dave, I've done that and all working so far

Is there an easy way to hide the advanced and search builder tabs in the interests of simplicity?
Thanks again for the help and advice.
Cheers
Matt

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