Quick and Advanced Search: Adding and Editing Fields

Property Type Defaults

These changes can be made on the search/forms/ YAML for the individual site.  Add in the flags from the examples below under each search type that the site owner would like to set a default for.  Meaning, it must be added for the Quick Search and the Advanced Search separately. 

  • How to Check a Box by Default:
  • How to Uncheck a Box by Default:

Property Details Defaults

These changes can be made on the search/forms YAML for the individual site.  

 Multi-Select Dropdown Search Field Default

  • Add in "default: " followed by the exact, specific text and capitalization of the option.

 Maximum and Minimum Search Fields

  • Add in "default_min: " and/or "default_max: " followed by the exact number without any punctuation (i.e. no "$" or ",")

Widget Syntax

  • Multi-Select Dropdown

Drop-Down Menu Choices

  • Usually set on the board level, but if an individual site wants to update it with custom choices, it can be done on a site level
  • flags: [+dynamic] will pull the data fields directly from the MLS
  • flags: [-dynamic] will pull in choices that you specify.  Under this you can write choices: and list them such as:
  • Align the "c" directly under the "[" from [-dynamic] above it.
  • Under this, align "all_key:" followed by phrases such as "No Preference" or "All" to label what will appear in the dropdown menu when "All" is displayed

Location Fields

  • Advanced Search: add only a Maximum of three location fields 
  • Quick Search: add only a Maximum of two location fields
  • Keep the location fields strictly geographical.  
    • Strongly discourage users from adding "School District" 
    • "Body of Water" does not go here