[Feature Request] "Related Records" field - records from same category

Finally!

The problem was filter mode. It was whole section. But records field user type filtering. Because you wanted only records of one type. I changed filter mode and ow it is ok.

Are you ok with this filter mode? Or it is important to have whole section records filter?

One last question: in approximately three weeks I will try to implement some functions with this

http://www.mintjoomla.com/community/knowledge/item/43-sergey/117-how-to-create-pre-filtered-links.html

Does this work if whole sections records filter is turned off?

Does this work if whole sections records filter is turned off?

Where? In template parameters?

I think it will still work.

No, I want to define a direct link like described in the article and I wonder if it will still work. May be I just have to try out.

I think it will work.

I've tried to create pre filtered links today. Problem as I expected: the solution to the problem in this topic the makes pre filtered links across sections impossible. But I do need both.

When I set "Filtering mode: Records of all sections" it is impossible to narrow down related records by category. But only then pre filtered links across sections work.

Can you help me? Maybe there's a workaround?

Did you use this article to create your links?

http://www.mintjoomla.com/community/knowledge/user-item/43-sergey/117-how-to-create-pre-filtered-links.html

So you want prefiltered link to show records from all categories, but when you select category it narrows result?

What about category filter? can you use it as additional category narrower?

I used the following filter for my website. But it only shows: "No results".

http://www.URL.net/index.php?option=com_cobalt& ;task=records.filter&section_id=3&item_id=124

&filter_name[0]=filter_type

&filter_val[0]=4

&filter_name[1]=filter_k299c9f0a3ded307c5e7418bfc41b847f

&filter_val[1]=1

But when I set "Filtering mode: Records of all sections" it lists the correct results of the filter. But in this case "Narrow by category" from the "Related records"-field doesn't work anymore.

May be you have to add cat_id parameter to the URL?

May be you need to set filter mode as record mode and record mode to categories and subcategories?

Because what you want to do is little bit confusing for end user. If you want pre-filtered link to behave differ than filter parameters that means that filter link show different result then filter itself. That may be the problem to understand why if I click link I get the list and if I just use filter I do not.

It is like this if you want result from all categories you have to set filter mode to all categories or filter mode to like in record mode.

Or don't I still understand what you need?

I think we misunderstood each other. On my site it was necessary to set "Filtering mode: Records like in 'Records Mode'" for the field "Related Records" to work properly. See this topic, there we figured it out.

But now I need pre-filtered links that inlcude all records from one section and from all categories in this section. But the "Filtering mode" mentioned above does restrict that. It makes it necessary to set the category in the pre-filtered parameters. But I don't want only the records from one category pre-filtered, but from all categories of this section.

When I set "Filtering mode: Records of all section" in Section settings then my pre-filtered link works as I want it to. Only then I have the problem that the field "Related records" is not longer able to narrow related records by category (see problem discussed in this topic).

So it is kind of a dilemma, because I do need the related records by category as well as pre-filtered links across all categories from one section.

That is what I need, there will be no confusion with my end users for sure.

Ok. I got you.

I have fixed it. The problem was that parameter to narrow by category did not work as expected. It relayed on section Records mode and filers mode parameters when it had to be independent.

I have fixed in in upcoming release.

My apologise that it took so many efforts from your side to explain this simple thing :)