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Woodsy
Top Contributor

Turn the Blog Topics from a List into a Dropdown

Is it possible to turn the blog topics list into a dropdown list that will filter the blogs?

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Jsum
Key Advisor

Turn the Blog Topics from a List into a Dropdown

@Woodsy,

 

Yes, with custom html, css, hubl, and javascript.

 

Here's a tutorial on building simple drop down and you can find the post filter in these HubL docs. If you are using the template builder just place your code in a custom HubL module. 

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Woodsy
Top Contributor

Turn the Blog Topics from a List into a Dropdown

Hi thanks. Is there a real world example that I could see how it has been coded using HubL?

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Jsum
Key Advisor

Turn the Blog Topics from a List into a Dropdown

@Woodsy,

 

following the example in the tutorial I linked to:

 

<div class="dropdown">
  <button onclick="myFunction()" class="dropbtn">Dropdown</button>
  <div id="myDropdown" class="dropdown-content">
    {% post_filter "posts_by_topic" select_blog='default', expand_link_text='see all', overrideable=False, list_title='Posts by Topic', max_links=5, filter_type='topic', label='Posts by Topic' %}
  </div>
</div>

The post_filter module outputs a <ul> containing <li> and <a> by default so you only need to style these and hide the <h3> title that it outputs. If you want to get really fancy you can export the post_filter to the template then break it apart with a for loop. 

 

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tlreuther
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Turn the Blog Topics from a List into a Dropdown

Does not work

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Jsum
Key Advisor

Turn the Blog Topics from a List into a Dropdown

@tlreuther,

 

this method has been proven to work. Do you want to ellaborate a little on why it isn't working for you?

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tlreuther
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Turn the Blog Topics from a List into a Dropdown

Sure!

This could be human error on my part, honestly. I've been sifting through the HubSpot community and attempting several different options so my brain may be a little fried on this.

 

I followed the instructions on W3Schools, also implemented the HUBL code and replaced the <li> options, as suggested in this forum:

<div class="dropdown">
  <button onclick="myFunction()" class="dropbtn">Categories</button>
  <div id="myDropdown" class="dropdown-content">
    {% post_filter "posts_by_topic" select_blog='default', overrideable=False, list_title='Posts by Topic',  max_links=5, expand_link_text='see all', filter_type='topic', label='Posts by Topic' %}
  </div>
</div>

<style>
/* Dropdown Button */
.dropbtn {
    background-color: #3498DB;
    color: white;
    padding: 16px;
    font-size: 16px;
    border: none;
    cursor: pointer;
}

/* Dropdown button on hover & focus */
.dropbtn:hover, .dropbtn:focus {
    background-color: #2980B9;
}

/* The container <div> - needed to position the dropdown content */
.dropdown {
    position: relative;
    display: inline-block;
}

/* Dropdown Content (Hidden by Default) */
.dropdown-content {
    display: none;
    position: absolute;
    background-color: #f1f1f1;
    min-width: 160px;
    box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
    z-index: 1;
}

/* Links inside the dropdown */
.dropdown-content a {
    color: black;
    padding: 12px 16px;
    text-decoration: none;
    display: block;
}

/* Change color of dropdown links on hover */
.dropdown-content a:hover {background-color: #ddd}

/*Show the dropdown menu */
.show {display:block;}

</style>

function myFunction() {
    document.getElementById("myDropdown").classList.toggle("show");
}

// Close the dropdown menu if the user clicks outside of it
window.onclick = function(event) {
  if (!event.target.matches('.dropbtn')) {

    var dropdowns = document.getElementsByClassName("dropdown-content");
    var i;
    for (i = 0; i < dropdowns.length; i++) {
      var openDropdown = dropdowns[i];
      if (openDropdown.classList.contains('show')) {
        openDropdown.classList.remove('show');
      }
    }
  }
}

Without the added CSS, the list appears, with a max of 5 line items expanded (as noted in the added HUBL code).

The moment I add CSS, the "Categories" button appears (yay!), but then is no longer active. It's not toggling show/hide. I'm sure I am missing something somewhere. I called support and wasn't able to get help.

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tlreuther
Participant

Turn the Blog Topics from a List into a Dropdown

Here's an update: I tried a different dropdown via W3 Schools and this one works, without JS.

<div class="dropdown">
  <button class="dropbtn">Categories</button>
  <div class="dropdown-content">
    {% post_filter "posts_by_topic" select_blog='default', overrideable='False', list_title='Posts by Topic',  max_links='1', expand_link_text='see all', filter_type='topic', label='Posts by Topic' %}
  </div>
</div>

<style>
/* Dropdown Button */
.dropbtn {
    background-color: #4CAF50;
    color: white;
    padding: 16px;
    font-size: 16px;
    border: none;
}

/* The container <div> - needed to position the dropdown content */
.dropdown {
    position: relative;
    display: inline-block;
}

/* Dropdown Content (Hidden by Default) */
.dropdown-content {
    display: none;
    position: absolute;
    background-color: #f1f1f1;
    min-width: 160px;
    box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
    z-index: 1;
}

/* Links inside the dropdown */
.dropdown-content a {
    color: black;
    padding: 12px 16px;
    text-decoration: none;
    display: block;
}

/* Change color of dropdown links on hover */
.dropdown-content a:hover {background-color: #ddd;}

/* Show the dropdown menu on hover */
.dropdown:hover .dropdown-content {display: block;}

/* Change the background color of the dropdown button when the dropdown content is shown */
.dropdown:hover .dropbtn {background-color: #3e8e41;}
</style>

 I'm still working on the dropdown styling, but at least this one works.