Common filter settings
28. May 2026
Only two things must be checked to create a filter, highlighted in red. Other settings could be useful, but they can be left as is or empty.
| Field | Leave as is! You can change this to another field if you have changed your mind and wish to add a different field to the Filters. Edits here could be accessing specific field information, e.g., field.en / field.lat. See fields for details. |
| Enable filter | Select this checkbox if you would like this field displayed as a filter in the sidebar of the Channel. |
| Enable search suggestions | Select or deselect this checkbox to enable Fotoware Alto to display search suggestions for users searching in this channel and/or for search suggestions in the filter. |
| Enable search in filter | Enable or disable the search for each field in the sidebar for the filter. Note this is also dependent on the values to display; the search will only appear in conjunction with the show more option. |
| Search fields |
Here, you can set the field to use for the search. For Channel or List Items, these field values are used for suggestions. Fotoware Alto will only show suggestions for Filters which have Search Fields. For a tagbox filter based on tagbox._refid you want to add a text field, e.g., tagbox name, so users can search for tags instead of IDs. Add if you want the values to appear as search suggestions in the Content Browser and List Item Browser. Add a field from the Tagbox list if you have a Tagbox Filter based on the refId. Without configuration, the field of the filter will be used, and the Filters will not be considered for suggestions. |
| Exclude values |
You can leave this empty. Example: Show all file types, exclude: Audio
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| Include values |
You can leave this empty. If you use a wildcard here, you can only have one value, not multiple values. For example, you have a Filter on a text field linked to brand names, and you add a wildcard value like "Picture*". Then you cannot add additional values. If your filter field is set to a refId or ID, you have to include the IDs here. The terms will not work. |
| Values to display |
You can leave as is. The default is 10. This determines how many values are displayed in the Content Browser filters by default before the Show More option is displayed.
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| Sort |
Select how to order the filter items of the filter:
Sorting is only available for filters terms and terms relation. |
| Sort field *alphabetically only | Select the field values that should be used, e.g., the name or the synonym. |
