Menu Select
Menu Select is a widget that displays a list of values for a single facet. Operates similar to a refinement list, but with a single selection at a time.
Setup
The following document indexed in Elasticsearch:
{
"brand": "Apple",
"product": "Macbook Pro 14",
"category": "Electronics"
}alternatively could be indexed as array if document is part of multiple categories:
{
"brand": "Apple",
"product": "Macbook Pro 14",
"category": ["Electronics", "School Equipment"]
}Searchkit Setup
setup the following facet_attributes
{
facet_attributes: [
{
attribute: 'category_lvl1',
field: 'category.keyword', // field must be a keyword type field
type: 'string'
}
]
}
Nested Fields
You can also use nested fields to define facet attributes. This is useful for when you need to perserve object relationships. Read more about nested fields here