Implementing Filter and the Clear Filter Component
Explore how to implement filter functionality in your Algolia-powered search by adding RefinementList and ClearRefinements components in React. Understand how to configure attributes for faceting, customize filter displays, and enable users to clear applied filters easily, enhancing user search experience.
We'll cover the following...
Overview
In the previous lesson, we added a stats feature to our search functionality. This feature displays the number of results based on the searched query to the user.
In this lesson, we will look into adding the RefinementList and ClearRefinements components. RefinementList refers to filters that are set up as a way for the user to refine the results even further based on a set of specific attributes. The ClearRefinements component works as a way to clear the filters that have been applied.
The RefinementList component
The RefinementList component is used to filter the dataset based on facets selected by the user.
In order to use the component, any attribute value that we set in the component must be added to attributes for faceting ...