Disable the ability to search the placeholder text in the drop-down list

[yrnelvis]

Hi,

The categories field has multiple categories which can be searchable. However, the first option is not a “searchable category” but just a “command text”. In my case, the searchable text is “What services are you looking for”
The problem is that buyers are able to select this “command text” and search which of course will show no results but it makes no sense that this text is even searchable at all. How can I make this text unsearchable? Please see screenshot.

[yevhen]

Please make sure that you have added placeholder for the category field in the search form with this PHP snippet. If you have added placeholder as one of the options then it will be searchable

add_filter(
	'hivepress/v1/forms/listing_search',
	function( $form ) {
		if ( isset( $form['fields']['_category'] ) ) {
			$form['fields']['_category']['placeholder'] = 'custom text here';
		}

		return $form;
	},
	1000
);

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[yrnelvis]

Hi @yevhen I think you misunderstood my question. I will like to make the placeholder “unsearchable” Thanks

[yevhen]

Please try to add a placeholder for the select field with the code snippet which is provided above

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