topic Re: When creating a dashboard, is there a way to disable the search box option that is amongst the list of dropdown menu possibilities? in Dashboards & Visualizations

When creating a dashboard, is there a way to disable the search box option that is amongst the list of dropdown menu possibilities?

DaClyde — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 15:48:54 GMT

There seem to be two different types of dropdown menus possible when creating a dashboard. One just has the options you set as choices, the other has a little search box at the top of the list. How do I disable that search box? My dropdown only has 4 options, so there is no need for anyone to search and it is a waste of space in my menu. I could not find anything in the Simple XML Reference that addressed this, though I may have simply overlooked it.

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This is the code I'm using that results in a search box above the options:

      <input type="dropdown" searchWhenChanged="true" token="time_range1">
        <label>Select a time:</label>
        <choice value="-d@d">Today</choice>
        <choice value="-48h@h">Last 48 hours</choice>
        <choice value="-7d@d">Last 7 days</choice>
        <choice value="-30d@d">Last 30 days</choice>
        <default>-d@d</default>
        <showClearButton>false</showClearButton>
      </input>

Re: When creating a dashboard, is there a way to disable the search box option that is amongst the list of dropdown menu possibilities?

rjthibod — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 15:51:00 GMT

Try adding this option

<allowCustomValues>false</allowCustomValues>

Re: When creating a dashboard, is there a way to disable the search box option that is amongst the list of dropdown menu possibilities?

DaClyde — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 16:01:02 GMT

That only seems to determine whether or not the value put in the search is accepted or not, it doesn't actually get rid of the search box itself.

Re: When creating a dashboard, is there a way to disable the search box option that is amongst the list of dropdown menu possibilities?

rjthibod — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 16:04:37 GMT

Ah, i see. There is probably not a way of hiding it. They likely show it in case you have many options and it does on-demand filtering.

The only way I can think of trying to hide it would be JS or CSS stuff, which would probably be overkill.

Re: When creating a dashboard, is there a way to disable the search box option that is amongst the list of dropdown menu possibilities?

somesoni2 — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 16:38:11 GMT

Not sure If I get your problem correctly. (checked on Splunk 6.5 and 6.2) There is a regular dropdown where you can select single values and it doesn't have a search box, and there is multiselect dropdown where you can select multiple options and it does provide a search box to be able to type in the choices. If you want to fixed, non-searchable dropdown, use the regular dropdown only (not multiselect).

Re: When creating a dashboard, is there a way to disable the search box option that is amongst the list of dropdown menu possibilities?

DaClyde — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 16:43:02 GMT

I've updated my question to add the XML I'm using that gives me the search box in the dropdown. I'm stuck in Splunk 6.2.2 for the moment.