Is there any way to pass JavaScript variable to search module in view XML?

[kasu_praveen]

Is there any way to pass JavaScript variable to search module in view XML?

My JavaScript code (application.js) generates field list to filter out the search results in my view XML. Is there any way to pass data from JS to view XML?

JavaScript code:

`function myCustomFunc(){
var fieldList
....
....
....
return fieldList;
}`

View XML:

`<module name="Search" layoutPanel="appHeader">
<param name="search">
...|...|...| table fieldList
</param>
</module>`

[martin_mueller · Accepted solution]

You can use the CustomBehavior module available in SideviewUtils. For an example of setting a value that can be used as $value$ in downstream modules you can take a look at the search_exploder view along with its search_exploder.js JavaScript file.

[helenashton]

A follow on from this:
My understanding is that this requires editing a js file. And it seems like I might have to have the same validation for all input boxes?
Is there a way to specify this from within the advanced XML dashboard?