Hello, all! I'm trying to hide unused categories -- meaning, categories that a usergroup lacks access to -- on the front-end. I searched this forum and found this solution:

getk2.org/community/New-to-K2-Ask-here-first/139209-Frontend-Editing---Hide-Categories-which-are-disabled

... but it appears to be out of date. That solution seems to be for K2 v.2.4, while I'm using 2.6.7.

Can anyone offer any guidance for how to hide those unused categories? Thank you!

You need a simple JS script like: stackoverflow.com/questions/1518216/jquery-remove-options-from-select

Just replace the [value="x"] with checking if the option is disabled.

The solution mentioned in the linked post will still work since it is only applied to CSS. It works in all modern browsers.

You can try to add this,

div#k2Frontend select#catid > option[disabled="disabled"] {display:none;}

to your k2.css file.

Hi, everyone! Thanks so much for the responses!

Yiota, I tried your CSS solution, cleared all my caches, and still no go. The categories are still appearing.

Krikor, thank you for the link! I'll give that a shot.

Can either of you tell me where that list of categories is generated? I've found the hook for the list in:

/com_k2/templates/Default/itemform.php

NOTE: I've added a template override for this file.

Here's the hook for the list of categories:

But again -- that's only the hook. Where are the categories themselves generated? If I can adjust the markup for the categories themselves, I might be able to make this happen.


Thank you!!! :cheer:

Krikor Boghossian wrote: You need a simple JS script like: stackoverflow.com/questions/1518216/jquery-remove-options-from-select

Just replace the [value="x"] with checking if the option is disabled.

Krikor, I've been trying this solution with no effect. Here's where I'm placing the code:

[MYTEMPLATEFOLDER]/html/com_k2/templates/default/itemform.php

Is that where it should go?

Thank you!!!

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You need to place this inside a document ready or window load function in order to work.

Krikor Boghossian wrote:

$K2('select[disabled="disabled"]').each(function() {
    $K2(this).remove();
});

You need to place this inside a document ready or window load function in order to work.

Krikor, I'm struggling to get the syntax right on this. Can I trouble you to show me how this would look inside a document ready? Here's what I have now:

the $ might produce some conflicts. You should use $K2 instead.

let me know if that did the trick

Krikor, that still doesn't seem to be working. I've placed the code near the top of this file in my template overrides:

[MYTEMPLATEFOLDER]/html/com_k2/templates/default/itemform.php

Is that where it should go?

Thank you again! :)

Are you getting a JS error?

Actually the path is MYTEMPLATEFOLDER]/html/com_k2/default/itemform.php

No JS error, no.

Also, I'm not sure I understand -- I used the same path as you described. "[MYTEMPLATEPATH]" is just what I put in instead of the full path in my site.

Any guidance would be appreciated! Thank you again!

The paths look indentical but it should be

/com_k2/default/ and not /com_k2/templates/default/

Krikor -- that doesn't quite make sense. I've put all of my K2 template overrides into that folder, and they're working fine, including the override for itemform.php. (I extensively customized the item submission form, and all of my other changes are working fine -- just not this code.)

Krikor, I've got a working solution here!

In this file:

[MYTEMPLATEFOLDER]/html/com_k2/templates/default/itemform.php

Add this code:

Give it a go on your end to confirm. Thanks again for all your time and trouble!!!!!

:cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

You 're welcome Robert :)