Low Options for ExpressionEngine

Low Options displays the list items or options for a given channel field. These options are the values given in the settings of the field (eg: dropdown fields). If no such options are given (eg: regular text input fields), a list of unique values of that field will be generated based on the given parameters.

Requires EE 2.2.0+ and is especially useful in combination with Low Search. The EE3 compatible version is available here.

Installation

• Download and unzip;
• Copy the low_options folder to your system/expressionengine/third_party directory.

Usage

ExpressionEngine 2.5 and up

{exp:low_options:channel_field_short_name}
  {if option:group != ''}<optgroup label="{option:group}">{/if}
  {options}<option value="{option:value}">{option:label}</option>{/options}
  {if option:group != ''}</optgroup>{/if}
{/exp:low_options:channel_field_short_name}

ExpressionEngine 2.4 and down

{exp:low_options:get field="channel_field_short_name"}
  {if option:group != ''}<optgroup label="{option:group}">{/if}
  {options}<option value="{option:value}">{option:label}</option>{/options}
  {if option:group != ''}</optgroup>{/if}
{/exp:low_options:get}

Parameters

• ignore="" : Pipe-separated list of values to ignore
• show_empty="" : Set to no to only show values that have been assigned to entries
• channel="" : Use in combination with show_empty="no" to filter assigned entries
• status="" : Use in combination with show_empty="no" to filter assigned entries
• category="" : Use in combination with show_empty="no" to filter assigned entries
• show_future_entries="" : Use in combination with show_empty="no" to filter assigned entries
• show_expired="" : Use in combination with show_empty="no" to filter assigned entries
• sort="" : Only applies to text fields: set to desc to display generated options in reverse order