{"id":1362170,"date":"2017-10-11T10:03:32","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T17:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/filter-bar-functionality-not-as-expected\/"},"modified":"2017-10-11T10:03:32","modified_gmt":"2017-10-11T17:03:32","slug":"filter-bar-functionality-not-as-expected","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/filter-bar-functionality-not-as-expected\/","title":{"rendered":"Filter Bar functionality not as expected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi,<\/p>\n<p>We have licenses for both Events Calendar Pro and the Filter Bar.  I love the calendar. The filter bar &#8211; not so much.<\/p>\n<p>We purchased the Filter Bar thinking that it would be good for people to have the option to filter the calendar view by category, location, etc, since that is not built into the calendar.<\/p>\n<p>However, I didn&#8217;t realize that the filters wouldn&#8217;t work unless a search term is entered. Shouldn&#8217;t there be a way to simply filter the calendar view based on the categories selected in the filter bar, rather than having to perform a search in order for it to function?<\/p>\n<p>Am I missing something really obvious? We currently use WebEvent as our main calendar, which has a dropdown menu that filters events as I mentioned above.<\/p>\n<p>Any help would be appreciated. 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