New Map Header

[semrocc]

Hi there, I just updated to 2.48.2 Pro and noticed a new Map Header when creating a Mashup Query. I preferred to not have the new header so I uploaded an empty map-header.php file to my theme.

Is this the best way to eliminate the header or is there something in the shortcode that can be added? I suppose I could also use CSS to hide the new header as well.

Thanks!

[Chris]

Hi,

The header is present because I’m planning to make all mashups searchable. It will soon contain a search box.

I was assuming search is generally useful, but is this something you would want to prevent for your mashups?

For now – as a workaround, an empty header or CSS should both work.

[semrocc]

Thanks for the info Chris.

For myself, I can’t see using a search option in a mashup unless there would be a very large number of locations. My preference would be to have this option enabled via shortcode…possibly like:

[mashup query="posts_per_page=-1&post_type=post" mapSearch="true"]

Either way, I think it will be a nice feature for some scenarios.

Thanks again!

[Chris]

OK, I’ll look into making this conditional. Hopefully others will provide some feedback as well about whether the header is useful or not.

[sandrafriend]

Hi Chris. I notice that when I insert a mashup farther down on the page than above the fold, the fact that the cursor wants to rest in the search box forces the page down, that is, a person going to that web page won’t ever see the header of the web page.

Here’s an example of that happening on a desktop browser (Firefox, in my case)
at this URL

Is there a way to disable the search box on selected mashups?

Thanks.

[Chris]

Hi,

You can’t disable search on a single map, but it is possible to enable/disable it for all mashups on the MapPress settings screen.

I agree – the scrolling is annoying when the map isn’t at the top of the screen.  I just updated the plugin to version 2.53.8, which should only focus the search box when the map is being edited.

[sandrafriend]

Thank you for addressing that issue with the new version, Chris.

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