[SOLVED] Templating : modify $this->items

Hello,
i have a category view with articles.

I want articles displayed have a different value for the fieldX.

So in my categoryitem.php, i transform "$this->items" in a new $this->items.
That work as expected.

But of course my filter total results are not correct.

So my question is :
Where can i transform my $this->items array on the top of files?

In this way, the new $this->items array will be use by all files.

I hope i am clear.

Regards

Hello

inside the template, you are examining
$this->items

so that you exclude / skip some of them,


-- no you cannot alter the filters these are based on the SQL query that created the original
$this->items

Thanks for the reply.
Yes i suppose that the filter use the sql query.

So the better way is to change the query;)

I imagine there is no way to override the query?

Hello

no, we would not allow it, since this would limit our changes in future versions

Ok.
So i think i should modifiy the query and add a "distinct fieldX" somewhere.

Hello

add query for a field ?


you can filter a category view

- via visible filters
- but you can also do via a category menu item,
1. enable parameter override
2. set a "locked" filter value in the filtering section (at the bottom of the TAB) (note the field must be TAGGED as 'filter' for this to work)
- the locked value can be single value, multiple or range

-- you can create a menu that comprises of menu items with locked filter values to achieve a "partitioning" of a category