Change Default List Length Options in dropdown Global Config

[lydianp18]

Ok, here's my problem. I need to change the options in the drop down box for list length in the Global Configuration area. Currently they're 5,10,15,20 - etc... I need it by 3s (ie 3,6,9).

I've looked everywhere and can't find where the options are coming from - help!

Thanks,
Lydia

ps. If I wasn't turning the site over to my client it wouldn't be a problem - I could just change the config file by hand anytime I edit anything in the global config, like meta-tags. But my client can't do that - so I need to change the drop down so it corresponds to our layout.

[Umeboshi]

Need help with the same thing - the only solutions I can find are old and not valid anymore.

[ooffick]

You would need to change the following file:
administrator/components/com_config/controllers/application.php

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$listLimit 				= array (JHTML::_('select.option', 5, 5), JHTML::_('select.option', 10, 10), JHTML::_('select.option', 15, 15), JHTML::_('select.option', 20, 20), JHTML::_('select.option', 25, 25), JHTML::_('select.option', 30, 30), JHTML::_('select.option', 50, 50), JHTML::_('select.option', 100, 100),);

Olaf

[Umeboshi]

Thanks! That changed the numbers in backend, but how do you get the same result in frontend? There it still says 5, 10, 15 etc.

[ooffick]

For that you will need to change this:

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	/**
	 * Creates a dropdown box for selecting how many records to show per page
	 *
	 * @access	public
	 * @return	string	The html for the limit # input box
	 * @since	1.0
	 */
	function getLimitBox()
	{
		global $mainframe;

		// Initialize variables
		$limits = array ();

		// Make the option list
		for ($i = 5; $i <= 30; $i += 5) {
			$limits[] = JHTML::_('select.option', "$i");
		}
		$limits[] = JHTML::_('select.option', '50');
		$limits[] = JHTML::_('select.option', '100');
		$limits[] = JHTML::_('select.option', '0', JText::_('all'));

		$selected = $this->_viewall ? 0 : $this->limit;

		// Build the select list
		if ($mainframe->isAdmin()) {
			$html = JHTML::_('select.genericlist',  $limits, 'limit', 'class="inputbox" size="1" onchange="submitform();"', 'value', 'text', $selected);
		} else {
			$html = JHTML::_('select.genericlist',  $limits, 'limit', 'class="inputbox" size="1" onchange="this.form.submit()"', 'value', 'text', $selected);
		}
		return $html;
	}

in the file libraries/joomla/html/pagination.php

Olaf

[mennoooo]

I need to change the options in the drop down box for product list length in Yootheme Zoo to 6 and not 5, 10, 15 etc... But how?

[anthonyo]

Hello, thanks for your help. I followed your instructions and managed to get this to work, except thant the dropdown list on the frontend is not showing the list as I wanted to.

On the backend it works great, in settings and in any other dropdown (like article manager)

I guess some other adjustment must be made but I can't find the correct file.

Thank you very much

[bluesardine]

Hi guys

This below quote, please advise as I only want to show 4 or 6 products what would I do here?

For that you will need to change this:

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	/**
	 * Creates a dropdown box for selecting how many records to show per page
	 *
	 * @access	public
	 * @return	string	The html for the limit # input box
	 * @since	1.0
	 */
	function getLimitBox()
	{
		global $mainframe;

		// Initialize variables
		$limits = array ();

		// Make the option list
		for ($i = 5; $i <= 30; $i += 5) {
			$limits[] = JHTML::_('select.option', "$i");
		}
		$limits[] = JHTML::_('select.option', '50');
		$limits[] = JHTML::_('select.option', '100');
		$limits[] = JHTML::_('select.option', '0', JText::_('all'));

		$selected = $this->_viewall ? 0 : $this->limit;

		// Build the select list
		if ($mainframe->isAdmin()) {
			$html = JHTML::_('select.genericlist',  $limits, 'limit', 'class="inputbox" size="1" onchange="submitform();"', 'value', 'text', $selected);
		} else {
			$html = JHTML::_('select.genericlist',  $limits, 'limit', 'class="inputbox" size="1" onchange="this.form.submit()"', 'value', 'text', $selected);
		}
		return $html;
	}

in the file libraries/joomla/html/pagination.php

Olaf

[draftvader]

Hacked it

Change from:

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// Make the option list
      for ($i = 5; $i <= 30; $i += 5) {
         $limits[] = JHTML::_('select.option', "$i");
      }
      $limits[] = JHTML::_('select.option', '50');
      $limits[] = JHTML::_('select.option', '100');
      $limits[] = JHTML::_('select.option', '0', JText::_('all'));

to

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// Make the option list
      for ($i = 1; $i <= 30; $i += 1) {
         $limits[] = JHTML::_('select.option', "$i");
      }
      $limits[] = JHTML::_('select.option', '4');
      $limits[] = JHTML::_('select.option', '6');
      $limits[] = JHTML::_('select.option', '0', JText::_('all'));

Good luck

[draftvader]

Sorry, nearly forgot. Make sure you do a complete browser clean after making the change. This did NOT want to display the change with a simple CTRL+F5