(Deprecated) Facet
(Deprecated) Facet
The Facet
headless controller offers a high-level interface for designing a common facet UI controller.
Methods
deselectAll
Deselects all facet values.
isSortedBy
Checks whether the facet values are sorted according to the specified criterion.
Parameters
-
criterion:
'score' | 'alphanumeric' | 'occurrences' | 'automatic'
The criterion to compare.
Returns boolean
: Whether the facet values are sorted according to the specified criterion.
isValueSelected
Checks whether the specified facet value is selected.
Parameters
-
value:
FacetValue
The facet value to check.
Returns boolean
: Whether the specified facet value is selected.
showLessValues
Sets the number of values displayed in the facet to the originally configured value.
showMoreValues
Increases the number of values displayed in the facet to the next multiple of the originally configured value.
sortBy
Sorts the facet values according to the specified criterion.
Parameters
-
criterion:
'score' | 'alphanumeric' | 'occurrences' | 'automatic'
The criterion to use for sorting values.
toggleSelect
Toggles the specified facet value.
Parameters
-
selection:
FacetValue
The facet value to toggle.
toggleSingleSelect
Toggles the specified facet value, deselecting others.
Parameters
-
selection:
FacetValue
The facet value to toggle.
subscribe
Adds a callback that will be called on state change.
Parameters
-
listener:
() ⇒ void
A callback to be invoked on state change.
Returns Unsubscribe
: An unsubscribe function to remove the listener.
Attributes
facetSearch
Provides methods to search the facet’s values.
clear
Resets the query and empties the values.
search
Performs a facet search.
select
Selects a facet search result.
Parameters
-
value:
SpecificFacetSearchResult
The search result to select.
showMoreResults
Shows more facet search results.
singleSelect
Selects a search result while deselecting facet values.
Parameters
-
value:
SpecificFacetSearchResult
The search result to select.
updateText
Updates the facet search query.
Parameters
-
text:
string
The query to search.
state
The state of the Facet
controller.
Properties
-
canShowLessValues:
boolean
true
if fewer values can be displayed andfalse
otherwise. -
canShowMoreValues:
boolean
true
if there are more values to display andfalse
otherwise. -
facetId:
string
The facet ID.
-
facetSearch:
FacetSearchState
The state of the facet’s searchbox.
-
hasActiveValues:
boolean
true
if there’s at least one non-idle value andfalse
otherwise. -
isLoading:
boolean
true
if a search is in progress andfalse
otherwise. -
sortCriterion:
'score' | 'alphanumeric' | 'occurrences' | 'automatic'
The active sortCriterion of the facet.
-
values:
FacetValue[]
The values of the facet.
Initialize
buildFacet
Creates a Facet
controller instance.
Parameters
-
engine:
Engine<object>
The headless engine.
-
props:
FacetProps
The configurable
Facet
properties.
Returns Facet
FacetProps
The configurable Facet
properties.
Properties
-
options:
FacetOptions
The options for the
Facet
controller.
FacetOptions
The options for the Facet
controller.
Properties
-
field:
string
The field whose values you want to display in the facet.
-
delimitingCharacter?:
string
The character that separates values of a multi-value field.
Default:
>
-
facetId?:
string
A unique identifier for the controller. By default, a random unique identifier is generated.
-
facetSearch?:
FacetSearchOptions
Facet search options.
-
filterFacetCount?:
boolean
Whether to exclude the parents of folded results when estimating the result count for each facet value.
Default:
true
-
injectionDepth?:
number
The maximum number of results to scan in the index to ensure that the facet lists all potential facet values.
Note: A high injectionDepth may negatively impact the facet request performance.
Minimum:
0
Default:
1000
-
numberOfValues?:
number
The number of values to request for this facet. Also determines the number of additional values to request each time this facet is expanded, and the number of values to display when this facet is collapsed.
Minimum:
1
Default:
8
-
sortCriteria?:
'score' | 'alphanumeric' | 'occurrences' | 'automatic'
The criterion to use for sorting returned facet values.
Default:
automatic
Related Types
FacetSearchOptions
Properties
-
captions?:
Record<string, string>
A dictionary that maps index field values to facet value display names.
-
numberOfValues?:
number
The maximum number of values to fetch.
Default:
10
-
query?:
string
The query to search the facet values with.
FacetSearchState
Properties
-
isLoading:
boolean
true
if the facet search is in progress andfalse
otherwise. -
moreValuesAvailable:
boolean
Whether more values are available.
-
query:
string
The current query in the facet search box.
-
values:
SpecificFacetSearchResult[]
The facet search results.
FacetValue
Properties
-
numberOfResults:
number
The number of results having the facet value.
-
state:
'idle' | 'selected'
Whether a facet value is filtering results (
selected
) or not (idle
). -
value:
string
The facet value.
SpecificFacetSearchResult
Properties
-
count:
number
An estimate of the number of result items matching both the current query and the filter expression that would get generated if the facet value were selected.
-
displayValue:
string
The custom facet value display name, as specified in the
captions
argument of the facet request. -
rawValue:
string
The original facet value, as retrieved from the field in the index.
Unsubscribe
Call signatures
-
(): void
Example Implementation
facet.fn.tsx
import {useEffect, useState, FunctionComponent} from 'react';
import {Facet as HeadlessFacet} from '@coveo/headless';
import {FacetSearch} from './facet-search';
interface FacetProps {
controller: HeadlessFacet;
}
export const Facet: FunctionComponent<FacetProps> = (props) => {
const {controller} = props;
const [state, setState] = useState(controller.state);
useEffect(() => controller.subscribe(() => setState(controller.state)), []);
if (!state.values.length) {
return <div>No facet values</div>;
}
return (
<ul>
<li>
<FacetSearch
controller={controller.facetSearch}
facetState={state.facetSearch}
isValueSelected={(facetSearchValue) =>
!!state.values.find(
(facetValue) =>
facetValue.value === facetSearchValue.displayValue &&
controller.isValueSelected(facetValue)
)
}
/>
</li>
<li>
<ul>
{state.values.map((value) => (
<li key={value.value}>
<input
type="checkbox"
checked={controller.isValueSelected(value)}
onChange={() => controller.toggleSelect(value)}
disabled={state.isLoading}
/>
{value.value} ({value.numberOfResults} results)
</li>
))}
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
);
};
// usage
/**
* ```tsx
* const options: FacetOptions = {field: 'objecttype'};
* const controller = buildFacet(engine, {options});
*
* <Facet controller={controller} />;
* ```
*/
facet-search.tsx
import {
FacetSearch as HeadlessFacetSearch,
FacetSearchState,
SpecificFacetSearchResult,
} from '@coveo/headless';
import {FunctionComponent} from 'react';
export interface FacetSearchProps {
controller: HeadlessFacetSearch;
facetState: FacetSearchState;
isValueSelected: (facetSearchValue: SpecificFacetSearchResult) => boolean;
}
export const FacetSearch: FunctionComponent<FacetSearchProps> = (props) => {
const onInput = (text: string) => {
props.controller.updateText(text);
props.controller.search();
};
return (
<div>
<input onInput={(e) => onInput(e.currentTarget.value)} />
<ul>
{props.facetState.values.map((facetSearchValue) => (
<li key={facetSearchValue.rawValue}>
<button
onClick={() => props.controller.select(facetSearchValue)}
disabled={props.isValueSelected(facetSearchValue)}
>
{facetSearchValue.displayValue} ({facetSearchValue.count} results)
</button>
</li>
))}
</ul>
</div>
);
};