Question

I found this solution that does exactly what i am looking for… provide check boxes and display the results that match ALL selected criteria.

Re: jQuery Multiple Checkbox Page Filter

The only thing I would like to be able to add is a message if no results are returned based on the selected criteria, but I am pretty new to this. Any help?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

UPDATE

There’s 1,001 ways of doing this… here’s a simplistic solution. I can’t suggest the "best" way of doing this because it depends on the rest of the site’s architecture, your coding style, etc.

That said, try this: http://jsfiddle.net/tkLK6/28/

if($results.length > 0) {
    $('.no-results-found').remove();
    $results.show();
} else {
    $('.results').append('<li class="no-results-found">No results found.</li>');
}

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Try this: http://jsfiddle.net/tkLK6/27/

Instead of:

$lis.hide().filter(selector).show();

Try:

var $results = $lis.hide().filter(selector);
    
if($results.length > 0) {
    $results.show();
} else {
    alert('no results found.');
}