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Filters and Blocks: Taxonomy Selection

Manual Reference for taxonomy selection block-level options in the Fuzzy Filter Editor.

Updated May 25, 2026SEO-ready10 options

— title: Filter Editor Filters: Taxonomy Selection Options description: Manual Reference for taxonomy source and context options. doc_type: reference section: Filter Editor audience: Store owners, catalog managers, developers, and support manual_reference: true parent_page: reference/filter-editor-filters-blocks.md option_count: 10 updated: 2026-05-24 source_refs: – _docs/Final/options/fe-tab2-filters.md – _docs/Final/html/05_tab2.html ai_summary: Covers term lists, children, selected-term restriction, page context preselection, current category hiding, term images, alphabetical index, all-term behavior, menu mode, and child preselection. status: needs-verification —

This page covers Taxonomy Selection options for individual filter blocks in the Filter Editor. Use it with the Filters and Blocks index when navigating the full block-level Reference.

Taxonomy Selection

Terms List

  • Public label: Terms List
  • Location: Filter Editor > Filters / Blocks > Taxonomy Selection
  • Type: Multi-select
  • Default value: Empty, meaning all terms.
  • Shown when: The block uses taxonomy-like values.
  • Availability: Free
  • What it does: Limits which terms appear in the block.
  • When to use: Use it when a block should show only selected categories, tags, attributes, or custom taxonomy terms.
  • Side effects / performance notes: Empty selection means unrestricted display for that taxonomy.
  • Related options: Exclude Terms, Restrict Results to Selected.

Include Children

  • Public label: Include Children
  • Location: Filter Editor > Filters / Blocks > Taxonomy Selection
  • Type: Toggle
  • Default value: On
  • Shown when: The selected taxonomy can have parent and child terms.
  • Availability: Free
  • What it does: Includes child terms when a parent term is selected.
  • When to use: Use it when selecting a parent category should also cover its descendants.
  • Side effects / performance notes: Parent selections can match more products than shoppers expect if child inclusion is not obvious.
  • Related options: Show Hierarchical, Preselect Include Children.

Restrict Results to Selected

  • Public label: Restrict Results to Selected
  • Location: Filter Editor > Filters / Blocks > Taxonomy Selection
  • Type: Toggle
  • Default value: Off
  • Shown when: Terms List is available.
  • Availability: Free
  • What it does: Uses the selected Terms List as a result scope, not only as a display list.
  • When to use: Use it when a block should filter only within a curated subset of the taxonomy.
  • Side effects / performance notes: Products outside the selected scope are excluded even if they match other filters.
  • Related options: Terms List, page targeting.

Preselect from Page Context

  • Public label: Preselect from Page Context
  • Location: Filter Editor > Filters / Blocks > Taxonomy Selection
  • Type: Select
  • Default value: Auto
  • Shown when: The block can read the current archive context.
  • Availability: Free
  • What it does: Automatically selects the current taxonomy term when the filter appears on a matching archive page.
  • When to use: Use it so a category archive opens with the matching category already selected in the Category block.
  • Side effects / performance notes: URL-selected values and manual preselects take priority.
  • Related options: Preselect Values (Manual), Hide Current Page Category, Preselect Include Children.

Hide Current Page Category

  • Public label: Hide Current Page Category
  • Location: Filter Editor > Filters / Blocks > Taxonomy Selection
  • Type: Toggle
  • Default value: Off
  • Shown when: The block appears on a current taxonomy archive.
  • Availability: Pro
  • What it does: Hides the current archive term from the block.
  • When to use: Use it when the current page already represents that category and showing it as a selectable filter would be redundant.
  • Side effects / performance notes: Shoppers may not see why results are scoped unless the page heading makes it clear.
  • Related options: Preselect from Page Context, Display Only Descendants.

Show Term Images

  • Public label: Show Term Images
  • Location: Filter Editor > Filters / Blocks > Taxonomy Selection
  • Type: Toggle
  • Default value: Off
  • Shown when: The block can display term images with the current display type.
  • Availability: Pro
  • What it does: Shows term images beside term names.
  • When to use: Use it for visual taxonomies where images improve recognition.
  • Side effects / performance notes: Missing or inconsistent images can make the list look uneven.
  • Related options: Image display type, Image Source, Category Icon styles.

Alphabetical Index

  • Public label: Alphabetical Index
  • Location: Filter Editor > Filters / Blocks > Taxonomy Selection
  • Type: Toggle
  • Default value: Off
  • Shown when: The block has a long alphabetically browsable list.
  • Availability: Pro
  • What it does: Adds an A-Z style index for jumping through terms.
  • When to use: Use it for long brand, author, or taxonomy lists sorted by name.
  • Side effects / performance notes: It is most useful when Sort By is name-based.
  • Related options: Search in Filter, Sort By.

Always Show All Terms

  • Public label: Always Show All Terms
  • Location: Filter Editor > Filters / Blocks > Taxonomy Selection
  • Type: Toggle
  • Default value: Off
  • Shown when: The block uses terms.
  • Availability: Free
  • What it does: Keeps all terms visible even when some currently have no results.
  • When to use: Use it when the complete taxonomy list is more important than hiding impossible choices.
  • Side effects / performance notes: It disables empty-value hiding behavior that would otherwise remove zero-result choices.
  • Related options: Hide Empty, Hide Empty After Filtering, Adaptive Filtering.

Switch to Menu Mode

  • Public label: Switch to Menu Mode
  • Location: Filter Editor > Filters / Blocks > Taxonomy Selection
  • Type: Toggle
  • Default value: Off
  • Shown when: The block can behave as taxonomy navigation.
  • Availability: Pro
  • What it does: Turns the block into a navigation menu where clicking a term opens that term page instead of filtering in place.
  • When to use: Use it when the block should act like category navigation rather than a facet.
  • Side effects / performance notes: Filtering-specific options such as counts, query logic, multi-select, Select All, and empty-value hiding stop being relevant.
  • Related options: Redirect After Selection, hierarchy options.

Preselect Include Children

  • Public label: Preselect Include Children
  • Location: Filter Editor > Filters / Blocks > Taxonomy Selection
  • Type: Toggle
  • Default value: On
  • Shown when: Hierarchical display is enabled for a parent-child taxonomy.
  • Availability: Free
  • What it does: Includes child terms when a parent term is preselected.
  • When to use: Use it when preselecting a parent should represent the whole branch.
  • Side effects / performance notes: Explicit URL-selected children should not be overwritten by this behavior.
  • Related options: Preselect Values (Manual), Preselect from Page Context, Expand Selected To Child.