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Multiselect/Checkbox HierarchicalMenu Using Instantsearch

TLDR David sought a way to create a multiselect/checkbox HierarchicalMenu using Instantsearch. Jason suggested a custom widget, but no satisfactory solution was found.

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David

08:13 AM

Does anyone know if it's possible to do a multiselect/checkbox HierarchicalMenu using Instantsearch? Or a custom hacky solution with nested RefinementLists maybe?

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Jason

02:01 PM

You’d have to build a custom widget like this: https://discourse.algolia.com/t/hierarchical-menu-widget-using-checkboxes/2955

David

02:03 PM

yeah i've seen that thread, they cannot solve it there either. and algolia's response is just "As of now we do not support multiple selections in a hierarchical menu. The implementations is tedious and will require a significant number of request operations. This is not in our roadmap for the next quarter. I’m sorry"

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David

02:04 PM

all i want is to be able to select multiple subcategories here in this hierarchy

Jason

02:34 PM

Hmm, I vaguely remember at least one user showing an implementation like this with instantsearch and a custom widget using connectors

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