Filters

As filter is being consider every drop down list displayed to the site front end.

Category Filters

Press New for creating a New Categry  Filter.
From here you will be able to set the options of the filter (i.e the displayed categories) and the type of it (i.e. checkboxes, drop-down list etc)

Name: It is the name that will be appear as the drop down list 1st option (--Select filter_Name--).

Publish : Enable it if you want your filter to be displayed in the Front end.

Multiple Select : This option enables multiple selection from every filter pressing the ctrl button. It is advised to give a Size more than 1 if you want to use it.

Size (Rows) : Decides how many rows (height) will this drop down have.

VirtueMart Categories : The categories that consist this filter. These categories will be the options of this filter.

Display type: Set the way you want your filter to de displayed.

Multiple Select: This setting appears only if the display type is 'Drop-down list'. Enabling this feature means that the user can select multiple options of the filter pressing the Ctrl button.

Size: The size of the drop down list. Usually this option is usefull when multiple selectis enabled.

Order : The order of that filter in the fron end