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Combining Search Types
VuFind can pull data from a wide variety of sources. This page describes various ways in which users may be guided through diverse forms of data.
Most of the features on this page were introduced in VuFind 2.1 and are not available in earlier versions.
Multi-Column Search
It is often useful to perform searches in parallel and display the results in a multi-column format. This can be achieved with VuFind's CombinedController. To set up this feature, simply copy combined.ini from the config/vufind directory into your local settings directory's config/vufind subdirectory. The comments in the file will guide you through configuration.
Tip: The default template is designed to work best with only two columns of search results; however, the module will support any number of combined searches, and since each div element containing results has its own ID, you can use CSS to re-style the page as you see fit.
Tabbed Search Boxes
Coming soon.
Combined Search Handler Drop-Downs
Coming soon.