Script for Limiting Storefront Search to Certain Product Types

product-type-search

<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
//<![CDATA[
// Including jQuery conditionnally.
if (typeof jQuery === 'undefined') {
    document.write({{ "http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js" | script_tag | json }});
  document.write('<script type="text/javascript">jQuery.noConflict();<\/script>');
}
//]]>
</script>

<script>
 jQuery(function() {
     
        var query;
        var selection = ""; //We need to assign an empty string, otherwise it'll look for 'undefined'
        var text;
        var option;

        jQuery('#product_type').change(function() {
            option = jQuery("#product_type").val();
            if(option == ""){
                selection = "";
            }
            else{
                selection = "product_type:" + jQuery("#product_type").val();
            }    
        });
        
        jQuery("#top-search-submit").click(function(e) {                 
            text = jQuery("#top-search-input").val();
            query = selection+ " " + text;
            jQuery("#param").val(query);
        });
    });
 </script>