Title: initial display – none
Last modified: October 13, 2017

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# initial display – none

 *  Resolved [agenius](https://wordpress.org/support/users/agenius/)
 * (@agenius)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/initial-display-none/)
 * I have some code like this and want the initial display to just say “Select from
   the dropdown to start your search”
    How can I accomplish this?? Thanks!! `[mla_gallery
   orderby=date order=asc posts_per_page=10 post_mime_type=application/pdf post_parent
   =all add_filters_to=pp tax_relation=AND attachment_tag="{+request:a_tag+}" attachment_category
   ="{+request:a_category+}" link=file mla_target="_blank" mla_caption="Title:{+
   title+} Author: {+caption+} {+description+}" columns=1 mla_nolink_text="Select
   from dropdown.. Please note that prior to 1967 not every year has 12 issues -"
   mla_markup="psarchives" my_gallery_title="Archives Articles for {+request:a_category
   +} {+request:a_tag+}" ]`
    -  This topic was modified 8 years, 7 months ago by [agenius](https://wordpress.org/support/users/agenius/).

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 *  Plugin Author [David Lingren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dglingren/)
 * (@dglingren)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/initial-display-none/#post-9585491)
 * Good to hear from you again, and thanks for the question.
 * You have only posted part of your page content but I can give you a possible 
   solution based on my guess of the other elements on the page. It looks like you
   have two dropdown controls, one for an `attachment_tag` and one for an `attachment_category`.
   You want the user to select a term from both of these to display items that are
   assigned to both the selected tag and the selected category. Is that right?
 * If so, you can use the technique outlined in the “MLA Term List Examples” section
   of the Settings/Media Library Assistant Documentation tab. Just add a content
   template that supplies a default value when no dropdown value is present. For
   your application, this would be something like:
 *     ```
       [mla_gallery]
       orderby=date 
       order=asc 
       posts_per_page=10 
       post_mime_type=application/pdf 
       post_parent=all 
       add_filters_to=pp 
       tax_relation=AND 
       attachment_tag="{+template:({+request:a_tag+}|no-term-selected)+}"
       attachment_category="{+template:({+request:a_category+}|no-term-selected)+}"
       link=file 
       mla_target="_blank" 
       mla_caption="Title:{+title+} Author: {+caption+} {+description+}" 
       columns=1 
       mla_nolink_text="Select from dropdown.. Please note that prior to 1967 not every year has 12 issues - "
       mla_markup="psarchives"
       my_gallery_title="Archives Articles for {+request:a_category+} {+request:a_tag+}"
       [/mla_gallery]
       ```
   
 * Note that I am using the alternate “enclosing shortcode” syntax to break the 
   parameters over several lines for readability. Since you are using a custom markup
   template you might also consider moving some of your parameters to the “Arguments”
   section of the template. That might simplify maintenance if the template is used
   in multiple places with the same parameter values.
 * I hope the above suggestion meets your needs. I am marking this topic resolved,
   but please update it if you have any problems or further questions regarding 
   the solution or if I did not understand your goal. Thanks for your continued 
   interest in the plugin.

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 * Last activity: [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/initial-display-none/#post-9585491)
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