# Filtering a database without a drop down

**URL:** <https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/filtering-a-database-without-a-drop-down/27218>\
**Category:** Ask the community\
**Tags:** code, question\
**Created:** [February 4, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/filtering-a-database-without-a-drop-down/27218 "2020-02-04T19:39:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![bardavidovich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@bardavidovich](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/bardavidovich)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/filtering-a-database-without-a-drop-down/27218/1 "2020-02-04T19:39:30Z")

</div>

Hi all,

On my Wix website I use a repeater to present my various projects from my data base.  
I managed to set a filter with a drop down menu in order to let the user **filter** the projects by different categories (which I set in the database table).

I would like to do the same but with a normal visible **vertical menu, and not a drop down menu.**

For example -  
**Show all** (Will show all projects)  
**Category 01** (Will show only projects from category 01)  
**Category 02** (Will show only projects from category 02)  
**Category 03** (Will show only projects from category 03)

Here is a random example I found online of the filtering menu idea - [https://3xn.com/projects](https://3xn.com/projects)

Spoke to Wix experts and they told me that for now, it is possible to filter a data base inside a repeater, only with a drop down menu.

Any ideas on how I can solve this issue and still use my database.  
p.s. - I have no experience with coding.

Thanks in advance!  
B

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![anastasiias](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wix/user_avatar/forum.wixstudio.com/anastasiias/32/15771_2.png) [@anastasiias](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/anastasiias)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2020, 8:02am UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/filtering-a-database-without-a-drop-down/27218/2 "2020-02-05T08:02:07Z")

</div>

Hello,

There is actually a built-in functionality in Wix Stores that can help you achieve your goal, [here](https://support.wix.com/en/article/displaying-collections-on-your-site-pages-in-wix-stores) you can find more info about it.

Also, check out the related forum posts:  
[https://www.wix.com/corvid/forum/community-discussion/changing-filter-in-a-dataset-onclick](https://www.wix.com/corvid/forum/community-discussion/changing-filter-in-a-dataset-onclick)  
[https://www.wix.com/corvid/forum/community-discussion/wix-store-products-dynamic-dataset-filter-by-collection](https://www.wix.com/corvid/forum/community-discussion/wix-store-products-dynamic-dataset-filter-by-collection)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![bardavidovich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@bardavidovich](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/bardavidovich)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2020, 8:35am UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/filtering-a-database-without-a-drop-down/27218/3 "2020-02-05T08:35:20Z")

</div>

Hi Anastasiia,

Thank you for the comment.

In my case, it is not a store collection but a normal informative website.  
Any ideas?

Thanks a lot!  
B