Release Notes / Autumn 2026
Filter Drawer Layout: Full-Width Listings, Easy Filtering
By Stacy
Oct 06 2026
2 min to read
Fixed filters in a Magento or WooCommerce store consume valuable desktop space whether or not the shopper uses it. The filter drawer gives that space back to product listings while keeping filters one click away when a shopper asks for them.
More product grid space → more products visible at once → less visual competition from filters → cleaner desktop browsing experience.
More product grid space → more products visible at once → less visual competition from filters → cleaner desktop browsing experience.
What's New
With Filter Drawer Layout turned on, the sidebar disappears from your Magento or WooCommerce results pages, and a single "Filters" button takes its place. A click slides the filter panel in from the side. The shopper picks their options, then closes the panel with the close button or by clicking outside it. Either way, their selections stay applied.
Here's what changes for your store:
Here's what changes for your store:
- Product listings expand into the space the sidebar used to occupy.
- Filters stay available without competing with the product grid.
- Filtering behaves more like an app than a page: open, choose, dismiss.
- Mobile doesn't change. The drawer applies to desktop only, so a mobile filtering flow that already works stays exactly as it is.
Filter Drawer
How to Turn It On
In the Search results widget settings for your Magento or WooCommerce store, open the Content tab, enable "Show filters in sidebar," and set Sidebar style to Drawer.
The help article covers the full setup.
The help article covers the full setup.
Flexible Filtering Layouts That Fit the Way Your Shoppers Browse
✓
Preview before you commit. Drawer applies to all categories at once, so open a few of your most visited categories on the desktop and see how the wider grid feels across your catalog.
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Think about how many filters you offer. If shoppers lean on filters heavily, a sidebar that's always visible may still serve them better. The drawer suits stores where many shoppers browse without filtering.
Try It
Already using the Searchanise search app on a Magento or WooCommerce store? Switch the Sidebar style to Drawer, then compare a search results page before and after.
Evaluating Searchanise Smart Search for your Magento or WooCommerce?See how Searchanise gives you flexible search and filtering layouts without requiring theme-code changes.
Evaluating Searchanise Smart Search for your Magento or WooCommerce?See how Searchanise gives you flexible search and filtering layouts without requiring theme-code changes.
Stacy
Stacy is a content creator at Searchanise. Her professional areas of interest are SaaS solutions and ecommerce. Stacy believes that quality content must be valuable for readers and achieve business goals. When she is not busy writing, which does not happen often, she reads passionately, both fiction and non-fiction literature.
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