Drupal 7 views contextual filter (taxonomy: summary display), displaying a readable term-name instead of term-id

Question

Within my view, I'm using a contextual filter—with a default "summary output"—to filter my results by taxonomy term.

The problem is that the summary-result is grouped by a listing of taxonomy term-id's (including a node count) and not human readable term-id names.

• 1 (21)
• 2 (16)
• etc.

Is it possible to change (or hook) the view output of the summary, by not listing its term-id's, but the term-id-name?

• Term name A (21)
• Term name B (16)

(It doesn't bother for me if the actual request URL stays the same.)

My goal is to create a more readable output-format of my taxonomy-term summary, which an end user can understand.

Answer 1

1. Set your view to fields and expose the field that contains the associated taxonomy term.

2. Set your contextual filter to filter for a taxonomy term and select to include a validator.

3. Set the validator to taxonomy term and check the box for your vocabulary.

4. Select the option for filter value type as ' Term name converted to Term ID.

5. Save the filter and go to the preview box. If you enter the text name of your term, you should see the desired content.

If you are passing the information from the URl you may have to select the 'Transform dashes in URL to spaces in term name filter values' checkbox as well since the machine name uses dashes

Answer 2

Copy the "views_view-summary.tpl.php" file your "modules/contrib/views/theme" folder. (You can make it view or block specific by adding a filename-suffix.)

Note: If you use this as a admin view-display, make sure you copy this file within the admin theme folder, not your default theme folder!

You don't need any changes in your display-settings. Just adjust your tpl-override to the following lines, and your Term-ID's are converted to readable Term-names:

<div class="item-list">
  <ul class="views-summary">
    <?php foreach ($rows as $id => $row): ?>
    <li>
      <a href="<?php print $row->url; ?>"<?php print !empty($row_classes[$id]) ? ' class="'. $row_classes[$id] .'"' : ''; ?>>
        <?php
        /* begin replacement */
        $term_object = taxonomy_term_load($row->link);
        print  $term_object->name; 
        /* end replacement*/
        ?>
      </a>
      <?php if (!empty($options['count'])): ?>
      &nbsp;(<?php print $row->count?>)
      <?php endif; ?>
    </li>
    <?php endforeach; ?>
  </ul>
</div>

Answer 3

There is an article on Drupal easy: Using display attachments to provide a consistent summary in Views 2.