How to make the search fields in the Bitrix Smart Filter show regardless of the presence of objects in the directory?

Question

1C-Bitrix

Real estate agency website, there is a search form with different tabs.
If there is not 1 object in the "Garages" category, it is necessary that the fields do not disappear. Is it possible to do so? That is, I want to specify which fields should always be displayed in the category and everything so that they are rigidly fixed.

Answer 1

Good afternoon.
I hope you haven't listened to the advice of your colleagues yet and haven't started redoing the filter logic , because the display of properties that have no values ​​is just built into the template:
Find in your template something like this:

foreach($arResult["ITEMS"] as $key=>$arItem)
      {
        if(
          empty($arItem["VALUES"])
          || isset($arItem["PRICE"])
        )
          continue;

and remove the check for emptiness, it should be like this:

foreach($arResult["ITEMS"] as $key=>$arItem)
      {
        if(
                       isset($arItem["PRICE"])
        )
          continue;

Path to the file
bitrix/templates/template/components/bitrix/catalog.smart.filter/template/template.php

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Answer 2

replace the smart filter with a simple one, you can customize the display of fields there.
or change the logic (rewrite) smart filter