Options
All options live at AdminCP > Setup > Options > [MC] Dropdown Chooser.
| Setting | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Excluded forums | (none) | Forums (and their descendants) hidden from the dropdown, regardless of view or post permission. Useful for staff-only forums that should not be reachable through this picker. |
| Search threshold | (configurable) | Minimum number of entries before the search/filter box is rendered inside the dropdown. Below this count the dropdown is plain. |
| Search fuzziness | 40 | Fuzzy-match tolerance applied by the search box. 0 requires exact substring matches; 100 matches almost anything. The default 40 mirrors the underlying library default. |
| Display thread count | Off | Shows the number of threads next to each forum in the dropdown. |
| Remove branding | Off | Removes the "Powered by [MC] Dropdown Chooser" footer text. |
Tuning the search
- Search threshold controls the noise floor. If your tree has fewer entries than the threshold, you do not need search; the dropdown is short enough to scan visually.
- Search fuzziness controls how forgiving the matcher is. Increase if your members regularly mistype forum names; decrease if matches feel "loose" or unrelated.
The fuzzy matcher operates on the visible forum title (and ancestor titles when Inherit through tree is implied by the picker). It does not match on slug or ID.