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Hi all,

I’m looking to have the option within the #activity-filter-by drop down in the activity stream where I can filter updates for a search term (e.g. MYWORD).

I’ve added: <option value="-2"><?php _e( 'MYWORD', 'buddypress' ); ?></option> into members\single\activity.php in child theme.

I’ve also got the working code below in my bp-custom.php:

function bptest( $retval ) {

    if ( bp_is_user_activity() ) {
        $retval['search_terms'] = 'MYWORD';
    }
 
    return $retval;
}
add_filter( 'bp_after_has_activities_parse_args', 'bptest' );

How can i link the two, so that ONLY WHEN the option is selected in the drop down, the code in bp-custom takes effect and at all other times, there is no filter active?

Many thanks.

WP 4.2.2
BP 2.5.1