I was still not satisfied with the possibilities I came up with to get the right icon for every filter value in the Refinement panel.
I wanted to be able to add a specific icon to the Refiner values belonging to the Filter category 'Author' for instance.
Therefore I had to promote the ManagedProperty parameter, so its value would be available in the FilterLink template.
Here is the complete XSL that can replace the original one. Add this via the XSL Editor of the Refinement Panel webpart:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:ddwrt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WebParts/v2/DataView/runtime">
<xsl:output method="xml" indent="no"/>
<xsl:param name="RefinementPanelCaption"></xsl:param>
<xsl:param name="QueryId"></xsl:param>
<xsl:param name="TagsCategoryId"></xsl:param>
<xsl:param name="MetadataServiceUrl"></xsl:param>
<xsl:param name="IsUIRightToLeft"></xsl:param>
<xsl:param name="ApplyButtonText"></xsl:param>
<xsl:param name="CancelButtonText"></xsl:param>
<xsl:param name="CurrentLcid"></xsl:param>
<xsl:param name="MoreLinkPanelIDSuffix"></xsl:param>
<xsl:param name="IdPrefix" />
<xsl:param name="IsDesignMode">True</xsl:param>
<xsl:param name="RefineByHeading">Refinement</xsl:param>
<xsl:param name="IsRTL">False</xsl:param>
<xsl:template match="FilterPanel">
<xsl:variable name="FilterCategories" select="FilterCategory" />
<xsl:variable name="CategoryCount" select="count($FilterCategories)" />
<xsl:if test="($CategoryCount > 0)">
<xsl:call-template name="FilterCategory">
<xsl:with-param name="Categories" select="$FilterCategories" />
</xsl:call-template>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template name="FilterCategory">
<xsl:param name="Categories" />
<xsl:if test="$RefinementPanelCaption != ''">
<div class="ms-searchref-caption">
<xsl:value-of select="$RefinementPanelCaption" />
</div>
</xsl:if>
<xsl:for-each select="$Categories">
<xsl:variable name="FilterCategoryId" select="concat(@Id,$IdPrefix)"/>
<xsl:variable name="TagsId" select="concat($TagsCategoryId,$IdPrefix)"/>
<xsl:variable name="ColumnId" select="substring(@Id,10)"/>
<xsl:variable name="FilterCategoryType" select="@Type"/>
<xsl:variable name="ManagedProperty" select="@ManagedProperty"/>
<xsl:variable name="SSPList" select="substring-before(CustomData/AssociateTermSets, '|')"/>
<xsl:variable name="TermSetList" select="substring-after(CustomData/AssociateTermSets, '|')"/>
<xsl:variable name="ShowMoreLink" select="translate(@ShowMoreLink,'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz','ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ')"/>
<xsl:variable name="FreeFormFilterHint" select="@FreeFormFilterHint"/>
<xsl:variable name="MoreLinkText" select="@MoreLinkText"/>
<xsl:variable name="LessLinkText" select="@LessLinkText"/>
<xsl:variable name="ShowCounts" select="@ShowCounts"/>
<xsl:variable name="DisplayName" select="@DisplayName"/>
<xsl:variable name="EscapedDisplayName" select="CustomData/EscapedDisplayName"/>
<xsl:variable name="ShowTaggingControl" select="@ShowTaggingControl"/>
<div class="ms-searchref-categoryname">
<xsl:value-of select="$DisplayName"/>
</div>
<ul class="ms-searchref-filters" id="TopFilters_{$FilterCategoryId}">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="$FilterCategoryType = 'Message'">
<xsl:for-each select="Filters/Filter">
<xsl:call-template name="FilterMessage">
<xsl:with-param name="Value" select="Value" />
</xsl:call-template>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:call-template name="Filter">
<xsl:with-param name="Filters" select="Filters/Filter" />
<xsl:with-param name="ShowCounts" select="$ShowCounts" />
<!-- HW: Begin -->
<xsl:with-param name="ManagedProperty" select="$ManagedProperty" />
<!-- HW: End -->
</xsl:call-template>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</ul>
<xsl:if test="$ShowMoreLink='TRUE'">
<xsl:variable name="MoreFilters" select="MoreFilters/Filter" />
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="$FilterCategoryId and ($FilterCategoryId != '') and ($FilterCategoryType = 'Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.WebControls.ManagedPropertyFilterGenerator')">
<xsl:variable name="MoreDivId" select="concat('RefinementMore_', $QueryId, $FilterCategoryId)" />
<xsl:variable name="LessDivId" select="concat('RefinementLess_', $QueryId, $FilterCategoryId)" />
<xsl:if test="$MoreFilters != ''">
<a class="ms-searchref-more" href="javascript:{{}}" onclick="SearchEnsureSOD();ToggleRefMoreLessFilters(this, true);">
<div class="ms-searchref-morelink">
<xsl:value-of select="$MoreLinkText" />
<xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">&nbsp;</xsl:text>
<img src="/_layouts/images/more_arrow.png" class="ms-searchref-moreicon" />
</div>
</a>
<ul class="ms-searchref-filters" id="MoreFilters_{$FilterCategoryId}" style="display:none">
<xsl:call-template name="Filter">
<xsl:with-param name="Filters" select="$MoreFilters" />
<xsl:with-param name="ShowCounts" select="$ShowCounts" />
<!-- HW: Begin -->
<xsl:with-param name="ManagedProperty" select="$ManagedProperty" />
<!-- HW: End -->
</xsl:call-template>
</ul>
<a class="ms-searchref-more" href="javascript:{{}}" onclick="SearchEnsureSOD();ToggleRefMoreLessFilters(this, false);" style="display:none">
<div class="ms-searchref-morelink">
<xsl:value-of select="$LessLinkText" />
<xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">&nbsp;</xsl:text>
<img src="/_layouts/images/less_arrow.png" class="ms-searchref-moreicon" />
</div>
</a>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="$FilterCategoryId and ($FilterCategoryId != '') and ($FilterCategoryType = 'Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.WebControls.TaxonomyFilterGenerator')">
<xsl:variable name="IsTagsColumn" select="$FilterCategoryId = $TagsId" />
<xsl:if test="$MoreFilters != ''">
<a id="{$MoreLinkPanelIDSuffix}_{$FilterCategoryId}" href="javascript:{{}}" class="ms-searchref-more" onclick="SearchEnsureSOD();RenderTaggingControl('{$FilterCategoryId}', {$IsTagsColumn}, '{$SSPList}', '{$TermSetList}', '{$MetadataServiceUrl}', {$CurrentLcid}, '{$MoreLinkPanelIDSuffix}', '{$EscapedDisplayName}', {$ShowTaggingControl}, {$IsUIRightToLeft});">
<div class="ms-searchref-morelink">
<xsl:value-of select="$MoreLinkText" />
<xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">&nbsp;</xsl:text>
<img src="/_layouts/images/more_arrow.png" class="ms-searchref-moreicon" />
</div>
</a>
<div style="display:none">
<ul class="ms-searchref-filters" id="MoreFilters_{$FilterCategoryId}">
<xsl:call-template name="Filter">
<xsl:with-param name="Filters" select="MoreFilters/Filter" />
<xsl:with-param name="ShowCounts" select="$ShowCounts" />
</xsl:call-template>
</ul>
<div id="TaxonomyMoreControl_{$FilterCategoryId}">
<input id="MetadataHiddenInput_{$FilterCategoryId}" type="hidden" />
<div id="TaggingControl_{$FilterCategoryId}" class="ms-taxonomy">
<img alt="" src="/_layouts/images/blank.gif" height="0" width="0"/>
</div>
<img style="display:none" src="/_layouts/images/RTE2FIND.gif" class="ms-searchref-taxapply" align="right" alt="{$ApplyButtonText}" onclick="SearchEnsureSOD();var link=GetTaxonomyApplyFilterUrl('{$FilterCategoryId}','{$ColumnId}');if (link!='')window.location=link;" />
</div>
</div>
<a style="display:none" class="ms-searchref-more" href="javascript:{{}}" onclick="SearchEnsureSOD();ToggleTaxonomyLessFilters(this);">
<div class="ms-searchref-morelink">
<xsl:value-of select="$LessLinkText" />
<xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">&nbsp;</xsl:text>
<img src="/_layouts/images/less_arrow.png" class="ms-searchref-moreicon" />
</div>
</a>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="$FilterCategoryId and ($FilterCategoryId != '') and ($FilterCategoryType = 'Message')">
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:if>
<div class="ms-searchref-catseparator"> </div>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template name="Filter">
<xsl:param name="Filters" />
<xsl:param name="ShowCounts" />
<!-- HW: Begin -->
<xsl:param name="ManagedProperty" />
<!-- HW: End -->
<xsl:for-each select="$Filters">
<xsl:variable name="Selection" select="Selection" />
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="($Selection = 'Selected')">
<xsl:call-template name="FilterLink">
<xsl:with-param name="Url" select="Url" />
<xsl:with-param name="UrlTooltip" select="Tooltip" />
<xsl:with-param name="Value" select="Value" />
<xsl:with-param name="FilterSelection" select="'ms-searchref-selected ms-searchref-removable'" />
<xsl:with-param name="ShowCounts" select="$ShowCounts" />
<xsl:with-param name="Count" select="Count" />
<xsl:with-param name="Percentage" select="Percentage" />
<xsl:with-param name="Indentation" select="Indentation" />
<!-- HW: Begin -->
<xsl:with-param name="ManagedProperty" select="$ManagedProperty" />
<!-- HW: End -->
</xsl:call-template>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="($Selection = 'Implied')">
<xsl:call-template name="FilterLink">
<xsl:with-param name="Url" select="Url" />
<xsl:with-param name="UrlTooltip" select="Tooltip" />
<xsl:with-param name="Value" select="Value" />
<xsl:with-param name="FilterSelection" select="'ms-searchref-selected'" />
<xsl:with-param name="ShowCounts" select="$ShowCounts" />
<xsl:with-param name="Count" select="Count" />
<xsl:with-param name="Percentage" select="Percentage" />
<xsl:with-param name="Indentation" select="Indentation" />
<!-- HW: Begin -->
<xsl:with-param name="ManagedProperty" select="$ManagedProperty" />
<!-- HW: End -->
</xsl:call-template>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:call-template name="FilterLink">
<xsl:with-param name="Url" select="Url" />
<xsl:with-param name="UrlTooltip" select="Tooltip" />
<xsl:with-param name="Value" select="Value" />
<xsl:with-param name="FilterSelection" select="'ms-searchref-unselected'" />
<xsl:with-param name="ShowCounts" select="$ShowCounts" />
<xsl:with-param name="Count" select="Count" />
<xsl:with-param name="Percentage" select="Percentage" />
<xsl:with-param name="Indentation" select="Indentation" />
<!-- HW: Begin -->
<xsl:with-param name="ManagedProperty" select="$ManagedProperty" />
<!-- HW: End -->
</xsl:call-template>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template name="FilterLink">
<xsl:param name="Url"/>
<xsl:param name="UrlTooltip"/>
<xsl:param name="Value"/>
<xsl:param name="FilterSelection"/>
<xsl:param name="ShowCounts"/>
<xsl:param name="Count"/>
<xsl:param name="Percentage"/>
<xsl:param name="Indentation"/>
<!-- HW: Begin -->
<xsl:param name="ManagedProperty" />
<!-- HW: End -->
<xsl:variable name="SecureUrl">
<xsl:call-template name="GetSecureUrl">
<xsl:with-param name="Url" select="$Url" />
</xsl:call-template>
</xsl:variable>
<li class="ms-searchref-filter {$FilterSelection}">
<xsl:if test="($Indentation = '1')">
<span class="ms-searchref-indenticon">↳ </span>
</xsl:if>
<!-- HW: Begin -->
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="starts-with($Value, 'Any ')">
<img align="absmiddle" src="/_layouts/images/asterisk.png" border="0" />
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="$ManagedProperty = 'SiteName'">
<a href="http://{$Value}" target="_blank" title="Open site in new window"><img align="absmiddle" src="/_layouts/images/SharePointFoundation16.png" border="0" /></a>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="ddwrt:MapToIcon('', $Value) != 'icgen.gif'">
<img align="absmiddle" src="/_layouts/images/{ddwrt:MapToIcon('', $Value)}" border="0" />
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="$Value = 'Word'">
<img align="absmiddle" src="/_layouts/images/icdocx.png" border="0" />
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="$Value = 'Excel'">
<img align="absmiddle" src="/_layouts/images/icxlsx.png" border="0" />
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="$Value = 'PowerPoint'">
<img align="absmiddle" src="/_layouts/images/icpptx.gif" border="0" />
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="$Value = 'Webpage'">
<img align="absmiddle" src="/_layouts/images/icaspx.gif" border="0" />
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="$ManagedProperty = 'Author'">
<a href="http://sp2010/SearchCenter/Pages/peopleresults.aspx?k={$Value}" target="_blank" title="Search for user profile"><img align="absmiddle" src="/_layouts/images/ACA16.gif" border="0" /></a>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<img align="absmiddle" src="/_layouts/images/{$Value}.gif" onError="this.src='/_layouts/images/bullet.gif';" border="0" />
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
<xsl:text> </xsl:text>
<!-- HW: End -->
<a class="ms-searchref-filterlink" href="{$SecureUrl}" title="{$RefineByHeading}: {$UrlTooltip}">
<xsl:value-of select="Value"/>
</a>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="($ShowCounts = 'Count') and ($Count != '')">
<span class="ms-searchref-count">
<xsl:if test="$IsRTL = 'True'">‏</xsl:if>
(<xsl:value-of select="Count"/>)
</span>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="($ShowCounts = 'Percentage') and ($Percentage != '')">
<span class="ms-searchref-count">
<xsl:if test="$IsRTL = 'True'">‏</xsl:if>
(<xsl:value-of select="format-number($Percentage, '0%')"/>)
</span>
</xsl:when>
</xsl:choose>
</li>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template name="FilterMessage">
<xsl:param name="Value"/>
<xsl:param name="FilterSelection"/>
<li class="ms-searchref-filtermsg">
<span class="ms-searchref-filterlink ms-searchref-msg">
<xsl:value-of select="Value"/>
</span>
</li>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template name="GetSecureUrl">
<xsl:param name="Url"/>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="$IsDesignMode = 'True'">
<xsl:value-of select="$Url" />
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:value-of select="ddwrt:EnsureAllowedProtocol($Url)" />
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
The result is a Refinement Panel with icons, where a hyperlink is added to the icons of the Filter categories 'Site' and 'Author':
- Site: Open site in new window
- Author: hyperlink to a people search results page with a TOP Federated Results webpart, that includes the local people search and an internet people search via the api of linkedin, pipl, etc.
Replace the url in row 253 with the url of your own search center.
Example of custom refiner with custom icons (with same file name as the value).
Wish list:
- Display avatar of the authors: due to the lack of e-mail address and MD5 encoding this is difficult to achieve;
- Show user profile on hoover with javascript/jQuery: be my guest. => There is a solution for this in SP2013/Online made by Elio Struyf: People refinement made easy by adding profile pictures.
I managed to make it possible to select multiple Refiners via the UI, just by extending the XSL of the Refinement Panel and adding a little javascript.
