Magento 2: Removing Layered Navigation stops filters working

Question

I am developing a custom theme which does not display the layered navigation filters, so I edited my catalog_category_view.xml adding the instruction:

<referenceBlock name="catalog.leftnav" remove="true" />

Removing the filters stops the layered navigation to work properly. If I visit the URL http://myurl.com/category-url-key?attribute_code=10 the site shows every product belonging to category-url-code, ignoring the filter attribute_code=10.

How do I make the layered navigation work without showing the layered navigation filters?

Answer 1

You can use 'display' instead. So use :

<referenceBlock name="catalog.leftnav" display="false" />

Reference :

Dev Docs XML

Display Explanation :

Allows you to disable rendering of specific block or container with all its children (both set directly and by reference). The block's/container's and its children' respective PHP objects are still generated and available for manipulation.