---
title: "Feature Highlight: The A-Z Filters widget"
date: 2022-07-28
author: "Casey Burridge"
link: "https://staging.gravitykit.com/a-z-filters-widget/"
---

# Feature Highlight: The A-Z Filters widget

In this edition of [Feature Highlights](https://cf61600d-90c1-49ac-b4a6-d97914c46f41.cv03.conves.io/tag/feature-highlight/), we’re exploring the GravityView A-Z Filters widget. This handy widget displays a list of links from A-Z, allowing you to filter entries in a View alphabetically.

This adds another way for users to search your Views and is especially useful for member directories. Keep reading as we show you how to configure GravityView’s powerful A-Z Filter widget! 👇

## What is the A-Z filters widget?

The A-Z Filters widget adds another filtering option to GravityView, allowing users to search for entries in a View by letter. After adding the widget to your View layout, you’ll see a list of links from A-Z. Clicking on a letter will filter the View to only show entries beginning with that letter.

📝 To use the A-Z Filters widget, you’ll need to install the [A-Z Filters extension](https://cf61600d-90c1-49ac-b4a6-d97914c46f41.cv03.conves.io/products/alphabetical-filters/) (available with the [Core + Extensions](https://gravityview.co/pricing/?focus=core-extensions) license).

![A list of links from A to Z above a member directory build with GravityView](https://cf61600d-90c1-49ac-b4a6-d97914c46f41.cv03.conves.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/image-75-1024x665.png)

## Benefits and use cases

The A-Z Filters widget offers a number of benefits, such as improving the user experience by allowing users to easily navigate your directory. For example, if you’re running a [member directory](https://cf61600d-90c1-49ac-b4a6-d97914c46f41.cv03.conves.io/multi-column-directory/), users can filter members by the first letter of their first or last name.

The A-Z Filters widget includes the following powerful features:

- **Work with the Search Bar widget**: The A-Z Filters widget and the [Search Bar widget](https://cf61600d-90c1-49ac-b4a6-d97914c46f41.cv03.conves.io/style-gravityview-search-bar/) work together, allowing users to perform more granular searches.
- **Search any field value**: When setting up the widget, you can choose which field value you want to filer by.
- **Supports over 15 languages**: Running a directory in a language that’s not English? No problem, the A-Z Filters widget support multiple languages.

## Adding and configuring the A-Z Filters widget

Here’s how to get started with the A-Z Filters widget in three simple steps.

### 1. Install the A-Z Filters Extension

First, you’ll need to [install](https://docs.gravitykit.com/article/197-configuring-the-a-z-filters-widget) the A-Z Filters extension. You can do this by navigating to the “Manage Add-Ons” page in GravityView, scrolling down to the “A-Z Filters” extension and clicking “Install”.

![The 'Install' button for the A-Z Filters widget on the GravityView Manage Add-Ons page](https://cf61600d-90c1-49ac-b4a6-d97914c46f41.cv03.conves.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/image-76-1024x623.png)
*When the extension has finished installing, click “Activate”*

### 2. Add an A-Z Filters widget to your View

The next step is to add the A-Z Filters widget to your View. Start by opening the View editor and scroll to one of the widget areas.

![The GravityView 'Add Widget' button](https://cf61600d-90c1-49ac-b4a6-d97914c46f41.cv03.conves.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/image-77-1024x268.png)
*Now, click the “Add Widget” button and select the “A-Z Entry Filter” widget to add it to your View*![The 'A-Z Entry Filter' widget in GravityView](https://cf61600d-90c1-49ac-b4a6-d97914c46f41.cv03.conves.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/image-78.png)
*Finally, click on the gear icon next to the widget label to configure the widget settings*

### 3. Configure the widget settings

Setting up the A-Z Filters widget should only take a minute, considering there are only three options to configure:

- Select the field to use when filtering the entries
- Choose the alphabet you want to use
- Choose whether to use uppercase or lowercase letters

![The A-Z Filters widget settings](https://cf61600d-90c1-49ac-b4a6-d97914c46f41.cv03.conves.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/image-79-1024x698.png)
*That’s it! Easy as ABC 😉*

## Get started with the A-Z Filters widget!

In this edition of Feature Highlights, we explored how to configure the GravityView A-Z Filters widget. The A-Z Filters widget adds another filtering option to GravityView, allowing users to search for entries in a View by letter.

To learn more about the A-Z Filters widget, check out our 2-minute starter guide: [Getting Started With the A-Z Filters Extension](https://docs.gravitykit.com/article/197-configuring-the-a-z-filters-widget).