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knospe Total Posts: 11 Joined: 2012-02-14 Germany Ignore user	Hello, I am having problems moving Product List toolbar from content block to left block. I would like to display only sort-by option, which is easily done by setting up a custom toolbar template file toolbar_custom.html. But I get an error by output. So far I added this lines in layout/catalog.xml: <catalog_category_default translate="label"> <label>Catalog Category (Non-Anchor)</label> <reference name="left"> <block type="catalog/navigation" name="catalog.leftnav" after="currency" template="catalog/navigation/left.phtml"> <block type="catalog/product_list_toolbar" name="product_list_toolbar" template="catalog/product/list/toolbar_custom.phtml"/> <action method="setToolbarBlockName"><name>product_list_toolbar</name></action> </block> </reference> <reference name="content"> <block type="catalog/category_view" name="category.products" template="catalog/category/view.phtml"> <block type="catalog/product_list" name="product_list" template="catalog/product/list.phtml"/> </block> </reference> </catalog_category_default> --- and this in navigation/left.phtml: `<?php $magento_block = Mage::getSingleton('core/layout'); ?> <?php $toolbarHtml = $magento_block->createBlock('catalog/product_list'); ?> <?php $toolbarHtml->setTemplate('catalog/product/list/toolbar_custom.phtml'); ?> <?php echo $toolbarHtml ->toHTML(); ?>` --- This is my custom toolbar template - toolbar_custom.phtml: <?php if($this->getCollection()->getSize()): ?> <div class="toolbar"> <?php if( $this->isExpanded() ): ?> <div class="sort-by"> <label><?php echo $this->__('Sort By') ?></label> <select onchange="setLocation(this.value)"> <?php var_dump($this->getName()); ?> <?php foreach($this->getAvailableOrders() as $_key=>$_order): ?> <option value="<?php echo $this->getOrderUrl($_key, 'asc') ?>"<?php if($this->isOrderCurrent($_key)): ?> selected="selected"<?php endif; ?>> <?php echo $this->__($_order) ?> </option> <?php endforeach; ?> </select> </div> <?php endif; ?> </div> <?php endif ?> --- As I open the product listing page in browser I get this error message: Fatal error: Call to a member function getSize() on a non-object in magento/app/design/frontend/my_theme/default/template/catalog/product/list/toolbar_custom.phtml on line 37 I am using Magento Community 1.6.. Any help would be very much appreciated. Signature Ninja is my middle name.
	Posted: May 9 2012 \| top

Blackthorn87 Total Posts: 3 Joined: 2011-06-27 Ignore user	Hey Guys, BUMP! I don’t suppose anyone managed to solve this problem. I am having the same issue. Thank You. Signature Arun Mistry Web: [url=http://www.arunmistry.co.uk]http://www.arunmistry.co.uk[/url] Blog: genius-moments.blogspot.com Twitter: Blackthorn87
	Posted: June 11 2012 \| top \| # 1

q23media Total Posts: 68 Joined: 2009-04-29 Ignore user	I’m searching for this solution over several month in millions of google searches and thousends of forum posts...there is really no solution to move the toolbar to the left sidebar...i guess because its rendered by the list php file… but there has to be a solution guys...come on, please help us...or please tell us if its not possible… thank you so much jakob
	Posted: January 1 2013 \| top \| # 2

jeff081 Total Posts: 11 Joined: 2012-11-25 Ignore user	Hello everyone I also implemented the same thing as you mentioned above but faced the same error… Thanx in advance if anybody have answer for this
	Posted: January 4 2013 \| top \| # 3

q23media Total Posts: 68 Joined: 2009-04-29 Ignore user	obviously there is no other solution than using css and position absolute...very dirty, but for many reasons (e.g. ajax loading improved navigation) i don’t think its possible to move the toolbar to the left.
	Posted: January 4 2013 \| top \| # 4

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