How To Ignore Shortcode On Html Text Search

I'm looking for a solution to a specific problem: I am trying to use a w3schools dropdown menu with a search option with a combination of a shortcode for countries flags and I need

Solution 1:

WordPress Shortcodes are parsed at at runtime, so you actually need to worry about what the output of those shortcodes is. Likely something like <img src="/path/to/flags/flag-1.png" />

Since you clearly have control over the HTML markup inside the dropdown, I would just wrap the Country in a span, and target that with the JavaScript instead. Take the following snippet for example:

You'll note that it no longer cares about anything else inside the anchor, and instead only cares about the text inside the anchor's span.

/* When the user clicks on the button,
toggle between hiding and showing the dropdown content */functionmyFunction() {
    document.getElementById("myDropdown").classList.toggle("show");
}

functionfilterFunction() {
    var input, filter, ul, li, a, i;
    input = document.getElementById("myInput");
    filter = input.value.toUpperCase();
    div = document.getElementById("myDropdown");
    a = div.getElementsByTagName("a");
    
    for (i = 0; i < a.length; i++) {
        var label = a[i].querySelector('span');
        if (label.innerText.toUpperCase().indexOf(filter) > -1) {
            a[i].style.display = "";
        } else {
            a[i].style.display = "none";
        }
    }
}

.dropbtn{background-color:#4CAF50;color:#fff;padding:16px;font-size:16px;border:none;cursor:pointer}.dropbtn:focus,.dropbtn:hover{background-color:#3e8e41}#myInput{border-box:box-sizing;background-image:url(searchicon.png);background-position:14px12px;background-repeat:no-repeat;font-size:16px;padding:14px20px12px45px;border:none;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd}#myInput:focus{outline:#ddd solid 3px}.dropdown{position:relative;display:inline-block}.dropdown-content{display:none;position:absolute;background-color:#f6f6f6;min-width:230px;overflow:auto;border:1px solid #ddd;z-index:1}.dropdown-contenta{color:#000;padding:12px16px;text-decoration:none;display:block}.dropdowna:hover{background-color:#ddd}.show{display:block}

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