Search form with filters

Hi,

I am currently migrating that website from Joomla 2.5.8 to 3.3.6 and thus migrating Cobalt from 7 to 8.

I am having trouble migrating this page, due to the search form.

What was done before (J2.5):

• in Sections, mySection, General parameters, Templates, we had custom_filters_tpl set for Filters template
• in Types, Fields, myField, we had enable filter set to Yes
• in default_markup_myApp_articles.php, we had the code

        <?php if($this->section->params->get('general.tmpl_filters')):?>
            <?php echo $this->loadTemplate('filters_'.$this->section->params->get('general.tmpl_filters', 'default'));?>
        <?php endif;?>

• a custom template default_filters_myFilter.php looped on $this->filters

Now (J3.3): - filters templates are not longer available in Sections, mySection, General parameters, Templates - Types, Fields, myField still has enable filter set to Yes - default_markup_myApp_articles.php adminForm form is updated (copied from default_markup_default.php)

And I have no idea what to do next.

Right now, no filter is displayed on the page, and in $markup, I can see

public 'filters' => 
        object(stdClass)[818]
          public 'filters' => string '0' (length=1)

I have tried using Cobalt Filters Module module (not sure it is made for what I need) and I have created a module for mySection but it has not effect.

Could you please help me:

• how to link the fields I want to filter on to $markup->filters->filters?
• how to call the custom filter template default_filters_myFilter.php?

Thank you for any help you can provide.