How can I add an "ALL CATEGORIES" entry in wp_dropdown_categories?

Question

I want to let the users search posts by categories. So I use wp_dropdown_categories to build a drop-donw list with all categories. Trouble is I want to allow them to set this to "ALL CATEGORIES" as well. So how can I add another entry in the drop-down list? Thanks,

Answer 1

Should be easy to do
(check the codex: wp dropdown categories)

<h2><?php _e('Categories:'); ?></h2>
<div>
    <?php wp_dropdown_categories('show_option_all=ALL CATEGORIES&show_count=1&hierarchical=1'); ?>
</div>

p.s
if you want to wrap with translation this is the way:

<h2><?php _e('Categories:'); ?></h2>
<div>
    <?php wp_dropdown_categories('show_option_all='.__('All Categories', 'your_text_domain').'&show_count=1&hierarchical=1'); ?>
</div>