> Not working for me. The ListBox instructions aren't very user-friendly
> for me. Fields? fieldn...@tiddlername? Values? etc...Got an error in
> select macro when I tried it.
If you look at the *examples* section of the plugin in addition to the
syntax description, the usage should be more obvious. Here's some
more explanation:
<<select size rows:1 xsmall=30 small=32 medium=34 large=36 xlarge=38>>
* Will set a field called "size" on the current tiddler
* Shows just one line (i.e. a droplist instead of a listbox)
* Has five items: xsmall, small, medium, large, xlarge
* Selecting an item stores the corresponding value (30, 32, 34, 36,
38) in the tiddler field
<<select co...@mycolorsetting allowBlank allowOther +ListboxSample
allowEdit>>
* Will set a field called "color" in a tiddler named "MyColorSetting"
* includes a blank entry (i.e., the "no selection" choice)
* includes an "other..." entry to prompt for a hand-entered value
* [[ListboxSample]] defines the list items, one per line, like this:
red=#f00
green=#0f0
blue=#00f
white=#fff
black=#000
* includes "edit list.." to quickly access [[ListboxSample]] to add/
modify the entries stored there.
<<select =chkUserName allowOther rows:1 +UserList>>
* will set a TW option cookie: config.options.chkUserName
* [[UserList]] defines names, one per line:
JohnDoe
MaryRoe
FredSmith
BillJones
> The easyFormat plugin was fairly simple to adapt to use it to insert
> custom text by clicking a button and choosing from a list. Seems like
> Quickedit should be able to do the same, right? Why would I need a
> Listbox plugin?
The TW core template syntax currently only allows you to embed simple
input fields and text areas within the tiddler editor display (by
using the <div macro="edit fieldname"> syntax). These inputs are
stored in the tiddler based on the specified *fieldname*.
ListboxPlugin simply extends this TW standard usage to allow templates
to embed a listbox/droplist control that let you select from a set of
pre-defined values rather than just entering 'free text'... and, just
as with text input, the resulting listbox selection is stored in a
specific tiddler *field*
Inserting a snippet of pre-defined text into the *body* of a tiddler
is an entirely different thing from selecting/setting a value that can
be retrieved from a specific tiddler *field* (or TW option cookie) and
is not the intended purpose of ListboxPlugin.
Unfortunately, QuickEdit doesn't *currently * have an 'insert text
from a list' function. However, it would be very easy for me to write
one. Give me a day or two... I've got some stuff on my plate right
now...
-e
Eric Shulman
TiddlyTools / ELS Design Studios
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