Hubert, Such tiddlers are typically generated using the qualify widget. It makes use of the currentTiddler to generate a hashed number with an optional prefix. Using Qualify in the same tiddler with the same title will always return the same number so it is great for temporary or switch type tiddlers relating to a specific tiddler.
Here is an example of my "hunt and peck" strategy to learn what is going on. To generate $:/state/tab/sidebar--1835078512 we would expect somewhere the code <<qualify $:/state/tab/sidebar>> - *If you look at items tagged $:/tags/PageTemplate you discover * - *$:/core/ui/PageTemplate/sidebar If you look inside you see $:/tags/SideBarSegment is used to display the side bar* - *If you look at items tagged $:/tags/SideBarSegment you see $:/core/ui/SideBarSegments/tabs* - *if you look inside $:/core/ui/SideBarSegments/tabs you see it uses the tabs macro and the state= parameter* state="$:/state/tab/sidebar" - This is the prefix of $:/state/tab/sidebar--1835078512. - I happen to know most core macros can be found in the shadow tiddlers. Then looking at $:/core/macros/tabs we see it is in fact using Qualify <<qualify "$state$">> So this depends on the currentTiddler in which it is defined. Note: Unless inside a list that causes a change in currentTiddler, tabs in the sidebar do not have a currentTiddler value but there is a currentTab variable. Regards Tony On Wednesday, October 16, 2019 at 2:21:58 AM UTC+11, Hubert wrote: > > The default setting does explain why we had more state numbers...setting >> the default first before choosing and saving anything else gives us the >> $:/state/tab/sidebar--1835078512. >> > > Does anyone know what that number means, whether it's random and whether > it could be customised for consistency? > > Apologies if that was already explained above; I couldn't conclude whether > an agreement on what this means has already been reached. > > Regards, > Hubert > > On Wednesday, 9 October 2019 01:41:52 UTC+1, Birthe C wrote: >> >> The default setting does explain why we had more state numbers...setting >> the default first before choosing and saving anything else gives us the >> $:/state/tab/sidebar--1835078512. >> >> Birthe >> >> onsdag den 9. oktober 2019 kl. 01.56.40 UTC+2 skrev Damon Pritchett: >>> >>> Hey Tony, >>> >>> Thanks, but I haven't really noticed that does what I want. What I've >>> been experiencing, even with my Contents tab selected as default, is that >>> whatever sidebar tab I had selected when I saved was what was selected when >>> the TW was reopened. Doing as Birth suggested with >>> $:/state/tab/sidebar--595412856, indeed accomplished what I was looking for >>> which was that the Contents tab was always selected when I reopen a TW >>> regardless of what tab was selected when I last saved. >>> >>> Damon >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/58199721-2a59-4074-917b-c202647abff7%40googlegroups.com.
