Thank you for your exhaustive explanation Tony. I admit, this will take some time to ingest.
Regards, Hubert On Wednesday, 16 October 2019 00:45:59 UTC+1, TonyM wrote: > > 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/958bb02e-a375-441b-890f-0b05f9e83227%40googlegroups.com.
