Added to TW-Scripts. On Friday, December 20, 2019 at 8:29:30 AM UTC+3:30, Eric Shulman wrote: > > On Thursday, December 19, 2019 at 8:32:05 PM UTC-8, Scott Kingery wrote: >> >> I tried to do the reverse >> <$list filter="[all[current]title[Home]]"> >> to have it show up only on Home. It doesn't work and ends up showing on >> all tiddlers. >> > > https://tiddlywiki.com/#Selection%20Constructors > > * Most operators derive their output from their input. For example, many > of them output a subset of their input, and thus truly live up to the name > of "filters", narrowing down the overall output of the containing run. > These operators are called selection modifiers. > * A few operators ignore their input and generate an independent output > instead. These are called selection constructors: they construct an > entirely new selection. > > The "[title[...]]" filter operator is a selection constructor. Thus, in > your filter expression, it doesn't matter that title[Home] is preceded by > all[current]. It will always result in the value "Home" being returned by > the filter. > > Fortunately, there are several selection modifier filter operators that > you can use to get the results you want: > > * [all[current]field:title[Home]] tests to see if the field named title > has a value of "Home" > or > * [all[current]match[Home]] tests the value of "all[current]" to see if it > matches the literal text "Home" > > note: you can also replace "all[current]" with the variable > <currentTiddler> (SINGLE angle brackets for filters!), thus: > > * [<currentTiddler>field:title[Home]] > or > * [<currentTiddler>match[Home]] > > Any of the above filters should work for your desired end goal. > > enjoy, > -e > > > . For your purposes, you should use "field:title[Home]" which tests the > input to see if > > > > > > > >
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