Thank you very much Eric. This worked like a charm and many thanks for the Notes section. Now, I have a better understanding of how search works on TiddlyWiki.
Best, M. On Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 10:39 PM Eric Shulman <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Saturday, July 25, 2020 at 11:52:05 AM UTC-7, Mostafa Hussein Omar wrote: >> >> I searched this group and I found an answer to how to search for an >> exact sentence in a tiddlywiki: >> [!is[system]regexp:text[Hello World]] >> Now I would like either to have this as the default behaviour of the >> search box or to create a tiddler that has a search field that will do >> the exact search without asking the user to enter the above syntax > > > First, I suggest you check my PowerSeach "filter generator" tool, here: > > http://tiddlytools.com/filtergenerators.html > > It gives you controls to select many different filter options and construct > the corresponding filter syntax "on the fly". > > This can help you experiment with filtering in general, and can often > help you figure out your desired search syntax without a lot of typing. > > For your requested use-case, I suggest using: > > [!is[system]search:text:literal[test]sort[title]] > > Note the use of "search:text:literal[...]" rather than "regexp:text[...]". > This is because the regexp[...] filter doesn't do an *exact* text search. > Rather, it does search for a text *pattern*, using "regular expression" syntax > (see > https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Regular_Expressions) > > In any case, here's a little bit of wikitext "code" that gives you > a custom interface using the above filter syntax: > > Search tiddler text for: > <$edit-text tiddler="$:/temp/mysearch" tag="input" size="30" default="" > placeholder="enter search text" /> > > <$reveal state="$:/temp/mysearch" type="nomatch" text=""> > <$count > filter="[!is[system]search:text:literal{$:/temp/mysearch}sort[title]]" /> > matches:<br> > <$list filter="[!is[system]search:text:literal{$:/temp/mysearch}sort[title]]"> > <$link /><br> > </$list> > </$reveal> > > Just copy/paste the above into a tiddler and you'll be all set. > > Notes: > 1) $edit-text gets your input and saves it in a "temp" tiddler > ($:/temp/mysearch) > 2) $reveal prevents any display when the input is blank (otherwise, you would > see ALL tiddlers by default!) > 3) $count shows the number of matches found > 4) $list actually does the search, looping over each matching result > 5) $link shows a link to each tiddler that was found > > ...and, if you want to put this interface into the sidebar tabs: > * add a tag "$:/tags/SideBar" > * add a caption field, e.g., "My Search" > > Let me know how it goes... > > enjoy, > -e > > -- > 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/5d3d37d1-c04c-4e21-a9c0-d315795d95dbo%40googlegroups.com. -- 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/CAF-efqzwrggeSu%2Bt%2BUg3PYzSu8imsPaBCOWAdMQ1emDZRu6Xyw%40mail.gmail.com.
