David, In my opinion, if we consider the tiddler philosophy, for non single/small value cell, it is better to use a tiddler to keep the cell content. hen use TiddlyTables or Shiraz Dynamic Tables to create a table and edit it in place like Excel (Spreadsheet)
See: 1. https://kookma.github.io/TW-Shiraz/#Tutorial%20Dynamic%20Tables 2. http://tiddlytables.tiddlyspot.com/ On Thursday, October 29, 2020 at 4:01:07 PM UTC+3:30 David Gifford wrote: > Hi all > > This post is just to share a vague vision. > > 1. The problems: a) Tables with cell content of any significant length are > in TiddlyWiki get really messy in editing mode. Going back to edit them > requires a magnifying glass and patience. b) Table cells with, for example, > bulleted lists for content, require transclusion. > > 2. The inspiration: a) Streams and NotoWritey create new, transcluded > lines - external tiddlers that can be edited from within the current > tiddler. b) In Roam Research, tables can be created from outlines. c) With > the link-to-tabs plugin, a click opens the tiddler for a tab. > > 3. The idea: What if there were an editor toolbar button that you could > use to insert a transcluded tiddler in a table cell? Details: > a) The button would create a cell, with an automatically generated title, > either a datetimestamp or a title similar to those that Streams generates > for each line. > b) The tiddler would be transcluded in the table cell similar to how they > are transcluded in Streams > c) Clicking or doubleclicking the cell (or maybe clicking on an icon that > appears on hovering, similar to the link-to-tab plugin) would either open > the tiddler in edit mode, or the cell itself would become an edit-text > window. Probably the former makes more sense, but the latter is the vision > that inspired this whole idea - similar to clicking on an Excel cell and > editing it. > d) The padding of the transcluded tiddler would need to be reduced somehow > so that the table wouldn't be overpadded. > > That's it. That is my idea for beefing up tables in TiddlyWiki. My > original thought was to have it be a new way of doing tables, where every > cell created generated a new transcluded tiddler. That would be really > cool, where adding table cells would be as easy as adding lines in Streams. > > But that seems extremely complicated, and an overkill solution, > unnecessary for most tables. An editor toolbar button to insert such an > "editable transclusion of a new tiddler" similar to what one sees in > Streams sounds more realistic. > > What do you guys think about this idea? Anyone getting inspired to create > a new plugin? > > Streams: https://saqimtiaz.github.io/sq-tw/streams.html > Link to tab plugin: https://wikilabs.github.io/editions/link-to-tabs/ > > -- 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/fb7c8388-420e-4d83-96ea-9d7309dbc22bn%40googlegroups.com.
