Thanks Mark
I've applied your code as written but i'm still getting the same behaviour.
Frustratingly, I can see what your trying to do, so I can't get my head
around why it isn't working.....
On Sunday, 27 December 2020 at 19:28:47 UTC Mark S. wrote:
> The reason it doesn't work is because when you put [[MySingleWordTag]] in
> tags, TW strips off the [[ and ]], so your text no longer matches.
>
> The following worked in my tests. It uses the filter run evaluation to
> determine if braces need to be added, only adding them if there is more
> than one word.
>
> <$vars myfilter="[split[ ]count[]compare:integer:eq[1]]" lf="[[" rt="]]" >
>
> <$select field='tags'>
> <$list
> filter='[_object_type[location]!title<currentTiddler>!tag<currentTiddler>]'>
> <option value={{{ [<currentTiddler>filter<myfilter>]
> [<currentTiddler>addprefix<lf>addsuffix<rt>]+[first[]] }}}><$view
> field='title'/></option>
> </$list></$select>
>
> </$vars>
>
>
> On Sunday, December 27, 2020 at 9:10:26 AM UTC-8 [email protected]
> wrote:
>
>> Hello all
>>
>> I've got a select widget set up in the body of a tiddler to choose that
>> tiddler's tag from a list of other tiddlers, in order to facilitate easy
>> moving around within a table of contents. The widget is set up as follows:
>>
>> *<$select field='tags'><$list
>> filter='[_object_type[location]!title<currentTiddler>!tag<currentTiddler>]'><option
>>
>> value=<<linkup>>><$view field='title'/></option></$list></$select>*
>>
>> *_object_type* is a custom field I've set up, and "location" is one of
>> its possible values. *<<linkup>>* is seperately defined as:
>>
>>
>> *\define linkup() [[$(currentTiddler)$]]*
>>
>> The linkup macro is used to make sure the tags are applied correctly for
>> tiddlers in the list with spaces in their names.
>>
>> The strange issue I'm having however, is that once I choose an option in
>> the dropdown box, it only remains displayed visually in the box *if the
>> name contains spaces*. If it does not, then the dropdown box appears to
>> be empty (though the tag is still applied correctly).
>>
>> This is mostly a cosmetic issue, but one I'm curious about and would love
>> to know if anyone understands this behaviour, as ideally I'd like the box
>> to continue to display whatever has been selected.
>>
>> Many thanks in advance if anyone knows what's going on here.
>>
>> Joseph
>>
>
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