Thank you Eric, Much appreciated. I had thought it might be the words 'current tiddler' but had no clue what to do about it!
On Tuesday, 23 February 2021 at 14:23:23 UTC Eric Shulman wrote: > On Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at 3:39:31 AM UTC-8 Ste wrote: > >> \define HelpButton(label, ButtonText:?) >> ^^(<$button popup="""$:/temp/popup/$(currentTiddler)$/$label$""" >> class='tc-btn-invisible tc-tiddlylink'>$ButtonText$</$button>)<$reveal >> type='popup' state="""$:/temp/popup/$(currentTiddler)$/$label$"""><div >> class='tc-drop-down' >> style='width:1500px;max-width:75vw;white-space:pre-wrap;padding:10px;text-align:left;font-size:1.5em;border-radus:0.5em;'><$transclude >> >> field="""$label$"""/></div></$reveal>^^ >> \end >> > Now, I have a tabs list: >> > <<tabs tabsList:"[[tiddler1]] [[tiddlertwo]] " class:"tc-vertical">> >> > ...the help button shows when in the tabbed list but works perfectly in >> the original tiddler. >> > > The problem arises because popup's "state" tiddler ( > $:/temp/popup/$(currentTiddler)$/$label$) depends on the value of > $(currentTiddler)$. > > In the "original" tiddler, this value is the title of that tiddler. > However, when shown in a tab, the value is the title of the tiddler > containing the entire tab set, rather than the title of the tab content > tiddler itself. > > As explained in https://tiddlywiki.com/#tabs%20Macro: > *The currentTiddler variable is not affected by the tabs macro. This can > put you in trouble if the list of tabs includes tiddlers that depend on the > value of the currentTiddler,* > > One way to account for this is to wrap your macro within a $tiddler > widget, like this: > <$tiddler tiddler=<<currentTab>><<HelpButton ...>></$tiddler> > > What this does: > * when the content is shown in the "original" tiddler, the value of > <<currentTab>> is undefined, so the $tiddler widget has no effect > * when the content is shown in a tab, the value of <<currentTiddler>> is > set to the same as the <<currentTab>> > > Note that, to make this usage a bit cleaner, you could re-write your code > as follows: > \define HelpButton(label, ButtonText:?) <$tiddler > tiddler=<<currentTab>><<HelpButton_inner $label$ $ButtonText$>></$tiddler> > \define HelpButton_inner(label, ButtonText:?) > ^^(<$button popup="""$:/temp/popup/$(currentTiddler)$/$label$""" > class='tc-btn-invisible tc-tiddlylink'>$ButtonText$</$button>)<$reveal > type='popup' state="""$:/temp/popup/$(currentTiddler)$/$label$"""><div > class='tc-drop-down' > style='width:1500px;max-width:75vw;white-space:pre-wrap;padding:10px;text-align:left;font-size:1.5em;border-radus:0.5em;'><$transclude > > field="""$label$"""/></div></$reveal>^^ > \end > > The first macro adds the $tiddler wrapper and then invokes the actual > HelpButton code (now renamed HelpButton_inner) > > 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/92471a03-d519-485f-a8f0-167b06f3320an%40googlegroups.com.
