Just a minor thing for anyone else, Eric's awsome solution is missing a > after <$tiddler tiddler=<<currentTab>> so it should be <$tiddler tiddler=<<currentTab>>> and works like a charm! Thanks once again.
On Tuesday, 23 February 2021 at 16:37:34 UTC Ste wrote: > 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 tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/74b93e02-2692-4503-8440-d1dd11331589n%40googlegroups.com.
