Hi History Buff, A nice example you provided. I will add this to Shiraz documentation.
Best wishes Mohammad On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 2:54 AM History Buff <[email protected]> wrote: > Springer, > > I've used transclusion and a ViewTemplate to successfully add dynamic > tables to every tiddler tagged with a certain tag. It's worked extremely > well for me so far. Is this kind of what you were talking about? > > On Sunday, March 21, 2021 at 2:29:24 PM UTC-7 springer wrote: > >> Mohammad, a ViewTemplate add-in (with simple dynamic table for items >> tagged-here) would be awesome! Basically, I end up copy-pasting a basic >> dynamic table into virtually every tiddler whose only role is to serve as a >> parent/overview dashboard for its tagged underlings. >> >> Another "stretch" task would stretch dynamic tables to work with an >> input-oriented filter: Say, there's an input box where if students enter >> their initials, all tiddlers where those initials are listed (in list >> field) would show up. (For me, this is better than creating a separate >> tiddler for each student for felt-privacy reasons (plus my own laziness >> with many students); it's better if they can "call up" their own data by >> entering initials in an input field, without having an easy way to feel >> like everyone's data is for easy viewing; I understand that if the data is >> "in there" a savvy student can find it.) I started tinkering with this >> task, and then realized it was not going to be quick. >> >> In general, I'm struggling a bit with whether and how I can feed >> variables into a dynamic table macro; I can force a column header to >> display a string like "next_level" (using tobibeer's setvars, or even by >> inserting {{!!custom}} in the field list and setting that field up with >> next_level), BUT the column won't actually show the next_level field >> contents for the tiddler rows. Perhaps it's generally true of any <<macro>> >> that it's hard to get the guts of the macro to work with anything that >> requires calculation from outside the macro? Or else I'm just missing some >> insight about how to inject a desired variable into the dynamic tables' >> macro syntax. >> >> -Springer >> >> On Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 2:38:37 PM UTC-4 Mohammad wrote: >> >>> Hi Springer, >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 11:58 PM springer <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Absolutely, dynamic tables are a game-changer. I'm not *exactly* a >>>> beginner, but I appreciate that Shiraz (and also the utility plugin) saves >>>> me from certain learning curves so that I can focus on other ones. >>> >>> >>> Thank you and very proud to hear Shiraz is a game changer! >>> >>>> >>>> Today's possible-because-of-Shiraz challenge: figure out how to >>>> configure a tiddler (tagged with $:/tags/ViewTemplate) such that: >>>> >>>> For each tiddler, if it currently has no content in body but has stuff >>>> tagged to it, THEN I see a dynamic table with rows for its "children" and >>>> columns for title, caption, plus any other fields mentioned in its >>>> "columns" field. (Or, a variation: Any tiddler with children gets such a >>>> ViewTemplate component at bottom, but it's regularly tucked into a compact >>>> details-type dropdown.) >>>> >>>> >>> So, do you like to have such a viewTemplate or you have already one and >>> you use it now? >>> If you like I can make one for you! >>> >>> >>> >>>> :) >>>> >>>> -Springer >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at 4:07:13 AM UTC-4 TiddlyTweeter wrote: >>>> >>>>> Shiraz <https://kookma.github.io/TW-Shiraz/> is a great plugin!!! >>>>> >>>>> It practically helps beginners with IN-Tiddler tools of large range & >>>>> utility. ++ >>>>> >>>>> It raises some issues that i think are interesting about how to handle >>>>> CSS. >>>>> >>>>> But before I get into that I'd be interested in IF others found it >>>>> useful too?? >>>>> >>>>> TT >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>> 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/764bc106-c10f-4f35-9645-413d3481f137n%40googlegroups.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/764bc106-c10f-4f35-9645-413d3481f137n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- > 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/efb22626-5b33-4964-af6e-2cfa06661688n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/efb22626-5b33-4964-af6e-2cfa06661688n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. 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