Thanks!
That is perfect!. I think I have several other pages that can enjoy this
kind of feature, as well.
On Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 8:38:12 AM UTC-4 Eric Shulman wrote:
> On Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 4:36:35 AM UTC-7 David wrote:
>
>> ```
>> <$list
>> filter="[<currentTiddler>indexes[]search:title:literal[Vegas]sort[]]"
>> variable=item>
>> ```
>>
> But it seems your code snippet is not working with the variable/field in
>> there. It works fine when I put some static text there, though, as seen in
>> my line above.
>>
>
> The problem is due to the surrounding `<$tiddler tiddler="Dictionary
> Tiddler">... </$tiddler>` widget.
> Because of this, the reference to `{!!searchText}` is looking in
> "Dictionary Tiddler" for the field contents.
> One way around this is to remove the `$tiddler` widget and hard-code the
> "Dictionary Tiddler" title, like this:
> ```
> <$list filter="[[Dictionary
> Tiddler]indexes[]search:title:literal{!!searchText}sort[]]" variable=item>
> <$checkbox tiddler="Dictionary Tiddler" index=<<item>> checked="1"
> unchecked="0"/>
> <<item>><br/>
> </$list>
> ```
> This allows the `{!!searchText}` reference to point to a field in the
> tiddler containing the `<$list>` widget, rather than the "Dictionary
> Tiddler" itself.
>
> However... if the intention is to eventually enable lookups using
> different Dictionary Tiddlers, then the following code may be more useful:
> ```
> <$edit-text field="searchText"/>
> <$select field="dictionary">
> <option>Dictionary Tiddler</option>
> <option>Another Dictionary</option>
> <option>Some Other Dictionary</option>
> <option>etc...</option>
> </$select>
> <br>
> <$let searchText={{!!searchText}}>
> <$tiddler tiddler={{!!dictionary}}>
> <$list
> filter="[all[current]indexes[]search:title:literal<searchText>sort[]]"
> variable=item>
>
> <$checkbox index=<<item>> checked="1" unchecked="0"/>
> <<item>><br/>
> </$list>
> </$tiddler>
> </$let>
> ```
> Basically, this sets a variable to the value of the searchText field
> before using `$tiddler` to change the current tiddler,
> and then uses the value of that variable in the filter syntax. It also
> lets you select a dictionary tiddler title from a
> droplist input, and then uses that title in the `$tiddler` widget, so that
> the lookup points to another dictionary while
> still using the searchText input from the current tiddler.
>
> enjoy,
> -e
>
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