Hang on there, I just found this; http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki/browse_thread/thread/525d83c699fae038/604d86a112907302?lnk=gst&q=mainmenu+dropdown#604d86a112907302
Will try to decipher it but figured you guys perhaps wanted to hear it as quickly as possible. :-) On Oct 12, 9:58 pm, twgrp <[email protected]> wrote: > First off; Hooray for the two of you! I don't know if I'm insulting > one and praising the other by saying it, but from my ant perspective > you are both giants! :-) > > If I understand you guys right, there is currently no perfect > solution. However, considering how easy it is to change things in TW, > I think a sufficient existing solution will do. > > Måns parameter idea to auto genereate menu items is interesting - but > I think there are so few menu items where it would be applied that > such a general approach might be a bit of an overkill, or am I missing > something? (Maybe you have some thoughts for the future, Måns?) I > should mention, however, that I'm reminded of the various > TreeViewMenu[1] variants that 'menuize' by tag. > > Also note that as things evolve I think we'll want other 'level two > content' which may differ from menu item to menu item. (I mean, > considering the intended democratic nature of tworld, the content > there should be a consensus and the static "Current/Notes/Proposed" > may not hold.) (But I do love the concept of having things added > dynamically to the various menu levels simply by tagging.) BTW, > searching for why twv[2] doesn't work, maybe the space in the first > menu item, i.e "Get involved" messes up things? > > Regarding Tobias popup [3] - do I get this right: > 1) content is added by actual separate menu tiddlers > 2) it requires manual CSS fiddling for proper width display > > Any alternative routs we have missed? Surely the idea of a multi level > menu in (a horizontal) MainMenu must have been investigated earlier... > altho I'm not sure where to look. Maybe Wolfgangs ambitious menuflex > site[4] has something? > > Thanks! > > P.S I discovered something funny; the backstage slider in tworld > slides up *behind* the mainmenu! Take a look. > > [1]http://twt-treeview-executive.tiddlyspot.com/ > [2]http://twv.tiddlyspace.com/#template2 > [3]http://tobibeer.tiddlyspace.com/ > [4]http://menuflex.tiddlyspot.com/ > > On Oct 12, 1:32 am, Måns <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Tobias> So, essentially, what you really want is to not only to be able > > to > > > specify a tiddler that is rendered into the popup but also to hand > > > down some parameters as you would when using transclusion with > > > (evaluated) parameters. Something that might look like... > > > > <<popup "open this" template:"injected" tiddler:"SomeTid" > > > params:"%title% %modified%" >> > > > > ...which, abstractly speaking, translates to: render <<tiddler > > > injected with: {{SomeTid.title}} {{SomeTid.modified}}>> into a popup > > > opened by a button called "open this", right?!? > > > Hmm - I don't think I'm after getting popups for menuitems labelled > > "open this"..... > > > I would prefer if the listtag generated MainMenubuttons would reflect > > whats inside each individual menubutton/item, -buttonlabel= 2'nd level > > tagged tiddlers i.e. > > 1'st level: > > MainMenu items= popupbuttons labelled 1 pr. tiddler tagged with > > "MainTopic" > > 2'nd level: > > Each individual popup shows a list of tiddlers tagged with: > > popupbutton label i.e. the popup Showroom shows a > > preformatted(configurable) list of links to tiddlers which include the > > title of tiddlers tagged with "Showroom" popup Blog shows a list of > > links to tiddlers which include the title of tiddlers tagged with Blog > > - etc .... > > example: > > **[[link| $1]] > > **[[link|foo$1]] > > **[[link|bar$1]] > > 3'rd level:(not really neccesary in this context- however the > > implementation might be optional, offering levels for autogenerating > > popupmenus ) > > Each listitem could be a more generic popupbutton only showing a list > > of tiddlers which are tagged with listitemtitles - ... > > > >1) Automagically fills the MainMenu with dropdown buttons labelled with > > >titles tagged with i.e. MainTopic... > > > or MainMenu or whatever ...>2) pops up a list of tiddlers tagged with > > corresponding menulabel > > > .. as transcluded links - if a generated tiddlerlinktarget doesn't > > exist, clicking the link will produce it... > > > Hope this explains my line of thought ... > > > @Tobias > > Slightly offtopic - I'm afraid ... however: > > I know I'm just dreaming here - I can't deliver one snippet of code > > myself - > > One of the things I've learned from using TW for a couple of years > > now, is that you can change your way of conceptual thinking by > > adapting methods delivered by tools already available - and I must say > > I have enjoyed this journey so far, getting wider horizons and new > > perspectives from "simple" yet powerfull tools delivered by the > > community and gifted programmers as yourself... > > Thanks a lot for all your great contributions so far Tobias!! - Please > > keep on doing what you do so well - both in design and plugin- > > development.... It's really inspiring to follow your progress - I > > think I see a skyrocketing programmer :-)!! > > > Sorry - Just had to express some gratitude... for some invaluable work > > for the community and TW in general. > > > Thanks ! > > > Måns Mårtensson -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki?hl=en.
