Sorry, I got too eager. Appears not to work for MainMenu after all - altho this is the very application Mr.Shulman does address. Maybe it's a tspace thing?
On Oct 12, 10:11 pm, twgrp <matiasg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hang on there, I just found this; > > http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki/browse_thread/thread/525d83... > > 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 <matiasg...@gmail.com> 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 <humam...@gmail.com> 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 tiddlyw...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki?hl=en.
