Another approach: just using TWCore's tab macro. A tiddler containing: <<tabs "" "A " "" "A" "B " "" "B" "C " "" "C" ... "Z" "" "Z" >> And tiddlers A to Z containing your lists, e.g "B" containing: Bacon Beans Ball Bin
Cheers, Ton On May 8, 10:53 pm, Eric Shulman <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have a text list of about 500 words which will be links to other > > tiddlers. > > What I am after is an easy way to display this. > > I was thinking a drop down list for each letter (a-z) or even a list > > of letters (a-z) which when clicked displays the sub list. > > For example if I clicked on B below would be shown > > A B C D E F G....... > > Bacon > > Beans > > Ball > > Bin > > For your purposes, start by putting the text list, sorted > alphabetically, into a single tiddler (e.g., [[WordList]], and then > add in single-letter "section headings" like this: > > !A > About > All > Another > !B > Bacon > Beans > Ball > Bin > !C > ...etc... > !D > ... > !Z > Zebra > Zowie > Zymurgy > > Note: since you want these words to all be links to tiddlers, you will > have to enclose each within doubled square brackets (e.g., [[Zowie]]), > otherwise they will appear a simple plain text (unless, of course, > they are written as WikiWords, which are automatically treated as > links). > > Next, install this plugin: > http://www.tiddlytools.com/#ShowPopupPlugin > which will let you embed the following macro calls in any tiddler you > like: > > <<showPopup tiddler:[[WordList##A]] label:"A">> > <<showPopup tiddler:[[WordList##B]] label:"B">> > <<showPopup tiddler:[[WordList##C]] label:"C">> > ... > <<showPopup tiddler:[[WordList##X]] label:"X">> > <<showPopup tiddler:[[WordList##Y]] label:"Y">> > <<showPopup tiddler:[[WordList##Z]] label:"Z">> > > If you put the macros onto one line (i.e, omit the newlines above), > you will get a single row of output that looks like: > A B C ... X Y Z > where clicking a letter shows a popup list with the contents of the > corresponding section of the [[WordList]]. > > QED. > > enjoy, > -e > Eric Shulman > TiddlyTools / ELS Design Studios > > ---- > WAS THIS ANSWER HELPFUL? IF SO, PLEASE MAKE A DONATION > http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#Donations > note: donations are directly used to pay for food, rent, > gas, net connection, etc., so please give generously and often! > > Professional TiddlyWiki Consulting Services... > Analysis, Design, and Custom Solutions: > http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#Contact -- 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.
