On Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at 11:44:45 AM UTC-7, Pieter-Michiel Geuze wrote: > > Thank you all for all the help so far. > > I would like to point a wiki link to a folder and then show the pictures > in a type of gallery. Is this currently possible? > > The reason is that I take multiple evidence pictures of computers and > components and I can create folders for each. I would then point the wiki > link of the device to the folder and then show the evidence pictures of > that device. > > I understand that currently you cannot drop and drag external links and I > do not want to bloat my TW with internal images. >
Browser makers have been working hard to *prevent* direct access to filesystem information. That is why drag-and-drop does not give you the path to the file being dropped. So, the short answer is no, you can't "point to a folder" and get a list of the files it contains, as that would be a security hole that could be used to probe a system to see what is installed and then deliver a virus payload targeted at that system's weakest applications. Note: some browsers still permit direct file access, but only by using an add-on that is installed into the browser. Browser add-ons can perform "privileged functions" like getting a list of the contents of a folder. However, even that is limited, as there is no direct method to call those add-on functions from a web page such as TiddlyWiki, as that would also open up a big security hole. TiddlyFox is a browser-addon for FireFox that enables direct file I/O for TiddlyWiki files only. It works by detecting when a TiddlyWiki file is loaded into the browser, and then 'injecting' extra javascript code into the loaded file, so that it modifies the internal handling for loading/saving the file so that it uses a "message drop" method to deliver the modified file content to the TiddlyFox privileged functions, so those functions can then actually save the data to a local file. Even with TiddlyFox, there is *currently* no way to get the list of files from a specified folder. So that won't help your situation. Sorry I can't provide a more useful response... enjoy, -e Eric Shulman ELS Design Studios TiddlyTools - "Small Tools for Big Ideas!" InsideTiddlyWiki: The Missing Manuals YOUR DONATIONS ARE VERY IMPORTANT! HELP ME TO HELP YOU - MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO MY "TIP JAR"... http://TiddlyTools.github.com/fundraising.html#MakeADonation 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/ea62f468-b894-4355-a375-14d81b1b7489%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
