The list widget is very important to tiddlywiki so any modifications need to be done very carefully. In the past Tobias tried adding an index variable to the widget but it didn't play well with some other parts so it had to be removed. I think that your workaround may be a good alternative.
For many use cases you can get away with just using the before and after operators which is one reason this hasn't gotten more work. And since you mentioned svg, I am working on making a plugin for snap.svg, my work is here http://ooktech.com/jed/ExampleWikis/SnapSVG/ -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/21d9ac05-34b2-4877-98d1-214396d7de4b%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

