Hi Mark

Sorry for my ignorance, not sure what to do with a json file.

I managed to do this with the fieldmangler widget, which works quite 
nicely: http://giffmex.org/experiments/linkviewer.html

Dave

On Thursday, June 30, 2016 at 9:31:31 AM UTC-5, Mark S. wrote:
>
> Here's an example. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a way to force 
> a default state for radio buttons. So the state will be whatever it was the 
> last time the TW was opened. This is how it is with the TW "preview" mode 
> as well, so I guess we should be used to it ... You could just put it in 
> "blank" mode before closing.
>
> I seem to recall that in the TWC there were "hooks" where you could put 
> code that got executed when the page was first opened. Perhaps someone will 
> know how to do the same thing here, so that the value of the stored state 
> could be changed on boot-up.
>
> HTH
> Mark
>
> On Thursday, June 30, 2016 at 6:36:45 AM UTC-7, David Gifford wrote:
>>
>> Hi Mark
>>
>> Thanks for the radio idea. I think I would have to see an example that is 
>> more substantial than the one at tiddlywiki.com in order to implement 
>> the idea though. To answer your question: I usually use zoomin story view, 
>> so having on preview mode that changes every tiddler's view mode would be 
>> better. Also, default upon opening the file needs to be #4 (blank) to keep 
>> from slowing the file down. But default after the first use is not 
>> necessary.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> On Thursday, June 30, 2016 at 8:20:10 AM UTC-5, Mark S. wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm sure someone will have a great solution for you. Off hand, I'm 
>>> thinking that a radio button would give you your 4 conditions. Your viewer 
>>> could then have 4 reveal widgets depending on the status of the radio 
>>> button. Not sure if the radio button widget has a default (it's not in the 
>>> docs -- the HTML radio button does). But would a default matter after the 
>>> first use anyways? Or did you want a different setting for each tiddler you 
>>> are viewing (unlike the "preview" mode which changes every tiddler's view 
>>> mode).
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>>> On Thursday, June 30, 2016 at 5:23:50 AM UTC-7, David Gifford wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi guys
>>>>
>>>> I have a really cool idea, but it might be just a bit beyond me. I am 
>>>> going to tinker today, but I figure you guys will have better ideas about 
>>>> how best to do this.
>>>>
>>>> I currently tend to use a tiddler titled $:/.Children, and tagged 
>>>> "$:/tags/ViewTemplate" . This tiddler lists links to the titles of all the 
>>>> tiddlers with backlinks to the current tiddler. The list appears at the 
>>>> bottom of the tiddler, below the text.
>>>>
>>>> I would like to be able to toggle between viewing four such "children" 
>>>> in the open tiddlers:
>>>>
>>>> 1) $:/.Linksviewer: Lists only the title links for all backlinks. 
>>>> 2) $:/.Printviewer: Shows the text field for all backlinks, separated 
>>>> by a <hr>, 
>>>> 3) $:/FullViewer: Same as #2 but also including a link to each of those 
>>>> tiddlers [[(open)|title]], and 
>>>> 4) Blank: none of the three previous are tagged "$:/tags/ViewTemplate", 
>>>> and nothing shows below the text field. This would be default.
>>>>
>>>> Rationale:
>>>>
>>>> a) My notetaking for this TW would be adding individual observations, 
>>>> quotes, etc and adding links (rather than tags) to related topics and 
>>>> sources. The tiddlers would have datetimestamps to save me from naming the 
>>>> tiddlers. Then I create topic tiddlers from the empty links in the note 
>>>> tiddlers (and from the "Missing" tab).  I have found this to be the 
>>>> fastest 
>>>> way to add notes and connect them. I also tend to move from the top down 
>>>> by 
>>>> creating table of contents tiddlers for broader subjects.
>>>> b) Different types of tiddlers need different types of displays of 
>>>> related tiddlers. But viewers 2 and 3 would slow down TiddlyWiki if they 
>>>> were default. At least, that has been my experience. Jeremy once told me 
>>>> it 
>>>> is because it is a complex list filter being applied to the tiddlers. So I 
>>>> am thinking that 1, 2, and 3 can be viewers that let you see this content 
>>>> when needed, and turned off most of the time when speed is of the essence. 
>>>> Maybe my reasoning is wrong, I don't know.
>>>>
>>>> I know how to create the 3 list filters. 
>>>>
>>>> What I don't know how to do is create buttons to put in the sidemenu 
>>>> that add the "$:/tags/ViewTemplate" tag to one viewer and remove that tag 
>>>> from the other two. I was originally thinking of 4 buttons, but maybe a 
>>>> dropdown list would be better? Also I don't know how to make #4 the 
>>>> default 
>>>> when opening the TW. 
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, this is a little beyond my ability and I was wondering if a few 
>>>> of you might lend me a hand / suggestions. I will share the results freely 
>>>> with everyone when I am done with it.
>>>>
>>>> Dave
>>>>
>>>

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