>
> It would produce a select widget populated with the values contained in 
> the keyword field


Sorry Mark, but that's not what I want! 

I need the values of the keyword field outside the widget, in the body of 
the tiddler (which contains the select widget)


Thanks
Jon

On Saturday, 26 November 2016 23:48:05 UTC, Mark S. wrote:
>
> That sounds exactly like what Riz gave you. It would produce a select 
> widget populated with the values contained in the keyword field. What do 
> you want beyond that?
>
> Good luck,
> Mark
>
> On Saturday, November 26, 2016 at 2:53:14 PM UTC-8, Jon wrote:
>>
>> Hi Mark,
>>
>> The select would show the list of tiddlers tagged with "family" and the 
>> field values (for the field "keyword") would be in the same tiddler as the 
>> select widget, so there would be a drop down box and the field values are 
>> underneath it - sorry if it wasn't clear before.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Jon
>>
>> On Saturday, 26 November 2016 22:08:42 UTC, Mark S. wrote:
>>>
>>> Can you lay out a few tiddlers with the data the way you want?
>>>
>>> What do you expect to see in the select? Just a list of values? 
>>>
>>> When you say, "field values would be shown in the body of the tiddler" 
>>> do you mean in the tiddler with the select widget, or in each tiddler that 
>>> has been tagged with "family" ? If the latter, then what you want is set up 
>>> a view template. Search the forum for references to template.
>>>
>>> Good luck!
>>> Mark
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Saturday, November 26, 2016 at 10:39:30 AM UTC-8, Jon wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Mark,
>>>>
>>>> Sorry, I couldn't get that to work - no doubt it's something my end!
>>>>
>>>> This is my use case:
>>>>
>>>> I have a list of tiddlers tagged with "family" and I also want to 
>>>> associate various keywords with each of  them but I'd rather not add them 
>>>> as tags because there would be too many and they aren't tags I'd use 
>>>> elsewhere, so I thought I could enter them as fields instead.
>>>>
>>>> Therefore, I'd like to select a particular tiddler tagged with "family" 
>>>> which would then show the associated keywords (field values).
>>>>
>>>> Ideally this would be using a drop down for the list and the field 
>>>> values would be shown in the body of the tiddler.
>>>>
>>>> Hope that makes sense.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Jon
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thursday, 24 November 2016 17:14:28 UTC, Jon wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd like to have a drop down which selects from a list of tiddlers 
>>>>> tagged with "A" and simultaneously shows the values of the field "B" 
>>>>> associated with each tiddler.
>>>>>
>>>>> This does the first bit:
>>>>>
>>>>> <$select tiddler="$:/temp/tag1">
>>>>>
>>>>>    <$list filter="[tag[A]tags[]sort[]]">
>>>>>       <option value=<<currentTiddler>>><<currentTiddler>></option>
>>>>>    </$list>
>>>>> </$select>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> (cobbled together from something else so some elements could be 
>>>>> unnecessary) 
>>>>>
>>>>> But I can't figure out the rest of it.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm guessing that <$view field="B"/> would be incorporated somehow.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> Jon
>>>>>
>>>>

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