Hi Diego Yes, I've done this, so yes, I like the idea ;) I took it to another level of abstraction by prefixing the field-names with a standard piece of text that suited my purposes (perhaps you could use "custom-" as a prefix or "recipe-" if they are recipe related fields and so on).
To define them, I used a data tiddler: name: 25 age: 4 address: 50 bio-ta: 5 The number represents the desired size of the edit field and I would create (using the "custom-" prefix) custom-name, custom-age, etc. Notice the suffix "-ta" meaning "textarea", giving me custom-bio-ta which renders as a textarea with five rows. I also create custom-name-style, custom-age-style, etc which have css applied via a stylesheet tiddler that uses macros to compute the class names (again using the names from the data tiddler) which are applied to the edit fields as they are created in the editTemplate. You will need to create an editTemplate and use tagging to display/hide whichever batch of fields is appropriate for your tiddlers. Maybe my idea is going further than you intended... maybe I even confused you ;) Hope not... Coda On Tuesday, January 30, 2018 at 4:51:30 PM UTC-6, Diego Mesa wrote: > > Hello all, > > I *see* how powerful fields are. They create a clear division of text > that tiddlywiki knows how to deal with well. However, I *hate* > adding/editting fields. Its cumbersome, and annoying. I would like to > suggest an alternative: a "field" text box that is default collapsed that > works something like a dictionary tiddler (not exactly). Each line is a new > field like: > > name: field value > name2: field val2 > name3: """ field value with "quotes" and > multiple lines""" > name4: etc. > > This, to me, seems an easier, more intuitive way to view and manipulate > field contents. After all, its all text! *Note: *This is *my* opinion. > Everyone is free to disagree. I would just like to bring up this idea, see > if anyone thinks something like this is incredibly easy, or absolutely > impossible to implement. > > If anyone has a different idea, please share! > > Best, > Diego > > > > -- 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/5cf71233-a466-43d1-a98b-29aacc7de49e%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
