This was called "Slicing" in the old TWC. It was a much-loved feature that didn't make it into TW5.
I believe Thomas Elmiger has an extract macro which can be used in a similar fashion. See the thread: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/tiddlywiki/thomas$20extract%7Csort:date/tiddlywiki/iuxR63gU2Tc/gP19TeavAwAJ . Good luck -- Mark On Tuesday, January 30, 2018 at 2:51:30 PM UTC-8, 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 tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to tiddlywiki@googlegroups.com. 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/f02f28db-f40e-40c1-9296-903f355d8ef7%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.