OK, there is another way, if you don't mind putting sort criteria in your tiddlers. See:
https://tiddlywiki.com/#How%20to%20change%20the%20sort%20order%20of%20sub-branches%20in%20a%20TOC%20macro for details. On Sunday, April 22, 2018 at 3:31:01 PM UTC-7, Mark S. wrote: > > I think you would have to re-write the macro. There is a sort argument for > the macro, but it would get applied at every sub-level so wouldn't be > useful unless you only have one level of tiddlers. > > -- Mark > > On Sunday, April 22, 2018 at 1:04:04 PM UTC-7, Fadel M wrote: >> >> Thanks for replying! That's a good way to do it. >> >> Ah, so there's no way to do it without excluding the unsorted tiddlers >> from the sort? >> I can't understand how the default sort does it though. You just have to >> write the name of the tiddlers you want first in the *list* field, and >> the rest are automatically sorted by *created*. Is it just that it's a >> more low level thing than toc macros? >> >> Also, while this solution is more than enough for my purposes, I'm >> curious as to whether there is a way to do it automatically without a >> button? Perhaps by modifying the way the macro works? >> >> On Sunday, April 22, 2018 at 10:29:12 PM UTC+3, Mark S. wrote: >>> >>> If you want to use the existing toc macros then you will need to modify >>> the list field of your root (top) tiddler. Here's an example that >>> rearranges the default listing for HelloThere on tiddlywiki.com, :-) >>> putting Examples first, and Discover TiddlyWiki last. >>> >>> <$button> <$action-listops $tiddler=HelloThere $field="list" >>> $filter="Examples [tag[HelloThere]![Examples]![Discover TiddlyWiki]sort[]] >>> [[Discover TiddlyWiki]]"/> Populate 'myfield' </$button> >>> >>> >>> For your situation, you will need some way to discriminate sorted >>> tiddlers from non- sorted tiddlers. Then you can use a filter in your >>> button like >>> >>> Tiddler1 Tiddler2 Tiddler3 [tag[sorted]sort[title]] Tiddler200 >>> >>> --Mark >>> On Sunday, April 22, 2018 at 9:32:03 AM UTC-7, Fadel M wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> From what I understand, the default sort for the table of contents is >>>> by the *created* field. The *list* field overrides the sort by putting >>>> the listed tiddler titles on top in listed order. >>>> >>>> What I'd like to achieve is to sort the contents by title, but keep the >>>> ability of the *list* field to prioritize some of the tiddlers. I'm >>>> not sure how to do this, since I'm not very familiar with the inner >>>> workings. >>>> >>>> The way I imagine it is by populating the *list *field as below >>>> list: Tiddler1 Tiddler2 Tiddler3 sort[title] Tiddler200 Tiddler300 >>>> >>>> But of course, this doesn't work. Could anyone point me in the right >>>> direction? >>>> >>> -- 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/3b9c7727-e9a8-485a-9637-7819fa2c5ea1%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
