Hi Mark
> But in terms of what actually happens, it's really only the $:/StoryList that 
> gets changed ... or is there something else?

No, the navigator widget modifies both the story list and the history list.

> How is the HistoryList used, and how might a user make use of it? Thanks!

The HistoryList is a stack of the tiddlers that have been navigated to. It is 
used by the storyviews to animate navigations.

There are some docs here:

https://tiddlywiki.com/#HistoryMechanism 
<https://tiddlywiki.com/#HistoryMechanism>

Best wishes

Jeremy.


> 
> -- Mark
> 
> On Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 9:57:29 AM UTC-7, Jeremy Ruston wrote:
> The purpose of the navigator widget is to respond to messages like 
> tm-navigate, tm-close-tiddler etc. by modifying the attached story river. The 
> core page template includes an instance of the navigator widget pointing at 
> the usual $:/StoryList and $:/HistoryList tiddlers.
> 
> The only reason to use the navigator widget is if you wish to target a story 
> or history list other than the defaults, such as when creating what the docs 
> call a substory.
> 
> Best wishes
> 
> Jeremy.
> 
>> On 3 May 2018, at 10:33, TonyM <anthony...@gmail.com <>> wrote:
>> 
>> Mat,
>> 
>> I am not so sure how to make the Navigator widget works in the above example
>> 
>> <style>
>> /*when content is a link*/
>> .foo a {visibility:hidden; position:relative;}
>> .foo a:before {visibility:visible; content:"xx"; }
>> </style>
>> 
>> <div class="foo"><$navigator 
>> story="$:/StoryList"><<currentTiddler>></$navigator></div>
>> 
>> 
>> Regard
>> Tony
>> 
>> 
>> On Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 6:20:00 PM UTC+10, Mat wrote:
>> I was a bit too quick. Here are better solutions;
>> 
>> 
>> <div class="foo"><$navigator 
>> story="$:/StoryList"><<currentTiddler>></$navigator></div>
>> 
>> <style>
>> /*when content is a link*/
>> .foo a {visibility:hidden; position:relative;}
>> .foo a:before {visibility:visible; content:"xx"; }
>> 
>> /*when content is not a link*/
>> .foo {visibility:hidden; position:relative;}
>> .foo:before {visibility:visible; content:"xx"; }
>> </style>
>> 
>> -------------------
>> 
>> \define tiddlername(tid) [[static|$tid$]]
>> 
>> <<tiddlername oooo>>
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> <:-)
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