Here's a quick and dirty way to set up a search by one attribute. It
leverages the existing search field (which is in $:/temp/search) and the
list-links macro.
Make a tiddler, say "Search-Intelligence". Create a "caption" field with a
short title (say "S-Intel") and tag the tiddler with $:/tags/SideBar .
In the contents put:
<$list filter="[[$:/temp/search]] +[minlength[3]]">
<<list-links "[has[intelligence]search:intelligence{$:/temp/search}]">>
</$list>
The outer list just makes sure that no searching starts until at least 3
characters have been typed (you'll want to change that for numerical
searches, of course). The list-links macro searches in the "intelligence"
field, using the contents of the main search box. I used "search" and not
find because I'm pretty sure that "find" wants exact matches, whereas you
might want partial matches in this instance.
That's it! Save the tiddler and now a new tab will appear in the sidebar,
S-Intel. Open it. Type "aver" (or Average) and assuming some of your
entries have "Average" in the field they should be listed.
Always make backups before you try any of this, in case you accidentally
create an infinite recursive loop or something.
-- Mark
On Tuesday, October 2, 2018 at 1:13:55 PM UTC-7, PWL wrote:
>
> Great! Thank you. Okay next step... I figured out how to use the filters
> in the advance search ( I know, no big feat) But they worked the way I
> wanted! So now I just have to figure out how to put a search function in
> that doesn't require me to type [field:intelligence[average]] into the
> advanced search every time I want to search something. I was thinking a
> search button at the top of the index page I have or another tab on the
> side bar that has search options, something simple. I haven't been able to
> find anything like that. I even tried copying the code from the site and
> tweaking it. No luck.
>
> On Monday, 1 October 2018 21:47:48 UTC-3, Mark S. wrote:
>>
>> Edit the tiddler and scroll to the bottom of the tiddler (e.g. "Allin").
>> At the bottom you'll see:
>>
>> "Add a new field"
>>
>> Fill the box next to that with the name of the field you want (e.g.
>> "intelligence") and then the field next to that with the value (e.g. "10")
>> and then click on the "Add" button. Repeat for each field.
>>
>> Don't use spaces in field names. For future sanity, use all lower case
>> because field operators are case sensitive. I tend to eliminate all
>> punctuation except _ and - .
>>
>> Once you have made a field, the next time you add the same field to a new
>> tiddler you will see a list of existing fields from which to select. This
>> will help prevent spelling inconsistencies as you work (plus save a little
>> typing time.)
>>
>> -- Mark
>>
>> On Monday, October 1, 2018 at 5:16:28 PM UTC-7, PWL wrote:
>>>
>>> How about this? I will start with the absolute minimum.... I want to
>>> make 3 items in my list searchable.... Climate / Terrain: [alpha only],
>>> Intelligence: [alpha numeric] and Hit Dice: [alpha numeric] I think it
>>> has been determined that fields are the best way to go with this. How do I
>>> make a field?
>>>
>>> On Sunday, 30 September 2018 11:38:23 UTC-3, PWL wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello all,
>>>>
>>>> I have recently started using Tiddly wiki to build a knowledge database
>>>> and I am having difficulty figuring a few things out. I am hoping
>>>> somebody
>>>> can help.
>>>>
>>>> Like I said, I have run into several things that I can no figure out so
>>>> I will start with what I figure will probably be the easiest problem.
>>>>
>>>> This wiki is going to be huge when it is done (4500+) entries. Each
>>>> entry has a list of 14 stats that need to be displayed as a table. I
>>>> found
>>>> how to build tables, the work perfectly, and I like the look.
>>>> But I have found that it is rather labour intensive to do this every
>>>> time I make a new entry. Is there a macro, or some code, or anything that
>>>> can make this easier for me?
>>>>
>>>
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