Thank you, this might do the trick :)
On Monday, October 29, 2018 at 6:14:12 PM UTC+1, Mark S. wrote:
>
> The ActionListopsWidget
>
> can be used to add items to a list.
>
> The delete widget can be used to delete tiddlers.
>
> Your outer template (overall template) might look like:
>
> <$vars person=<<currentTiddler>>>
> <$list filter=[enlist{!!contacts}] >
> {{||contactTemplate}}
> </$list>
> </$vars>
>
> and the contact template might look like:
>
> <$button>
> <$action-deletetiddler $tiddler=<<currentTiddler>> />
> <$action-listops $tiddler=<<person>> $field="contacts"
> $subfilter="+[remove<currentTiddler>]"/>
> Delete <<currentTiddler>> which supports <<person>>
> </$button>
> Phone: <$edit-text tiddler=<<person>> field="phone1" size=20 tag="input"/>
>
> Then a button would appear in each contact section allowing you to remove
> that tiddler and remove it's entry in the contact list.
>
> HTH
> -- Mark
>
>
> On Monday, October 29, 2018 at 9:16:22 AM UTC-7, Tristan Kohl wrote:
>>
>> Thanks, that sounds very promising, I almost made my peace with huge
>> filtering all over the place :/. But how do I get those titles in my list
>> field without overwriting those that are already there? And how do I manage
>> deletion of say Person1-Contact2 which might be somewhere in the middle of
>> that list?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Tristan
>>
>> On Monday, October 29, 2018 at 5:04:48 PM UTC+1, Mark S. wrote:
>>>
>>> I would avoid complicated structures like JSON, since the tools in TW
>>> won't let you work with them easily. In most cases, it will be easier to
>>> use other tiddlers as if they formed the related table in a relational
>>> database.
>>>
>>> I think you want each individual to have multiple contact structures.
>>> You could store these in separate tiddlers. (e.g. Person1-Contact1,
>>> Person1-Contact2). Then have a list field like "contacts" that stores the
>>> name of related contact structures:
>>>
>>> contacts: [[Person1-Contact1]] [[Person1-Contact2]]
>>>
>>> You could have a template for each person. And a contact Template. Your
>>> person template would call the contact template:
>>>
>>> <$edit field="vorname" .... whatever else needs to be edited here ...>
>>> <$list filter=[enlist{!!contacts}] >
>>> {{||contactTemplate}}
>>> </$list>
>>>
>>> The contact template exposes fields like phone number:
>>>
>>> Phone: <$edit-text field="phone1" size=20 tag="input"/>
>>>
>>> Good luck!
>>> -- Mark
>>>
>>> On Monday, October 29, 2018 at 7:45:59 AM UTC-7, Tristan Kohl wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hey guys,
>>>>
>>>> I have an issue with my current project. I am not sure how one would
>>>> tackle this problem so I hope one of you could help me:
>>>>
>>>> I have a tiddler representing a person which gets rendered through a
>>>> template to display some fields. After creation there are only three
>>>> fields: forename, surname and birthday. However in my template I would
>>>> like
>>>> to have a edit-text widget by what I would add contact informations to
>>>> that
>>>> contact. I could create a new tiddler for every phone number, email etc.
>>>> but since those values are tightly coupled to a person I think it would be
>>>> easier to manage if I put those inside the person tiddler as they are no
>>>> longer useful if I delete this person (I would put them in the same table
>>>> in a relational database as well).
>>>>
>>>> But here comes my current problem into play as I do not know how to
>>>> store an arbitrary amount of contact informations inside a field so I can
>>>> nicely iterate over them in the template for display. My second idea was
>>>> to
>>>> make the person tiddler a dictionary tiddler and pass it through a
>>>> template
>>>> upon request but I have no idea how one would do this and if that would
>>>> even be possible.
>>>>
>>>> *TL;DR;*
>>>> How do I store an arbitrary amount of values inside a field (JSON
>>>> maybe?) and how to iterate over them? Is there a better alternative?
>>>>
>>>
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