> Hey BTC,
>
> Keeboord is now partly in the core, and the rest has merged into the
> Navigator plugin? Is this correct? I'm interested in trying to use this in
> conjunction with Thomas's simple search popup bar.
>
> Thanks,
> Diego
>
>
Hi Diego, yes the Navigator plugin is the current successor. For the search
bar Thomas has made you need only a subset of its features, but the easiest
way is to get the whole thing
The plugin comes with a macro that makes an input field which is already
prepared to be selectable like the tags-input and the sidebar search on
burningtreec.github.io/TW5-navigator
The macro is called "selectable-dropdown-input" but it doesn't create a
dropdown and it works with or without a dropdown
It's a big macro but not that difficult to integrate. Basically it just
replaces an <$edit-text .../>
The input is created within the macro
The actions for going up/down through a list and clearing the input are
defined within the macro
The actions for what to do when hitting enter are configurable outside
The macro accepts the following attributes
editTiddler
the tiddler to edit
inputTag:"input"
the tag for the edit-text widget, in your case "input" which is
default
inputDefault
a default text for the input, see the edit-text widget docs
inputPlaceHolder
same, this is just the placeholder attribute for the edit-text
widget
inputPopup
the focusPopup attribute for the edit-text widget
inputClass
the class attribute for the edit-text widget
inputFocus:"no"
the focus attribute for the edit-text widget
These are attributes needed for the mechanism that refreshes the input with
the selection made by up/down
saveTiddler
a second tiddler where user input gets written to. necessary for
the mechanism to work
quick explanation: when we write in the input field the
editTiddler and the saveTiddler are written with the user input
when we select
entries from the dropdown the editTiddler gets written with the selection
which causes the refresh mechanism to update the text in the input with the
selection
but the dropdown list
is always sorted by the saveTiddler content which doesn't change when we
make selections, it only changes when we change the text in the input field
by typing
refreshTiddler
this tiddler must change in order to trigger a refresh
provide a temp tiddler name - this tiddler stores the selected entry
refreshCondition
the value of this must be "true" so that the mechanism refreshes the
input
just use
refreshCondition="""[<__refreshTiddler__>get[refresh-qualifier]removeprefix<__refreshQualifier__>suffix[]addprefix[true]]
~[[false]]"""
the macro handles that internally to determine the input that
corresponds to the refreshTiddler
refreshQualifier
provide a qualifier using the qualify macro:
refreshQualifier=<<qualify $:/temp/coolsearch>>
refreshAction
this can be one of a set of strings that tells the edit-text widget
how to refresh
just provide refreshAction="focus-update"
this updates the input text to show the selection and keeps focus
within the input
filterTiddler
this is the most important tiddler in order for the macro to work
provide a tiddler name, you'll use that tiddler to tell the macro
which filters are used and what actions to perform when you hit enter or
escape
you can also provide actions and keys for up to two additional
keyboard widgets if you want to add a shortcut that does a custom action
like "open all found tiddlers" or "create a tiddler with that title" or
whatever
filterMinLength:"0"
provide a number, in the search-input I use the default
filterMinLength={{$:/config/Search/MinLength}}
you don't need these, but if you want the input to cancel other popups when
you click within it or when it gets focus, set cancelPopups="yes"
tabIndex:""
cancelPopups:""
Configuring the filterTiddler:
It needs a field "dropdown-filter-1" with the filter used for the first
list of the search results
If there's a second list it also needs "dropdown-filter-2" with the filter
used for the second list
Thomas uses this filter for the first list:
[!is[system]search:caption,title{$(searchTiddler)$}sort[caption]limit[250]]
and this for the second:
[!is[system]search:{{$:/plugins/telmiger/simple-search/filter-other}}{$(searchTiddler)$}sort[title]limit[250]]
(he's wikifying this, we'll use a simpler thing)
you need to adjust these filters a bit, but results will be the same
use <userInput> instead of {$(searchTiddler)$} ... userInput is a
variable within the macro, it's nothing else than what's stored within the
saveTiddler. the filters are used within the macro, where the variable is
defined
dropdown-filter-1:
[!is[system]search:caption,title<userInput>sort[caption]limit[250]]
dropdown-filter-2:
[!is[system]search<userInput>sort[title]limit[250]]
-[!is[system]search:caption,title<userInput>sort[caption]limit[250]]
the new "subfilter" filter operator available since 5.1.18 offers
more elegant ways to handle such filters which would make this easier
It needs a field "clear-input-empty-actions", just put this inside:
<$action-deletetiddler $tiddler=<<__editTiddler__>>/><$action-deletetiddler
$tiddler=<<__saveTiddler__>>/><$action-deletetiddler
$tiddler=<<__refreshTiddler__>>/>
It needs a field "accept-actions", I use this: <$list
filter="[<selectedDropDownItem>!is[shadow]!is[missing]]
[<selectedDropDownItem>is[shadow]]" emptyMessage="""<$action-sendmessage
$message="tm-edit-tiddler"
$param=<<selectedDropDownItem>>/>"""><$action-navigate
$to=<<selectedDropDownItem>>/></$list>
the selectedDropDownItem is the selected entry in the list (or
your input) - the variable is defined in the macro
this opens the entry if it's an existing tiddler and navigates to
it in the river
if it's not an existing tiddler it creates it, opens it for
editing and navigates to it in the river
Adding your own shortcuts
you can add 2 additional shortcuts for your own custom actions
use these fields in your filterTiddler for that:
keyboard-action-1-key
keyboard-action-1
keyboard-action-2-key
keyboard-action-2
keyboard-action-1-key: alt-shift-1 (or a shortcut reference like
((my-shortcut)) where you just need to create
$:/config/ShortcutInfo/my-shortcut and configure it in the Control Panel)
keyboard-action-1: <$action-setfield $tiddler="bla"
text=<<selectedDropDownItem>>/><$action-do-something
with=<<selectedDropDownItem>>/>
same for the second
Ok, now I'll try if I can make this work using my instructions and Thomas'
plugin
BTC
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