Hmm... it seems I was wrong. It probably *is* possible. There are some examples written in the source code, so I'll just try to figure out how those things work and edit that.
An example is here on how to implement typeahead/autocomplete functionality. https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/2585/commits/47920d28ee0a47e3e64b1a277efb6cc42eae78a3 On Thursday, September 12, 2019 at 4:10:02 PM UTC+2, Melvin wrote: > > I don't think this feature exists yet, and I'm still relatively new to > TiddlyWiki. Well, it does exist for the sidebar search bar that looks at > all tiddlers (e.g. http://2585.tiddlyspot.com/), that's almost exactly > what I want, but then in a tiddler. > > I want to create a TiddlyWiki tag (or sets of tags) that does the > following: > > 1. There is a search bar > 2. It has autocomplete/a typeahead > 3. It looks in a JSON tiddler for options on autocomplete > 4. Once you click on a suggestion, it is added to somewhere. This could > be: a tiddler with data, the tiddler where the search bar is in (either > directly or via a field) or anything else. > > What I know: > A. There is an edit text widget, so step 1 is done ( > https://tiddlywiki.com/static/EditTextWidget.html). > B. I don't know how you can add an autocomplete function to such a widget. > So I have no clue about step 2. > C. I also don't know how to select an autocomplete source. So I have no > clue about step 3. > D. Since the autocomplete does not exist, I don't know how to create a > suggestion list that once clicked on, it'll be added. However, I do know > that similar solutions have been implemented for the select widget ( > https://tiddlywiki.com/static/SelectWidget.html). > > Does anyone have any idea on what concepts I should learn and what > approach I should take? > > Should I take a JS approach and create a macro? And if so, should I create > a new tag, or extend the edit text widget? > > Or should I define a function within a Tiddler comprised of combination of > TiddlyWiki tags? > > What do you think would be a feasible design to implement this, and what > concepts are needed? > > Goal: I want to create a JSON file with all kinds of brand specific food > that I eat, and then I want to store that in my daily journal. Since I want > to do data analysis on it later, I don't want to make typo's. > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/da6770d6-a459-437d-bf12-3e4a85dcfab0%40googlegroups.com.
