Alan, I saw what you say here
You absolutely can and this is what makes TiddlyTables so powerful. > Basically, the elements of the table are all modular and are controlled by > templates. I will go into detail about editing templates in my next post, > but the template that controls the body of the title column > is: $:/plugins/aaldrich/tables/template/body/title. But what If I only want to change the template for title in one table, not all ? Are you open to some turbo charge improvement ideas? Or waiting to stabilize the current solution? Thanks in advance Tony On Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at 1:49:01 PM UTC+10, Alan Aldrich wrote: > > Tony, > I am putting together some info that may clarify some of your questions > and will post that next, but I want to speak to a couple of your bullet > points: > > > - A Table of tables filter `[contains:text[<<table>>]]` I did not > expect that to work give the special meaning of < and > > > I have not played much with the contains operator, but I am also > pleasantly surprised to see that you can put virtually anything in as its > parameter and it will search for it. not only will it do < and > but you > can search on just about any symbol except square brackets. This of course > has nothing to do with my plugin, but with the contains operator. The > filter you mention here is searching all tiddlers "text" fields for > <<table>> which is a fairly safe way to determine if the tiddler is a table > or not. > > - I am not sure if I can change the template for the title column for > a specific table? > > You absolutely can and this is what makes TiddlyTables so powerful. > Basically, the elements of the table are all modular and are controlled by > templates. I will go into detail about editing templates in my next post, > but the template that controls the body of the title column > is: $:/plugins/aaldrich/tables/template/body/title. > > > I note you can place any table in the sidebar with $:/tags/SideBar > but you need to set the tiddler > eg > <$tiddler tiddler="Has Changed"> > <<table>> > </$tiddler> > > Let me explain what is happening here. A TiddlyTable gets its parameters > from the fields that are created when the table is created. Essentially, a > table requires its own tiddler to store these fields. We can call them > "table tiddlers". Notice when you click the table button a new tiddler is > created and it contains the default table. If you edit this tiddler you > will see its text is just <<table>> and it has 29 fields that serve as its > parameters. When you set TiddlerA's text to use the tiddler widget like you > show here, what you are really asking is for TiddlyTables to store these 29 > parameters to a Tiddler called "Has Changed" but render in TiddlerA. The > same effect can be achieved using transclusion, and in the case of using > "$:/tags/SideBar" > the table MUST be transcluded or it will not find the parameters its > looking for. This is a limitation of the "non-standard" implementation of > macros I am using, and I mention it in Known Issues/Limitations. My next > post will have a link in it that describes this further. > > These are great questions, keep them coming! > > > > On Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at 1:44:19 AM UTC-5, TonyM wrote: >> >> For fun whilst learning more on TiddlyTables >> >> >> - SImply put it is a new way of looking at any filter >> - A Table of tables filter `[contains:text[<<table>>]]` I did not >> expect that to work give the special meaning of < and > >> - Are tables totally self contained? Looks like it, The advantage is >> TiddlyTables plus a bunch of tables to access various system information >> would be very helpful >> - I am not sure if I can change the template for the title column for >> a specific table? >> >> I note you can place any table in the sidebar with $:/tags/SideBar but >> you need to set the tiddler >> eg >> <$tiddler tiddler="Has Changed"> >> <<table>> >> </$tiddler> >> >> I will keep exploring this. >> >> I would like to see a one button create table from filter. >> >> Tony >> >> On Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at 3:53:36 PM UTC+10, TonyM wrote: >>> >>> Alan, >>> >>> Thanks, I am just exploring the possibilities of tiddlytables. Since the >>> minimum one needs is a filter it is a great way to simply list tiddlers of >>> any type. But then a custom table with custom fields can expose other >>> details. >>> >>> >>> I also appreciate the drop down on the *Query Records* (tbl-filter) - >>> filter syntax >>> Quite a few people have being asking for help for writing filters and >>> you have already done it. >>> >>> It would be great in an editor toolbar button as well. >>> >>> A simple example is >>> [all[shadows]prefix[$:/info]!prefix[$:/info/browser]] [[$:/info/browser/ >>> name]] >>> >>> and show the text field. >>> >>> Regards >>> Tony >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at 2:58:04 PM UTC+10, Alan Aldrich wrote: >>>> >>>> I have uploaded a new version of TiddlyTables that includes a >>>> confirmation when deleting. Thank you for your excellent comments and >>>> feedback. >>>> >>>> http://tiddlytables.tiddlyspot.com/ >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Alan >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at 6:17:44 PM UTC-5, Diego Mesa wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hey Alan, >>>>> >>>>> I see that your plugin uses the ActionDeleteTiddlerWidget: >>>>> >>>>> https://tiddlywiki.com/#ActionDeleteTiddlerWidget >>>>> >>>>> According to the docs: >>>>> >>>>> There are several differences compared to the WidgetMessage: >>>>>> tm-delete-tiddler >>>>>> <https://tiddlywiki.com/#WidgetMessage%3A%20tm-delete-tiddler>: >>>>>> >>>>>> - *The user is not prompted to confirm the deletion* >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> - No automatic updating of the story list >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> - No special handling of draft tiddlers >>>>>> >>>>>> I think switching deletion to the tm-delete-tiddler message would >>>>> handle the confirmation. >>>>> >>>>> Best, >>>>> Diego >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at 11:02:47 AM UTC-5, Alan Aldrich >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I agree the delete column should have a confirmation. I will try to >>>>>> get that in the next version. Do you know of a simple and standard way >>>>>> to >>>>>> accomplish this? >>>>> >>>>> -- 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/723ae530-cd3d-4e6d-bcb5-38ca4afe7bad%40googlegroups.com.
