Hi Springer, Yes, the filter is a rather complex one, but the idea of having dynamically create contents is great! I submit a ticket on GitHub and will go through it to create an example for this!
See https://github.com/kookma/TW-Shiraz/discussions/20 and feel free to add more explanations. Best wishes Mohammad On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 1:59 AM springer <springerspand...@gmail.com> wrote: > Mohammad, a ViewTemplate add-in (with simple dynamic table for items > tagged-here) would be awesome! Basically, I end up copy-pasting a basic > dynamic table into virtually every tiddler whose only role is to serve as a > parent/overview dashboard for its tagged underlings. > > Another "stretch" task would stretch dynamic tables to work with an > input-oriented filter: Say, there's an input box where if students enter > their initials, all tiddlers where those initials are listed (in list > field) would show up. (For me, this is better than creating a separate > tiddler for each student for felt-privacy reasons (plus my own laziness > with many students); it's better if they can "call up" their own data by > entering initials in an input field, without having an easy way to feel > like everyone's data is for easy viewing; I understand that if the data is > "in there" a savvy student can find it.) I started tinkering with this > task, and then realized it was not going to be quick. > > In general, I'm struggling a bit with whether and how I can feed variables > into a dynamic table macro; I can force a column header to display a string > like "next_level" (using tobibeer's setvars, or even by inserting > {{!!custom}} in the field list and setting that field up with next_level), > BUT the column won't actually show the next_level field contents for the > tiddler rows. Perhaps it's generally true of any <<macro>> that it's hard > to get the guts of the macro to work with anything that requires > calculation from outside the macro? Or else I'm just missing some insight > about how to inject a desired variable into the dynamic tables' macro > syntax. > > -Springer > > On Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 2:38:37 PM UTC-4 Mohammad wrote: > >> Hi Springer, >> >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 11:58 PM springer <springer...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Absolutely, dynamic tables are a game-changer. I'm not *exactly* a >>> beginner, but I appreciate that Shiraz (and also the utility plugin) saves >>> me from certain learning curves so that I can focus on other ones. >> >> >> Thank you and very proud to hear Shiraz is a game changer! >> >>> >>> Today's possible-because-of-Shiraz challenge: figure out how to >>> configure a tiddler (tagged with $:/tags/ViewTemplate) such that: >>> >>> For each tiddler, if it currently has no content in body but has stuff >>> tagged to it, THEN I see a dynamic table with rows for its "children" and >>> columns for title, caption, plus any other fields mentioned in its >>> "columns" field. (Or, a variation: Any tiddler with children gets such a >>> ViewTemplate component at bottom, but it's regularly tucked into a compact >>> details-type dropdown.) >>> >>> >> So, do you like to have such a viewTemplate or you have already one and >> you use it now? >> If you like I can make one for you! >> >> >> >>> :) >>> >>> -Springer >>> >>> On Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at 4:07:13 AM UTC-4 TiddlyTweeter wrote: >>> >>>> Shiraz <https://kookma.github.io/TW-Shiraz/> is a great plugin!!! >>>> >>>> It practically helps beginners with IN-Tiddler tools of large range & >>>> utility. ++ >>>> >>>> It raises some issues that i think are interesting about how to handle >>>> CSS. >>>> >>>> But before I get into that I'd be interested in IF others found it >>>> useful too?? >>>> >>>> TT >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>> 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 tiddlywiki+...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/764bc106-c10f-4f35-9645-413d3481f137n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/764bc106-c10f-4f35-9645-413d3481f137n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- > 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 tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/f0074e15-0632-4f2d-80db-ce9deba54c45n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/f0074e15-0632-4f2d-80db-ce9deba54c45n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/CAAV1gMDmhPtyNFnj1j%2B0tvvp%3D4wmsSjkh83kcrq1H2w%2BOz5ZOw%40mail.gmail.com.