Alright, that seems to do the trick for the most part.
I do have a question though. Using the wikify widget with the output set to
html puts a leading <p> and trailing </p> around the text I enter. This
normally wouldn't be a big deal, but since this is ultimately ending up in
a table cell, it causes the row to be higher than it would otherwise which
I don't care for. Is it possible for these paragraph tags to not be
generated? If not, then is there another way to do what I want to do?
Here's the wikify code and the macro for adding the span tags I ended up
with:
\define newtext(text)
<span class="trtooltip">Hover...
<span class="trtooltiptext">
$text$
</span>
</span>
\end
<$wikify name=text text="""<$macrocall $name=newtext text=<<notes>> />"""
output=html >
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Damon
On Thursday, March 25, 2021 at 10:11:52 AM UTC-7 History Buff wrote:
> After a bit of research, I discovered the output parameter of the wikify
> widget. I hadn't noticed that when I had tried wikify before. If I set the
> output to html, then I seem to get exactly what I want (at least in the
> experiment that I did). I will next try it in my mileage macro to make sure.
>
> I'm still open to any comments or suggestions on improvements of my macro.
>
> On Thursday, March 25, 2021 at 9:41:42 AM UTC-7 History Buff wrote:
>
>> One more thing I should point out is that the above only works if I type
>> in the text in the notes area first and then select from the drop downs. If
>> I do a dropdown first, all of the default text disappears so this really
>> isn't an optimal solution.
>>
>> On Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 2:34:33 PM UTC-7 History Buff wrote:
>>
>>> Greetings smart people,
>>>
>>> I'm trying to generate a form where one of the input areas ends up in a
>>> tooltip (the notes and sources area). I've got a working model, but I don't
>>> like the way it's implemented. It seems like there should be a more elegant
>>> way to do it, but I haven't found a working solution after a few hours of
>>> fiddling. The screenshot shows the form with my ugly way where I use the
>>> default text parameter to include the spans for the tooltip and the actual
>>> input is between them. What I want is to have a macro that adds these spans
>>> and I don't have to have them visible. The code I'm currently using to
>>> generate this is below the screenshot. I've defined a macro that I think
>>> will work at the top, but I haven't been able figure out a way to invoke it
>>> and have it work. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> [image: Screenshot 2021-03-24 142940.png]
>>>
>>> \define newtitle(name,date)
>>> $name$ ($date$)
>>> \end
>>> \define newtext(text)
>>> <span class="trtooltip">Hover...
>>> <span class="trtooltiptext">
>>> $text$
>>> </span>
>>> </span>
>>> \end
>>> \define NewMileageEntry()
>>> <$vars
>>> temp="$:/temp/NewEntry">
>>> Company Performing Activity: <$select tiddler=<<temp>> field=company
>>> tooltip="Select Company">
>>> <$list filter='[!is[system]tag[Railroads]]'>
>>> <option><$view field='title'/></option>
>>> </$list>
>>> </$select>
>>> <p/>
>>> Mileage Received From: <$select tiddler=<<temp>> field=from
>>> tooltip="Select railroad that mileage was received from">
>>> <$list filter='[!is[system]tag[Railroads]]'>
>>> <option><$view field='title'/></option>
>>> </$list>
>>> </$select>
>>> <p/>
>>> Mileage Transferred To: <$select tiddler=<<temp>> field=to
>>> tooltip="Select railroad receiving the mileage">
>>> <$list filter='[!is[system]tag[Railroads]]'>
>>> <option><$view field='title'/></option>
>>> </$list>
>>> </$select>
>>> <p/>
>>> Date: <$edit-text
>>> tiddler=<<temp>>
>>> field=date
>>> class=fieldinput
>>> tag=input
>>> size=12
>>> placeholder="yyyy-mm-dd"
>>> />
>>> <p/>
>>> Mileage: <$edit-text
>>> tiddler=<<temp>>
>>> field=mileage
>>> class=fieldinput
>>> tag=input
>>> size=8
>>> /> 
>>> Not in Kansas? <$checkbox tiddler=<<temp>> field="outofstate"
>>> checked="yes" unchecked="" default=""></$checkbox>
>>> <p/>
>>> (C)onstructed, (A)bandoned, (S)old, (L)eased, (R)eclassified:
>>> <$edit-text
>>> tiddler=<<temp>>
>>> field=mileagetype
>>> class=fieldinput
>>> tag=input
>>> size=4
>>> />
>>> <p/>
>>> Origin: <$edit-text
>>> tiddler=<<temp>>
>>> field=origin
>>> class=fieldinput
>>> tag=input
>>> size=72
>>> />
>>> <p/>
>>> Destination: <$edit-text
>>> tiddler=<<temp>>
>>> field=destination
>>> class=fieldinput
>>> tag=input
>>> size=72
>>> />
>>> <p/>
>>> Notes, Sources, etc.:
>>> <$edit-text
>>> tiddler=<<temp>>
>>> field=notes
>>> class=fieldarea
>>> tag=textarea
>>> default="""<span class="trtooltip">Hover...
>>> <span class="trtooltiptext">
>>> Enter your text here.
>>> </span>
>>> </span>"""
>>> />
>>> <p/>
>>> <$button tooltip="save input" > {{$:/images/train-track}} Add New
>>> Mileage
>>> <$vars
>>> date={{{ [title<temp>get[date]] }}}
>>> mileage={{{ [title<temp>get[mileage]] }}}
>>> mileagetype={{{ [title<temp>get[mileagetype]] }}}
>>> outofstate={{{ [title<temp>get[outofstate]] }}}
>>> origin={{{ [title<temp>get[origin]] }}}
>>> destination={{{ [title<temp>get[destination]] }}}
>>> notes={{{ [title<temp>get[notes]] }}}
>>> company={{{ [title<temp>get[company]] }}}
>>> source={{{ [title<temp>get[source]] }}}
>>> from={{{ [title<temp>get[from]] }}}
>>> to={{{ [title<temp>get[to]] }}} >
>>> <$wikify name=tidname text="""<$macrocall $name=newtitle
>>> name=<<company>> date=<<date>> />""">
>>> <$set name="namelink" filter="[title<company>]">
>>> <$set name="fromlink" filter="[title<from>]">
>>> <$set name="tolink" filter="[title<to>]">
>>> <$action-createtiddler
>>> $basetitle=<<tidname>>
>>> date=<<date>>
>>> mileage=<<mileage>>
>>> mileagetype=<<mileagetype>>
>>> origin=<<origin>>
>>> outofstate=<<outofstate>>
>>> destination=<<destination>>
>>> tags=<<namelink>>
>>> company=<<namelink>>
>>> from=<<fromlink>>
>>> to=<<tolink>>
>>> text=<<notes>> />
>>> </$set>
>>> </$set>
>>> </$set>
>>> </$wikify>
>>> </$vars>
>>> <$action-deletetiddler $filter="[<temp>]" />
>>> </$button>
>>> <$button tooltip="cancel input"> {{$:/core/images/cancel-button}}
>>> Clear Entries
>>> <$action-deletetiddler $filter="[<temp>]" />
>>> </$button>
>>> </$vars>
>>> \end
>>>
>>
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