Thank you so much Mark, that worked perfectly! You've been a great help.
Again thank you.
On Friday, 5 October 2018 00:42:23 UTC-3, Mark S. wrote:
>
> So, basically you want to select the search. TiddlyWiki gives you a way to
> make those kind of choices. It's the select widget.
>
> Here we're back to using the search box on the side. Paste this into INDEX
> or wherever you want:
>
> <$select tiddler="$:/temp/searchfilter" default="Choose">
> <option value="Choose">-Choose one-</option>
> <option value="[has[intelligence]search:intelligence{$:/temp/search}]">
> Intelligence</option>
> <option value=
> "[has[climate_terrain]search:climate_terrain{$:/temp/search}]">
> Climate/Terrain</option>
> <option value="[has[hd]search:hd{$:/temp/search}]">HD</option>
> </$select>
>
> <$macrocall $name="list-links" filter={{$:/temp/searchfilter}} />
>
> The "macrocall" is invoking the list-links macro in a way that allows us
> to pass in the results of the selection.
>
> The selection creates a drop-down list. You can pick whatever search you
> want and that's how the contents of the search box will be used. You can
> hopefully see how the filter for each option choice is made. You can copy
> the existing options and tweak them to match other search criteria as you
> add fields to your data and searches.
>
> As always make backups!
>
> HTH
> -- Mark
>
>
> On Thursday, October 4, 2018 at 4:14:46 PM UTC-7, PWL wrote:
>>
>> That is a great start Mark. I guess I wasn't clear enough. I need to be
>> able to search each field individually. I am really not concerned with
>> having a match in all three at once, just which ever one I am looking for
>> at the time. If you would like access to my data I can send it too you.
>> or post a cap of the tiddler code here.
>>
>> On Thursday, 4 October 2018 19:47:30 UTC-3, Mark S. wrote:
>>>
>>> Since you're searching on 3 things, you need 3 search fields. This means
>>> you'll need custom search input boxes. Put the following in a tiddler
>>> (possibly in your INDEX tiddler):
>>>
>>> Intelligence: <$edit-text tiddler="$:/temp/intelligence" tag="input"
>>> size=10 placeholder="Intel"/> <br/>
>>>
>>>
>>> Also make an empty tiddler with the title $:/temp/intelligence.
>>> Hopefully you can see how this works. You need a separate tiddler for each
>>> aspect that you want to search. Copy the line and "intelligence" (and
>>> "Intel") as appropriate for each dimension. So you might end up with:
>>>
>>> Intelligence: <$edit-text tiddler="$:/temp/intelligence" tag="input"
>>> size=10 placeholder="Intel"/> <br/>
>>> Climate/terrain: <$edit-text tiddler="$:/temp/climate_terrain"
>>> tag="input" size=10 placeholder="Cli/Ter"/> <br/>
>>> HD: <$edit-text tiddler="$:/temp/hd" tag="input" size=10
>>> placeholder="HD"/> <br/>
>>>
>>>
>>> And now your search (without the complication of minimum length) might
>>> look like:
>>>
>>> <<list-links
>>> "[has[intelligence]search:intelligence{$:/temp/intelligence}has[climate_terrain]search:climate_terrain{$:/temp/climate_terrain}has[hd]search:hd{$:/temp/hd}]">>
>>>
>>> This will match exclusively for all 3 items. That is, all 3 items have
>>> to match before any search results show. Note that an empty search field
>>> will probably be seen as "all matches" so you may see an all-up listing at
>>> first (because we've stripped out the minlength detection).
>>>
>>> Check my work for spelling and name consistencies -- I haven't tested
>>> any of this. Writing up stuff takes time and testing takes even more when
>>> you don't have a data source handy.
>>>
>>> Note that for fields that have simple, direct values (like "15") then
>>> you can use filter items like "category[15]" which is more precise than
>>> using search. But if your field has multiple values (like "Average
>>> (10-12)") then you need to use something like the "search" operator.
>>>
>>> Good luck!
>>> -- Mark
>>>
>>>
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