how to display external link from a link stored against an index in a data tiddler

[Ankit Mittal]

Hi,

• I created a form with a field that accepts a URL like https://www.google.com 
• I then saved this data against an index
• With edit / save toggle I then switch to view widget

I was hoping to display the data "https://www.google.com" as a link but it just shows it as plain text.

What do I need to do to make it appear as a link?

\define db() $(currentTiddler)$-db

\define dbformstate() $(currentTiddler)$-formstate

<!-- Editable Form -->

<$reveal type="nomatch" stateTitle=<<dbformstate>> stateIndex="form1" text="show">

     <table>

        <tr>

                   <td>

                           <$button type="button" class="btn btn-danger" setTitle=<<dbformstate>> setIndex="form1"  setTo="show">Edit</$button>

                           </td>

                  <td>

|thead-success|k

|Title|Value|h

|!URL Field |<$view tiddler=<<db>> index="dt_URI"/>|

                        </td>

          </tr>

  </table>

</$reveal>

<$reveal type="match" stateTitle=<<dbformstate>> stateIndex="form1" text="show">

       <table>

        <tr>

                   <td>

                           <$button type="button" class="btn btn-success" setTitle=<<dbformstate>> setIndex="form1" setTo="hide">Save</$button>

                   </td>

                  <td>

|thead-danger|k

|Title|Value|h

|!URL Field |<$edit-text tag=input type=url tiddler=<<db>> placeholder="https://" index="dt_URI"/>|

                        </td>

          </tr>

  </table>

</$reveal>

[Eric Shulman]

On Tuesday, June 23, 2020 at 9:41:35 AM UTC-7, Ankit Mittal wrote:

With edit / save toggle I then switch to view widget

I was hoping to display the data "https://www.google.com" as a link but it just shows it as plain text.

What do I need to do to make it appear as a link?

Instead of writing

<$view tiddler=<<db>> index="dt_URI"/>

You can write:

<$tiddler tiddler=<<db>>>{{##dt_URI}}</$tiddler>

The $tiddler widget sets the context to the title produced by the macro (e.g., $(currentTiddler)$-db).

Then, the {{...}} transclusion uses "##" to retrieve the dt_URI index value.

You could also achieve the same results with a macro that combines the two steps:

\define showlink() {{$(currentTiddler)$-db##dt_URI}}

which you would invoke using

<<showlink>>

enjoy,

-e

[Ankit Mittal]

Thanks that worked... :)