left-hand column Container

[Ken Gray]

In tw2, I had a tiddler that was expressly for the  left-hand column of the page.  it ran the full length and gave the page three vertical containers.  Is that available for tw5?

[Birthe C]

You could try http://leftbar.tiddlyspot.com/

Birthe

[TW Tones]

Left bar is useful but It did not work for me on mobile

Regards

Tony

[Eric Shulman]

On Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at 8:47:02 PM UTC-7, Ken Gray wrote:

In tw2, I had a tiddler that was expressly for the  left-hand column of the page.  it ran the full length and gave the page three vertical containers.  Is that available for tw5?

In TWClassic (aka TW2), the was a default (shadow) tiddler called "MainMenu" that appeared on the left.

In TW5, the default layout doesn't have a  MainMenu, but  you can create one relatively easily, like this:

1) Create a tiddler named "MainMenu"

2) Tag it with "$:/tags/PageTemplate"

3) Create a field named "list-before" (leave the value blank)

4) Enter the following content:

<div style="position:absolute;margin-top:1em;">

Stuff Here

More stuff here
</div>

5) In the $:/ControlPanel, Appearance, ThemeTweaks, set the "Story left position" to leave room for the desired width of the MainMenu (e.g., "20em")

(note: you can also directly set this value in $:/themes/tiddlywiki/vanilla/metrics/storyleft)

That's it.  You can now edit the MainMenu tiddler to show whatever content you like.

Notes:

* If you want the MainMenu to NOT scroll with the page, use "position:fixed" instead of "position:absolute"

* If you want the MainMenu to wrap its contents to fit the width, add "width:20em;"

* Adjust the "margin-top:1em" to suit your taste

enjoy,

-e

[Ken Gray]

You guys are awesome!!! 

Thanks.  Went with leftbar because easy and don't use mobile for this.