[question] multi-value index DataTiddler

[Tony K]

is there a way to save a list in a DataTiddler? and to add/remove elements to that list?

it might be an obvious question but I didn't figure it out

thanks for the help

[Mark S.]

The datatiddler tools we're given only go one level deep. So to encode more than one thing per index you'd need to perhaps pack everything into a string with a designated separator, and then unpack it later as needed.

But in reality, if you find that you're needing to put lots of stuff into a data tiddler, it might be better to consider using tiddlers, which are the real data units of TiddlyWiki. All the widgets and filters are based on tiddlers, with few based on data tiddlers.

[Tony K]

Thank you Mark for always answering me :)

I am not really talking about "multi-level" but rather "multi-value"

I am looking at them as a way to manage lists instead of fields 

e.g list1: item1-item2-iteme 

etc...

[Mark S.]

You can use the action-listops widget.

So if you have a data tiddler "MyDataTiddler" set up, you can use this:

<$button>
<$action-listops $tiddler="MyDataTiddler" $index="myindex" $subfilter="[list[$:/StoryList]]"/>
Add Items
</$button>

Be aware that if you don't set MyDataTiddler in advance, action-listops will attempt to create it as JSON tiddler. That may or may not be all bad.

[Tony K]

interesting ....

Now I need to figure out how to retrieve it as a list 

[TonyM]

Tony K

First retrieve is as record via index then enlist it to extract the titles.

Tony

[Tony K]

Great thanks for the tip