[TW5] Editable Table plugin.
Danielo Rodríguez
The ability to edit tables in view mode has been very demanded since TW5 came out. Maybe This is not as easy as many people would like to but it demonstrates how powerful and flexible TW5 can be.
First of all, the list of needed tiddlers. Drag and drop all of them to your TW window.
If you already have the newTiddler widget from (tiddlystuff) you have to update to this version. This version has been modified by me to add some features such clearing the temporary tiddlers and defining tags without using a skeleton. This makes the process of creating new tables easier. This edition should be retro compatible but make a backup first.
How to use it
Creating a new table
Ok, this is the worst part of all the process.
- You have to clone the Editable-Table tiddler and name it however you want.
- Fulfill the fields of your new table tiddler to fit your needs. Here is what each field is for:
- table-headers: The name is self explanatory
- table-fields: this should be lower case and different from the table headers names. Take the Editable-Table as an example. You can use the same names to table-headers with the first letter in uppercase. This fields are those you will be able to edit.
- filter-tag: Since each table row is going to be a single tiddler you have to use a tag to group them all. Type here that tag name
- sort-field: Which table field you want to use as order index. This will be easier when TW 5.0.9 comes out. Just clicking in table headers will order the table with that field.
- Save the tiddler.
Using the table.
At this point to can start using the table as a standalone tiddler if you want, as a contacts database or whatever.
You can transclude it to other too tiddlers if you want, but PLEASE read the section below.
Adding rows
You can add a new entry filling the first's row cells and clicking the plus button. The table will create a new entry with the provided data. You don't have to fulfill all the fields. Only the table title is mandatory.
Editign rows
Clicking will enable the edit mode of that row. Here you can edit all the columns except the first one. This is because the first one is the tiddler title and can't be edited this way. You can always open the tiddler which tat row represents and edit the title. In edit mode clicking will delete the row and the related tiddler. Clicking will exit the edit mode for that row. This does not actually saves the row because it is saved as you type.
Transcluding the table
If you want to transclude it to other tiddlers always use the {{!!tableName}} notation. This is mandatory because the table depends on its tiddler fields. If you transclude the table using the transclude widget the table will try to grab those fields from the tiddler it is transcluded to. You can create the required fields in the destination tiddler but that way you will have only ONE table.
Live example
Here you have a live example of a contacts database. You can play around with it, add records, edit them and erase them. This has been transcluded using {{Editable-Table}}. As I said before clicking on the table headers does nothing in 5.0.8 and older, but in TW 5.0.9 this will sort the table by that column. There is no action needed by your side, it is already ready for the update.
Danielo Rodríguez
Jeremy Ruston
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Danielo Rodríguez
Jeremy Ruston
Maybe this behavior is too sensible. Looks like programming when you forget a ; but at leas semicolon is visible! ;)
David Gifford
Stephen Kimmel
Has anyone gotten this to work under version 5.0.13? I've tried everything I can think of including not only importing the tiddlers mentioned but basically all the tiddlers in the braintest wiki. So far I've gotten nothing but the first column to show up and they don't appear to be editable. Danielo seems to have developed this for an earlier version of Tiddlywiki 5 and perhaps something has changed along the way.
At the moment, I've got a concept that appeals to me a lot but nothing that actually works.
Stephen
Birthe C
Editable Table does not work under version 5.0.13. It depends on split. https://groups.google.com/d/msg/tiddlywiki/pGtYx6d5jiQ/3b3hogiv8YMJ
Birthe
Stephen Kimmel
It seems to me that there are quite a few things that the main Tiddlywiki site link to but that don't actually work with the available versions. I suppose that until the program gets more stable that will always be the case.
Does anyone have a good guess as to when Tiddlywiki will be ready for prime time?
Stephen
Danielo Rodríguez
Let me know if you have further problems.
Jeremy Ruston
I see. Obviously I missed Danielo's question about why his code didn't work anymore.
It seems to me that there are quite a few things that the main Tiddlywiki site link to but that don't actually work with the available versions. I suppose that until the program gets more stable that will always be the case.
Does anyone have a good guess as to when Tiddlywiki will be ready for prime time?
Stephen
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Birthe C
David Gifford
Stephen Kimmel
Then for good measure I also did the drop and drag on the three sample entry tiddlers, Danielo, Dorothy and Full.
Because sometimes the things aren't live until you load them, I saved the wiki and reloaded it.
The Editable-Table tiddler looks like this:
Editable-Table
| Edit | |
|---|---|
|
| |
| Danielo |
|
| Dorothy |
|
| Full |
|
with the plus sign next to the word Name and the writing pen next to the names. On the Braintest page it I get Name, User, Grupo, Role and for Ful, I get bla, bla and bla. When I click on the writing pen icon I get editable spaces while on mine I get nothing.
Obviously I am missing something but I'm not sure what. Perhaps an unlisted tiddler. I just don't know.
I love the idea of editable tables but...
Birthe C
You did everything right. Braintest is running TW 5.08 and thus Editable Table works. The problem is changes in filters that made split not work in later versions. BUT....Read here: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/tiddlywiki/i1X9j8YsESk/U5gIFC1fnGAJOn Stephan Hradek wrote a fix http://tiddlystuff.tiddlyspot.com/ you will find it in tiddler Selfmade Lists. Try that one.
Birthe
cmari
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Stephen Kimmel
I wen to Tiddlywiki.com and downloaded a clean copy of Empty.html.
I went to Braintest (http://braintest.tiddlyspot.com/) and did the drop and drag as instructed for three of the files:
And Full, Danielo, and Dorothy. Just for good measure, I also grabbed Inline Editable Tables so I would have the full documentation.
However, taking Skeeve at his word, (the tiddler says "split is not compatible to TW 5.0.10 at the moment. Please find athe compatible source here. I will fix it soon…") I copied the code in the textbox on that page and replaced the code in $:/core/modules/filters/split.js. Then saving and reloading, and suddenly I have functional inline editable tables in TW5.0.13. Or at least Danielo's example works the way it says it should.
I probably missed some intuitively obvious step that would have made the entire exercise easier but I am satisfied that I finally got the function up and running more or less just as Cmari said it would.
Birthe C
Stephen Kimmel
There is one thing I would like the tables to do that I haven't figured out yet: I would like to be able to put a link in one of the cells that when clicked would open another tiddler. I tried entering [[Another Tiddler]] and got exactly that rather than a link.
There is also one thing I don't understand, Danielo. In the text it says that you must use {{!!MyTable}} and yet your live example seems to work fine with {{Editable-Table}}. Is this a carryover from an earlier version of Tiddlywiki or am I missing something?
Stephen
Danielo Rodríguez
Danielo Rodríguez
There is also one thing I don't understand, Danielo. In the text it says that you must use {{!!MyTable}} and yet your live example seems to work fine with {{Editable-Table}}. Is this a carryover from an earlier version of Tiddlywiki or am I missing something?
Stephen