Newbie question: I want to view mode of a tiddler to display the fields

[Susannah Medley]

Right now, I have to edit a tiddler to see what fields have been set. I want those fields to appear in the view mode as well as the edit mode. I think this involves editing a shadow Tiddler, but I'm not sure how. Can anyone post a simple solution for this?

[Mohammad]

Hi Susannah,

One simple way is to show the tiddler fields in view mode by demands. To do so, I may propose TW-Utility plugin

See it here https://kookma.github.io/TW-Utility/

Look at the star on the Page controls next to save button.

To give a try create a new tiddler with some fields and save

Then click on show fields (click the button)

--Mohammad

[Mark S.]

Be sure to back up your file.

Make a tiddler and tag it $:/tags/ViewTemplate with the following contents:

<$list filter="[all[current]fields[]] -modified -created -text -title -tags -type -list" variable=field>
''<<field>>'': <$edit-text field=<<field>> tag="input" size=20/><br/>
</$list>

This should present your "personal" fields for editing in all tiddlers.

[Mohammad]

The other solution may be to add a little wikitext script like below

1. create a new tiddler, name it whatever you like
2. tag it with $:/tags/ViewTemplate
3. put the below into the text field

<details open><summary>Display fields</summary>

<$list filter="[all[current]fields[]] -title -text -tags -modified -created -creator -modifier" variable=item>

''<$text text=<<item>>/>'': <$transclude field=<<item>>/><br>

</$list>

</details>

Save and see its effect on other tiddlers.

The details is a standard html5 tag and creates an slider, you can change open to close to set the initial status as closed.

Hope this helps. I am sure more elegant solution will be given by others here.

--Mohammad

[Susannah Medley]

Thank you! This is doing just what I wanted: displaying the fields and even allowing me to change them without editing the whole tiddler. This is very convenient. Thank you.

[Susannah Medley]

Thank you! This works, too. Shows all the fields and I like the expand/collapse feature. Looks very elegant. 

On Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at 10:28:05 AM UTC-7, Mohammad wrote:

The other solution may be to add a little wikitext script like below

1. create a new tiddler, name it whatever you like
2. tag it with $:/tags/ViewTemplate
3. put the below into the text field

<details open><summary>Display fields</summary>

<$list filter="[all[current]fields[]] -title -text -tags -modified -created -creator -modifier" variable=item>

''<$text text=<<item>>/>'': <$transclude field=<<item>>/><br>

</$list>

</details>

Save and see its effect on other tiddlers.

The details is a standard html5 tag and create an slider, you can change open to close to set the initial status as closed.

[Julio Peña]

Hello there,

Although not addressed to me...VERY handy code snippets.

Thanks Mohammad and Mark S. for sharing these.

Many blessings,

Julio

[Susannah Medley]

A huge thank you to Mark and Mohammad. It would have taken me forever to get this working on my own. This helped me a lot.