Is there a way to apply a template stored in the field of another tiddler?

[Si]

Say for example I have the following tiddler:

title: MyTemplate

text: Hello

template: <$link to={{!!title}}> {{!!title}} </$link>

I thought I would be able to call this template in another tiddler like this:

{{Tiddler to link to||MyTemplate!!template}}

But alas not. It seems like the template must be stored in the text field. Is this correct? Is there a suitable workaround?

Thanks in advance for your help.

[TW Tones]

Si,

Yes you can, apply a template stored in the field of another tiddler? and/or find a workaround.

Keep in mind the double curly braces are in face a short hand version of using the transclude widget.

Because you are referencing the current tiddler using the !!title you should be able to do this;

<$tiddler tiddler="Tiddler to link to">

<$transclude tiddler="MyTemplate" field="template"/>

</$tiddler>

<$transclude tiddler="MyTemplate" field="template"/> works on the current tiddler.

Since there are a few combinations of this it would take time to give an exhastive answer, so please try this first.

Tones

[Si]

Thanks Tones!

Do you think it would be helpful if a shorthand like {{Tiddler to link to||MyTemplate!!template}} worked? Maybe I should make a feature request?

[TW Tones]

Si,

 

Do you think it would be helpful if a shorthand like {{Tiddler to link to||MyTemplate!!template}} worked? Maybe I should make a feature request?

Perhaps but I have a faded memory in relation to this, there may be a reason why not.

See my documentation here https://anthonymuscio.github.io/index.html#Standard%20Nomenclature

I have being looking for {{tiddler|whats here?|template}}

 Not valid for transclusions

  5. {{||tiddlername!!caption}} as it asks for the field caption in tiddlername, but insists on using the currentTiddler.

. Below are some untested possibilities

My template could contain  {{MyTemplate!!template}} 

thus {{Tiddler to link to||MyTemplate}} will produce the same result.

Or use filters and the filtered transclusions

<$tiddler tiddler="Tiddler to link to" >

{{{ [{MyTemplate!!template}] }}}

</$tiddler>

 

Or use the long form

<$tiddler tiddler="Tiddler to link to" >

<$transclude tiddler=MyTemplate field=template />

</$tiddler>

Regards

Tones