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created: 20190202035425715
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modified: 20190205023518575
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title: Widget attributes tutorial part I
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type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki
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So far none of the widgets we've implemented have had any code for handling widget attributes A vast majority of useful widgets will need to support attributes in order to make them useful.
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As an example, let's change the Hello World widget so it can greet not just the world, but whoever/whatever the user wants. To do that we can add support for an attribute named `what` and call it like `<$hello what="pale blue dot"/>`.
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The tiddlywiki widget class provides methods `computeAttributes` and `getAttribute` which can together be used by the widget code to discover what values are passed into the widget.
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The `computeAttributes` and `getAttribute` methods can be called like this (the second parameter to `getAttribute` will be used as the default value if the user doesn't provide that attribute in the widget call):
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```javascript
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this.computeAttributes();
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var message = this.getAttribute("message", "World");
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```
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Then the `message` variable can be used to construct the Hello XXX string:
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```javascript
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var textNode = this.document.createTextNode("Hello, " + message + "!");
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```
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The original [[hello.js]] code only implements a `render` method. The `refresh` method is not needed because the output from the widget can never be different...it will always be "Hello, World!".
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Even with a `message` attribute, you might think the `render` by itself is enough. After all, the value of the input parameter `message` can only be changed by modifying the wiki text which means the tiddler will be redisplayed from scratch.
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However, tiddlywiki has a syntax which allows parameter values to vary without modifying the wiki text. See https://tiddlywiki.com/#Widgets%20in%20WikiText for details. As one example, if the widget were called like `<$hello message={{MyTiddler!!field}}/>`, then every time the `field` field of `MyTiddler` were modified, only the `refresh` method would be called. Therefore, in order to get the widget display to update, the refresh method needs to be implemented.
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If the `computeAttributes` and `getAttribute` calls are placed in the `render` method then we can implement a performance unoptimized version of refresh as was done in [[Widget refresh tutorial part II]]:
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```javascript
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/*
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A widget with optimized performance will selectively refresh, but here we refresh always
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*/
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MyWidget.prototype.refresh = function(changedTiddlers) {
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// Regenerate and rerender the widget and
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// replace the existing DOM node
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this.refreshSelf();
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return true;
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};
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```
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The full code can be seen at [[hello-attribute.js]] and here is the result ([[Widget attributes demo I]]):
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{{Widget attributes demo I}}
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The third example above is the only one which requires the refresh method in order to behave properly.
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