TiddlyWiki5/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/widgets/TranscludeWidget.tid

created: 20130824142500000
modified: 20140526175900970
tags: widget
title: TranscludeWidget
type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki

! Introduction

The TranscludeWidget dynamically imports content from another tiddler.

! Attributes

|!Attribute |!Description |
|tiddler |The title of the tiddler to transclude (defaults to the current tiddler) |
|field |The field name of the current tiddler (defaults to "text"; if present takes precedence over the index attribute) |
|index |The index of a property in a [[DataTiddler|DataTiddlers]] |
|mode |Override the default parsing mode for the transcluded text to "block" or "inline" |

The TranscludeWidget treats any contained content as a fallback if the target of the transclusion is not defined (ie a missing tiddler or a missing field).

! Parsing modes

TiddlyWiki parses text in two modes:

* ''inline'' mode recognises character formatting such as emphasis, links
* ''block'' mode recognises all the ''inline'' formatting, and adds block formatting such as tables, headings and lists

Usually, the mode is determined by whether the transclude widget itself has been parsed in block or inline mode. This can be overridden with the `mode` attribute.

For example, consider tiddler "A" with this content:

```
# Item one
#<$transclude tiddler="B"/>
# Item two
```

And a tiddler "B" with this content:

```
# Item one - a
# Item one - b
```

The result will be something like this:

# Item one
# # Item one - a # Item one - b
# Item two

This can be fixed by amending tiddler "A":

```
# Item one
#<$transclude tiddler="B" mode="block"/>
# Item two
```