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TiddlyWiki5/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/concepts/Customizing EditTemplate Field Rendering.tid
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Add a cascade for rendering fields within the Edit Template (#6511)
* Allow the rendering of fields to be extended

This commit extends the `$:/core/ui/EditTemplate/fields` tiddler to
use a new cascade (Field Editor Cascade) to allow customizing the
rendering of the field editor.
It provides a default element for the cascade that displays the standard
EditTextWidget as a fallback. That way, the implementation is completely
backwards compatible. The `currentTiddler` and `currentField` variables
are available in the transcluded tiddler. This has the additional
benefit, that not only the `EditTextWidget` can be used. The user can
use a dropdown-list or even something completely crazy. As long as it
can be put into a tiddler that updates the field, it will be fine.

* Make `select` Tags in Fields look like the rest

This patch updates the CSS to make `tc-edit-texteditor` usable on
`select`-tags as well.

I'm not sure what `-webkit-appearance: none;` is for, but it hides the
DropDown-arrow in Chrome and makes the select-tag hard to discover. I've
changed the css to only apply it to the input tag. Maybe it can be
removed altogether.

* Add documentation for the Field Editor Cascade
2022-03-17 17:06:24 +00:00

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created: 20220305183700000
modified: 20220305183700000
tags: Concepts
title: Customizing EditTemplate field rendering
type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki
When editing a tiddler the [[EditTemplate|$:/core/ui/EditTemplate/fields]] normally renders fields as simple input boxes. To modify this behaviour, the [[cascade mechanism|Cascades]] can be used. Via the [[Field Editor Cascade|Field Editor Cascade]] the name of the tiddler used for rendering the field editor can be specified. The content of this tiddler is transcluded to represent the content of the field.
To modify the appearance of all fields whose name ends with `-date` create a new tiddler and add the `$:/tags/FieldEditorFilter` tag to it. Add a `list-before` field and assign the value `$:/config/FieldEditorFilters/default`. Now you have to put the filter for the cascade into the tiddler's text field: `[regexp[-date$]then[$:/config/EditTemplateFields/Templates/dates]]`. This will transclude the tiddler named `$:/config/EditTemplateFields/Templates/dates` to render the input elements for all fields with names matching the regular expression.
The variables `currentTiddler` and `currentField` are set to pass information about the tiddler and field that are edited to the transcluded tiddler.
For example, a tiddler containing the following WikiText would render the field as an HTML input element of the type `date`. This will show a date picker for the fields on all modern browsers:
```
<$edit-text tiddler=<<currentTiddler>> field=<<currentField>> type="date" class="tc-edit-texteditor" placeholder="Set your date" tabindex={{$:/config/EditTabIndex}} cancelPopups="yes"/>
```
The `tabindex` and `cancelPopups` attributes make sure the HTML input element behaves exactly the default elements provided by TiddlyWiki.
Not only the `EditTextWidget` can be used. A tiddler containing the following WikiText will render the field as a drop-down-list that allows the user to select the name of a tiddler. The name of the selected tiddler will be stored in the field.
```
<$select tiddler=<<currentTiddler>> field=<<currentField>> class="tc-edit-texteditor" cancelPopups="yes">
<$list filter='[all[tiddlers]sort[title]]'>
<option value=<<currentTiddler>>><$view field='title'/></option>
</$list>
</$select>
```
The class `tc-edit-texteditor` should be used to style the `input` and `select` elements to match the theme of the TiddlyWiki installation.