AdvancedSearch Filter dropdown item

#1

Hi,

I’ve been trying to add a custom entry in the dropdown of the Advanced Search tiddler (filter tab).
So I’ve made a tiddler with tag “$:/tags/Filter” and I’ve added the fields “description” and “filter”.

However, in the dropdown the item is present, but no text is shown.
Did I miss something?

Thanks

#2

It sounds like you’ve done all that you need to manually add a custom filter entry, but obviously something is not quite right if the item is present in the list but does not display any text in the dropdown.

To help you create and save custom filter, you can use TiddlyTools/Search/SaveFilter, which adds a “save custom filter” button to the $:/AdvancedSearch filter tab.

Just enter the desired filter syntax as usual, and press the “save custom filter” button that appears to the right of the input field.

A popup dialog will then be displayed for you to enter a title and optionally edit the filter and description values. Once you’ve entered a new title, you can press the “save filter” button that will appear in the lower right of the dialog to save the new custom filter tiddler with the appropriate $:/tags/Filter tag plus the filter and description values you’ve entered. It will then be available in the dropdown list.

To import this tiddler:

  • Visit this link: TiddlyTools/Search/SaveFilter
  • Drag-and-drop the “TiddlyTools/Search/SaveFilter” title onto your TiddlyWiki to start the standard $:/Import process. Note that the tiddler uses only wikitext, so it will be immediately available for use without needing to save-and-reload.

Let me know how it goes…

enjoy,
-e

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#3

Dear Eric, Your solution works, thank you.

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