Here’s an example of pure wikitext checklists based on a viewtemplate and functions.
It’s very basic feature-wise, no D’n’D, no sorting, no sub-lists, but checkbox state can be toggled in view mode.
Syntax:
[ ] empty checkbox
[x] checked checkbox
[X] checked checkbox, with a capitalized X
[ ].userClass a checkbox with user-defined CSS class
So this:
is rendered like this:
Limits:
- Checkboxes must be at the beginning of the line.
- Empty checkboxes without a space between brackets won’t work (sorry @twMat)
Things that could/should change:
- Promote procedures and functions to a
$:/tags/Global-tagged tiddler - Make default classes configurable
- Include the viewtemplate in ViewTemplateBody cascade
- Checkboxes should be rendered and functional in edit-mode preview (might happen when previous item is done)
- Replace currently generated
<li><$button>...</li>by a custom widget
Things I won’t do myself:
- Add advanced functionalities (sorting, D’n’D, new item input, …) as I won’t need them
Please feel free to reuse the code as you wish.
The code might interfere with other solutions like @hoopyfrood’s or Grossinger’s.
As usual, don’t try it on important data, and be sure to have a backup before proceeding.
wikitext-checklists.json (5.3 KB)
Import this file in an empty wiki, then open “Result of wikitext-checklist transformation” tiddler.
Example wikitext is in “Wikitext-checklist test text”, and the code is in the template: “wikitext-checklist-viewtemplate”.
Fred