@HistoryBuff as a result of your questions I have continued to build some tools to help. As is often the case I find myself running down a rabbit hole, an exciting one like Alice.
Did you try my second code example on tiddlywiki.com?
How do I default to multiple values being selected.
Have the word multiple in the select widget, then normal click, ctrl-click and shift-click operations are used to select more than one.
how can I use the select widget without the dirty indicator going red?
If depends on what tiddler or field you set with the select widget, and what your settings are that define dirty. If $:/temp tiddlers do not trigger the dirty indictor use these. Otherwise the Dirty indicator is a separate issue. But do you really want a temporary non-permanent change?
I am building a solution called custom-filters. It allows to select filters from “filter tiddlers” starting with the inbuilt ones, It also assists you to create new “filter tiddlers”.
These are probably basic questions that I should be able to answer myself, but I’m having trouble concentrating this morning for various reasons.
Feel free to ask more questions, “lean on me” if you need to.
Here is my first version of the custom-filters
custom-filters.json (2.6 KB)