Get field value from tiddler defined in another field

#1

I’ve got a <$button> that stores the title of a random book tiddler in a field, random-suggestion. I’m then displaying a link to that tiddler with:

<$link to={{!!random-suggestion}}>{{!!random-suggestion}}</$link>

which essentially displays a link with Title as its text.

I want to also display the author field from the tiddler titled {{!!random-suggestion}} so I’ll end up with a Author - Title link .

What is the most TW-like manner to do that?

#2

(I haven’t tested this)

Off the top of my head:

<$link to={{!!random-suggestion}}><$text text={{{ [{!!random-suggestion}] [[ - ]] [{!!random-suggestion}get[author]] +[join[]] }}}</$text></$link>

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#3

Your suggestion was 99% of what I wanted. Here’s what I settled with:

<$link to={{!!random-suggestion}}>
	<$text text={{{ [{!!random-suggestion}] [{!!random-suggestion}get[author]enlist-input[]] +[join[ - ]] }}} />
</$link>
  • Use join[ - ] to simplify building the final string
  • Use enlist-input[] after author so values like [[Name Surname]] render properly without the square brackets.

Thank you!

#4

Ah, you store brackets with author name. Is that because you might have more than one author in the author field ?

#5

Oops, I just noticed that I flipped the order: I gave title - author instead of author - title.

#6

Indeed :wink:

Also, by using double brackets, when I type in the author field I’m assisted by Evidently Cube’s Auto Complete Plugin.