Grid CSS in Tiddlywiki Demystified

[Mohammad]

While most modern browser supports grid css, there is little or no example how to use grid in Tiddlywiki. I start this thread in the hope other volunteers come and share their solutions

A very simple example

Create a two column layout like a table in Tiddlywiki

1. open TiddlyWiki Pre-release — 5.2.1-prerelease
2. create a new tiddler with below contents

<div class="grid">
<div>''Title''</div>
<div>''Modifed''</div>
<$list filter="[tag[HelloThere]]">
<div><$link/></div>
<div><$view field=modified format=date template="YYYY.0MM.0DD"/></div>
</$list>
</div>

<style>
.grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 250px 100px; }
</style>

• This will create a table layout with all tiddlers tagged HelloThere
• The first column contains link to tiddler
• The second column contains the modified date

This is what you get

What do you get by this script?

<div class="grid">
<div>''Title''</div>
<div>''Modifed''</div>
<$list filter="[type[image/png]]">
<div><$link/></div>
<div><$transclude/></div>
</$list>
</div>

<style>
.grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 200px 100px; }
</style>

[CodaCoder]

Very informative, @Mohammad, thank you for posting this.

[Mohammad]

This is another example where you can use to make a simple blog in a long tiddler!

The required css is given below

/*for demo*/
.exmp02 {
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: 1fr 3fr;
grid-gap: 20px;
}

.exmp02 header,
.exmp02 footer {
border-radius: 5px;
padding: 10px;
/*background-color: rgb(207,232,220);
border: 2px solid rgb(79,185,227);*/
background-color:#ddd;
}

.exmp02 aside {
border-right: 1px solid #999;
}

/* bottom */
.exmp02 header {
grid-column: 1 / 3;
grid-row: 1;
}

.exmp02 article {
grid-column: 2;
grid-row: 2;
}

.exmp02 aside {
grid-column: 1;
grid-row: 2;
}

.exmp02 footer {
grid-column: 1 / 3;
grid-row: 3;
}

To give a try

1. goto TiddlyWiki Pre-release — 5.2.1-prerelease
2. download blog-style.json (2.7 KB)
3. and drag and drop into TiddlyWiki Pre-release — 5.2.1-prerelease

NOTE

• The above solution uses the new cascades in Tiddlywiki 5.2.1
• The above solution uses a custom viewtemplate

[Mohammad]

Responsive Image Grid

The below code create a gallery

• change the filter to your need
• use different size and customize based on your need

To give a try

1. open TiddlyWiki Pre-release — 5.2.1-prerelease
2. create a new tiddler with below contents

<style>
.grid { 
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fill, minmax(128px, 1fr));
  grid-gap: 4px;
  align-items: stretch;
  }
.grid img {
  border: 1px solid #ccc;
  box-shadow: 2px 2px 6px 0px  rgba(0,0,0,0.3);
  max-width: 100%;
}
</style>

<main class="grid">
<$list filter="[tag[Language]tag[Icon]]">
<$image source=<<currentTiddler>> />
</$list>
</main>

Will produce:

[Mohammad]

I did not add details on how grid css works as there is a plenty of tutorial/examples out there!

The above was some working example to show how grid css can be simply used in Tiddlywiki.

[Mohammad]

Good point to start using Grids in Tiddlywiki

Grids - Learn web development | MDN

[TiddlyTweeter]

@Mohammad, I think this is a great thread. IMO TW is actually CSS heaven.

Since “looks” matter a lot the more we can open up the available strategies on CSS the better.

TT

[Mohammad]

More examples are added in: Grid CSS to Create a Vertical Tab Like Structure

[telumire]

I use css grid to get a two column story river :

.story-backdrop, .story-frontdrop, :is(.story-backdrop, .story-frontdrop)>p{
	display:contents;
}

.tc-story-river{
display:grid;
place-content: center;
grid-template-columns: 1fr minmax(0, 960px) 1fr;
grid-auto-columns: minmax(0, 960px);
grid-auto-flow: column;
row-gap: 5px;
column-gap: 14px;
}

.tc-tiddler-frame {
grid-column:2/span 1;
margin:0;
padding-top:10px;
padding-bottom:10px;
}

.tc-tiddler-view-frame {
max-width:960px;
}

.tc-tiddler-edit-frame, 
[data-tags*="full-width"]{
grid-column:1/span 3;
max-width:100vw;
}

[data-tags*="$:/right-story"] {
  grid-column:-1/span 1;
}

Tiddlers with the tag $:/right-story will be displayed on the right, and tiddlers in edit mode or with the tag full-width will take a full width (unless a tiddler is open on the right).

I also use a button to ease the process :

\whitespace trim
<$button class="tc-btn-invisible" tooltip="switch column">
<$action-listops $tiddler=<<currentTiddler>> $tags="+[toggle[$:/right-story]]"/>
<$list filter="[<tv-config-toolbar-icons>match[yes]]" variable=_>
<$list filter="[all[current]tag[$:/right-story]]">{{$:/core/images/left-arrow}}</$list>
<$list filter="[all[current]!tag[$:/right-story]]">{{$:/core/images/right-arrow}}</$list>
</$list>
<$list filter="[<tv-config-toolbar-text>match[yes]]">
<span class="tc-btn-text">
<$text text=" "/>
<$text text="switch column"/>
</span>
</$list>
</$button>

With the tags $:/tags/EditToolbar and $:/tags/ViewToolbar. It’s useful for when I want to compare tiddlers side by side.