Explanation I have recently been building wikis with tiddler-building forms. Everything makes sense to me there, except for handling of default values. There, my defaults seem to be repeated too often. I’m wondering if there are better patterns for handling them. Sample Code Here is a sample for…

For the form layout I find the fieldset html tag nice, if helps fit the label in differently. \define edit-fieldname(fieldname) <fieldset> <legend> $fieldname$ </legend> <$edit-text field="""$fieldname$""" tag=input size=40 placeholder="enter $fieldname$ value"/> </fieldset> \end I…

[image] Scott_Sauyet: Another idea I’ve considered is finding a way to assign the default values to the fields of my temporary tiddler—here $:/temp/entry-form— when the entry form tiddler is rendered. I’ve been facing the same questions and here’s what I do: I provide an UI element (button or…

[image] TW_Tones: For the form layout I find the fieldset html tag nice, if helps fit the label in differently. Thank you. I only did the minimum styling necessary here to demonstrate the problem. I’m reasonably competent with CSS, and can probably at some point make them look nicer. I wou…

[image] Scott_Sauyet: But I have no clue how to perform an action “when the tiddler is rendered”. Is this easy to do? I wish it was. I wish this would work: <$edit-text blah... value=thing /> Where thing is whatever you want it to be (!!field, macro, filtered-transclude…) In the case where…

[image] Scott_Sauyet: how can I manage default values for fields of a tiddler-creation form in a way I don’t have to repeat myself? I suppose this depends on if you want defaults for a set of fields in a form, or independent values for the fields on their own. If you want to set the default…

[image] CodaCoder: [image] Scott_Sauyet: But I have no clue how to perform an action “when the tiddler is rendered”. Is this easy to do? I wish it was. I wish this would work: <$edit-text blah... value=thing /> :100: But I do understand the constraints that TW is under; it’s hard to …

[image] TW_Tones: When clicking new form or new tiddler you use the template with all its default values for each field. If using a temp tiddler after all fields are accepted or changed you create the final tiddler containing the forms fields, or add the fields to a selected tiddler. The lat…

Not sure if this would help, but have you seen @twMat fieldvalueselector. [image] Presenting: fieldvalueselector - select custom field values from dropdown fieldvalueselector is updated to work with newer TW versions. It saves you from having to remember and …

[image] Sunny: Not sure if this would help, but have you seen @twMat fieldvalueselector. No, I hadn’t seen it. And while I don’t think that will help for this specific problem, I have a separate immediate use for this. Thank you very much!

@Scott_Sauyet sorry but I think the Empty Form has an error. The dob field for Date of Birth should be added to the code Entry Form.json (2.1 KB)

Patterns for handling default values for inputs

Sunny March 21, 2024, 7:13pm 9

Not sure if this would help, but have you seen @twMat fieldvalueselector.

https://fieldvalueselector.tiddlyhost.com/