Search results not showing caption instead of title

#1

Many moons ago, I asked a quastion about the caption not appearing in lists instead of the title. This was answered through an edit to $:/core/macros/list tiddler by @EricShulman .

However, today I noticed that search results are similarly not displaying the caption instead of title when a caption has been added to a tiddler. I have been looking through the core tiddlers but can not find where this should be edited.

Can someone tell me how to change this behaviour please.

bobj

#2

The default search results output is defined in this shadow tiddler: $:/core/ui/DefaultSearchResultList

To make an alternative that shows the tiddler captions (with fallback to the title for tiddlers that don’t have a caption), try this:

  • Start by cloning $:/core/ui/DefaultSearchResultList
  • Edit the clone and give it a title such as “$:/custom/ui/SearchResultsWithCaptions”
  • Find this line (which occurs TWICE):
<$transclude tiddler="$:/core/ui/ListItemTemplate"/>
  • Replace both occurences with:
<div class="tc-menu-list-item">
<$link><$transclude field="caption"><$view field="title"/></$transclude></$link>
</div>
  • Change the tiddler’s caption to something like “Captions”

After you change this modified cloned tiddler, a new “Captions” tab will appear when using the SideBar search. Select this tab to see your alternative output that uses captions.

enjoy,
-e

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#3

Thanks @EricShulman and apologies for tardy reply