I haven’t had time yet to use or understand Pages …
Does it mean, for instance, “Page 2”, follows the Layout of “Page 1”.
Unclear, TT
“pages” lets you define multiple layout grids in a single PasteUp tiddler. All pages in the same PasteUp tiddler use the same grid size and background settings and share the same /layout and /styles tiddlers, but they are each drawn separately, one after another.
The intended use-case is to permit the creation of multi-page printed output. When printed, each page is automatically output on a separate physical page.
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If I made a paste up with only Page 1 could I add a Page 2 later?
Just wondering, TT
Sure. Just go to the “Settings” popup and change the number of pages. It doesn’t alter the existing “Page 1” layout. It just add more grids for the additional pages. You can then move items from Page1 to any of the additional pages.
However… let’s suppose you set pages=3, and move some items from page1 to page 3. Then, later on, you set pages=2. The items on page3 are automatically shown on page 2 (the last page that is now available). Note that the page number assigned to those items remains “page 3” (unless, of course, you then move those items now shown on page 2, which updates the assigned page number).
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PAGES IN PASTEUP …
I get it! Looks good, easily updated …
2nd page gives the same grid and background.
And easy paste-in.
TT
The one Tool I’d really like is a NUDGER (one STEPPER)… a separate tool that could …
- Select a pasteup
- Select a field in that pasteup
- Move that field ONE cell U,D,L,R
- Stretch/Shrink the field D or R ONE cell
- Apply a Z layout level
My image of a control is this …
TT
TiddlyTools/PasteUp/View has been updated:
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When a PasteUp tiddler is unlocked (enabed for editing), a new “toggle toolkit” button appears next to the “lock/unlock” button.
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When you click this button, a toolkit for making quick adjustments to the current PasteUp tiddler’s
/layoutappears on the left side of the layout grid.- Select a field from the drop-list at the top of the toolkit. Note that as you hover over the toolkit panel, the selected field will show a dotted border in the layout grid (and in the field table, if it is visible)
- Below the drop-list, the selected field’s current
(top,left)-(bottom,right) [widthXheight]layout information is shown. - This status line also shows a “delete field” button which will completely remove the selected field from the PasteUp (after confirmation, of course!)
- Below the status line are “-1” and “+1” buttons for adjusting the selected field’s
width, height, andlayerlayout values. Note that the field’swidthandheightvalues cannot become less than1 x 1, regardless of how many times you click the “-1” buttons. Similarly, the field’slayervalue cannot become less than0. - Below the width, height and layer buttons are a cluster of four “move” buttons with directional chevron icons. A click on one of these buttons will shift the position of the selected field by one grid square in the corresponding direction.
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Currently, I have not included controls for adjusting a field’s
pagelayout value. I also have not included “bring to front/send to back” buttons for adjusting a field’slayervalue. Both of these are possible, but I didn’t want to over-complicate the toolkit interface with too many “bells and whistles”. -
@TiddlyTitch: in your mockup, you show a “grid” button and a “tools” section. Can you elaborate on what these would do?
enjoy,
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