Why cant we also use the view widget for variables?

The view widget is a very generic name, it allows you to view fields and tiddlers and choose from a some formats. It allows for input with the following parameters.

  • tiddler
  • field
  • index
  • subTiddler

Is there any reason why we could not add to this a variable parameter? The view widget is a Javascript module here $:/core/modules/widgets/view.js but I can see no reason why it could also accept the value or a variable to the widget and treat it the same as a string obtained from elsewhere.

Why?

  • So variables are not an exception to the rule
  • So block/inline can be applied to the content of the variable
  • So variables can be viewed as HTML encoded and displayed etc…
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