Wiki table breaks when <$list> is inside

1

I’m trying to generate a table from a list of tiddlers using wiki syntax:

|!Tool |!Destinations |
<$list filter="[tag[BackupTool]]">
|{{!!tool-name}} |{{!!destinations}} |
</$list>

The header renders, but the data from <$list> appears squashed, not in rows. It seems the wiki table parser terminates at the first line that doesn’t start with | (the <$list> tag), so the following | data are not in rows.

Switching to HTML table widgets (<$table>, <$tr>, <$td>) works fine. So there’s a workaround.

Is this expected behavior?

2

Wikitext tables are typically used for output of static content, and don’t really handle embedded widgets that generate parts of the table output.

However, there IS a way to do it, but it’s a bit tricky:

\define myTable()
|!Tool |!Destinations |<br>
<$list filter="[tag[BackupTool]]">|{{!!tool-name}} |{{!!destinations}} |<br>
</$list>
\end

<$wikify name="out" text=<<myTable>>>

<<out>>
</$wikify>

Notes:

  • The myTable() macro generates the needed wikitext table syntax
  • The absence of a newline following the opening <$list ...> syntax, as well as the use of <br> followed by literal newlines for row endings is essential to generating the proper table syntax
  • The $wikify widget captures the <<myTable>> output as plain text into the out variable
  • The blank line before <<out>> is needed to ensure the table output uses “block” mode rendering

enjoy,
-e