[feature request + demo] Update and improve the backstage by adding the tagpicker UI to the WikiListRow template + a search field

[Telumire]

It would be nice to be able to filter the wiki list based on tags and on the title name. I made a very quick proof of concept.

Drag and drop this json into your backstage: https://talk.tiddlywiki.org/uploads/short-url/200VvKMC5I04nVNoqRijvsyqzdv.json

This add a search field with a clear button, a list of tags to search by tag, and the tag picker UI on each wiki listed to add and remove tags :

Clicking on the work tagpill :

Then on the school tagpill :

We can also search by text in the title of the wiki :

See https://talk.tiddlywiki.org/t/call-for-tiddlydesktop-new-functionality/5334/12?u=telumire for a discussion on this feature request

[Jermolene]

Hi @Telumire that is a great idea, is it something you could work on?

[Jermolene]

Apologies @Telumire I'd missed that you had posted an implementation in the talk thread. Please do go ahead and create a PR if you have the time, thank you.

[Telumire]

Hi @Jermolene, I'll do it this weekend. By the way, I noticed that the backstage use TW 5.1.23-prerelease, would it be possible to update it to the 5.2.4-prerelease ? I wish I could use the let widget, filter prefix, checkbox listfield, etc.

[Jermolene]

Hi @Jermolene, I'll do it this weekend. By the way, I noticed that the backstage use TW 5.1.23-prerelease, would it be possible to update it to the 5.2.4-prerelease ? I wish I could use the let widget, filter prefix, checkbox listfield, etc.

I've updated package(-lock).json in https://github.com/TiddlyWiki/TiddlyDesktop/commit/010d2ebc7517a41cabac9b4a7c85ca0301f25b43 – we can release a new prerelease when we merge this feature.

[Telumire]

@Jermolene, in order to create a PR I tried to edit the backstage of the latest prerelease and it seems like there are some bugs:

Field value can not be edited / added :

Creating a tiddler doesnt close the tiddler when the "confirm changes to this tiddler" button is pressed

Sometimes there are empty tiddlers frame in the storylist

This issue does not appear in the previous prerelease.

Should I create a PR anyway ?

[Jermolene]

Thank you @Telumire that seems like a significant problem in its own right – if you right click on the page and choose "inspect" you'll see a bunch of error messages. I'll investigate further.

[Jermolene]

Hi @Telumire that bug is fixed now. Do you need me to publish a new build or are you able to run the build process locally?

[Telumire]

@Jermolene I tried to build tiddlydesktop myself but it seems like I need to use the Windows Subsystem for Linux to run download-nwjs.sh, which I did, but I'm not able to run the file (it just open in a my code editor). So yes, if you could publish a new version, it would be useful :)

[Jermolene]

No problem @Telumire I'll make a new build now.

[Jermolene]

Hi @Telumire the new build is available here:

https://github.com/TiddlyWiki/TiddlyDesktop/releases/tag/v0.0.15-prerelease.5

Let me know if you run into any issues.

[Telumire]

Hello @Jermolene, thanks a lot ! I will test this now and make a PR after polishing a bit more my proposal.

[Telumire]

@Jermolene here's the PR: https://github.com/TiddlyWiki/TiddlyDesktop/pull/262

[Jermolene]

Closing because #262 is merged