Question

I'd like to add the option to set or change the parent of a topic directly from the edit template. It seems to me that this should do the job:

<!--
   * Set MYPARENT = %SEARCH{ "^%BASETOPIC%$" scope="topic" nosearch="on" type="regex" nototal="on" format="<nop>$parent" }%
-->
<label for="topicparent">%MAKETEXT{"Parent of this topic:"}%&nbsp;&nbsp;</label>
<select name="topicparent" id="topicparent">
<option id="tp_none" value="">(none)</option>
%TOPICLIST{"<option $marker id='tp_$name' value='$name'>$name</option>" selection="%MYPARENT%"}%
</select>

But MYPARENT is either not being set, or it is not being seen by the TOPICLIST exapansion. I've had to resort to Javascript to compute the right selection, but I feel like there must be a better way.

Environment

-- TWikiGuest - 13 Mar 2006

Answer

If you answer a question - or have a question you asked answered by someone - please remember to edit the page and set the status to answered. The status is in a drop-down list below the edit box.

Remove the <nop> from before the $parent in the SEARCH.

-- CrawfordCurrie - 11 Apr 2006