Question

I'm looking for a method to list all children topics and format it with something like " * $topic".

%METASEARCH{topic="%TOPIC%" type="parent"} %

That search would be perfect, however it isn't formatted. I've tried getting the search accomplished via %SEARCH{}%, which directly supports format="", but I can't manage to get the search to only display children topics - as the type="" doesn't support 'parent'.

Please assist.

Environment

-- TWikiGuest - 27 Oct 2006

Answer

%SEARCH{ "^%BASETOPIC%$" scope="topic" web="%BASEWEB%" regex="on" nosearch="on" nototal="on" zeroresults="off" format="- $parent(15, ...) %BR%" }%
*%BASETOPIC%* %BR%
%METASEARCH{type="parent" topic="%BASETOPIC%" format="- $topic(15, ...) %BR%"}%

-- SteveStark - 07 Nov 2006

Except that the format parameter does not work yet.

-- ArthurClemens - 08 Nov 2006

You can try the TreePlugin

-- SteveStark - 21 Nov 2006

More search help in SearchPatternCookbook.

We've added the format parameter recently to METASEARCH, but that is not published yet so of little help to you now.

-- ArthurClemens - 21 Nov 2006

The following also works:

%SEARCH{"\%META:TOPICPARENT\{name=\"%TOPIC%\"\}\%" type="regex" nosearch="on" header="Children: "}%

-- TWikiGuest - 20 Dec 2006

How create a dynamic leftbar, with search e topicparent?

-- AndreMatos - 17 Apr 2007

Add above mentioned SEARCH into the WebLeftBar topics of your TWiki. Search for \"%BASETOPIC%\" instead of \"%TOPIC%\". You can format the search output as bullets with a format="   * [[$topic]]. Watch out, there is an impact in performance if you do that for every page view.

-- PeterThoeny - 17 Apr 2007

I made this:

 %SEARCH{ "^%BASETOPIC%$" scope="topic" web="%BASEWEB%" regex="on" nosearch="on" nototal="on" zeroresults="off" format="   * [[$topic]] %BR%" }%

did not give certain

Help me, please.

-- AndreMatos - 17 Apr 2007

Try this (untested):

%SEARCH{ "META:TOPICPARENT\{name=\"%BASETOPIC%\"\}" web="%BASEWEB%" type="regex" nonoise="on" header="Children:" format="   * [[$web.$topic][$topic]]" }%

-- PeterThoeny - 17 Apr 2007

I placed code in WebLeftBar.txt, but nothing did not happen. Look the code:

%INCLUDE{"%IF{"context can_login" then="%TWIKIWEB%.WebLeftBarLogin" else="<nop>"}%" warn="off"}%

   * <b>[[HomeTi][ %ICON{"home"}% <nop>%MAKETEXT{"Home"}%]]</b>
   
%SEARCH{ "META:TOPICPARENT\{name=\"%BASETOPIC%\"\}" web="%BASEWEB%" type="regex" nonoise="on" header="Children:" format="   * [[$web.$topic][$topic]]" }%"

-- AndreMatos - 17 Apr 2007

I am sending it the code in annex, through of email. Please, help me. Thanks.

-- AndreMatos - 17 Apr 2007

May be someone else can help; I do not have the bandwidth to debug the details. Also, please read the docs at VarSEARCH, FormattedSearch.

-- PeterThoeny - 17 Apr 2007

It would have as I to filter TOPICLIST, instead of SEARCH?

-- AndreMatos - 18 Apr 2007

It has as to place " excludetopic " in topiclist?

-- AndreMatos - 18 Apr 2007

How use META:TOPICPARENT{name="XXXX"} in IF of the TWIKI I used this:

%IF{"\%META:TOPICPARENT\{name=\"WebHome\"\}\%" then="%MAKETEXT{"OK"}%" else="%MAKETEXT{"Not"}%"}% and he did not give certain. I want to use as string

-- AndreMatos - 19 Apr 2007

See for a working example HierarchicalNavigation.

-- ArthurClemens - 19 Apr 2007

It did not decide my problem... I would like to load a menu dynamic. I tried for search and topiclist

-- AndreMatos - 19 Apr 2007

Closing this after more than 30 days of inactivity...

-- PeterThoeny - 02 Jun 2007