A lot of Wagn's flexibility hinges on putting everything into cards, and then offering a wide variety of views of those cards. Views are most often applied via inclusions or WQL, and are especially useful in formatting.
- content (default for inclusions) — shows the content of the card, without the surrounding card interface
- titled — content view, but after a header of the card's name
- open / closed — both show the content inside the surrounding card interface. Closed is the default for items in Searches and Pointers)
- link — instead of the card content, this just shows a link to the card, very much like using double square brackets for linking
- name — instead of the card content, this just shows the card's name
- linkname — like name, but puts in underscores instead of spaces (helpful when using inclusions to build URLs)
- change — only applies to items in Searches and Pointers, showing who last edited each card and when. This is the view used on Recent.
- naked — shows the card without any enclosing HTML.
Examples
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How To
The view of an included card is specified after a vertical bar after the card's name, e.g.: {{Wiki on Wheels|view:open}} (you can also skip the "view:", i.e. {{Wiki on Wheels|open}}).
When including a Search or Pointer, you can also specify the view for each item (card) in the returned list, e.g., {{User+*type cards|item:link}}
In WQL syntax, item views are applied with WQL's usual key/value syntax, e.g.: {"type":"User", "view":"link"}
In special web addresses, you append views after a normal web address with "?view=", e.g. http://wagn.org/wagn/fruit?view=naked
Tips
- The name and linkname views are especially useful for contextual generation of web addresses.
- Some views are also available in special web addresses.
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