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TiddlyWiki Community Wiki

Case-Sensitive Search

A function of TiddlyWiki whereby the user can search for a word or phrase with precise upper and lowercase specifications.

Client-Side

A TiddlyWiki file that is edited offline by the user or client. These cannot be edited over the Internet (using the HTTP protocol) when the file is located on a Web server.

Default Tiddlers

This is a tiddler containaining a list of tiddlers to be automatically opened on startup. It can be customized or its contents removed, if desired.

Macro

See Macros.

MainMenu

The menu normally found on the left-hand side of the screen, acting as an index or table of contents.

Options Panel

The menu in the middle of the right-hand menu. Sometimes it is hidden, and can be opened by clicking on "options >>".

Permalink

A TiddlyWiki button on each individual tiddlers which changes the browser address/location bar to a permalink to the respective tiddler. Helpful for placing links to a specific tiddler in e-mails and Web pages.

Permaview

A TiddlyWiki button in the right-hand menu that sets the browser's address/location bar to a URL embodying all open tiddlers in the order that they are currently shown in. Helpful for placing links to a specific combination of tiddlers in e-mails and Web pages.

Plugin

A tiddler with code that adds extra functionality to TiddlyWiki. For more information, see Plugins.

Server-Side

A TiddlyWiki file that can be edited while the file is located on a Web server. This gives users the ability to edit it from any online computer.

Shadow Tiddlers

ShadowTiddlers are special tiddlers (e.g. PageTemplate and StyleSheetColors) that have default, pre-defined values that take over if the respective (user-created) tiddlers do not exist. For more information, see Shadow Tiddler.

SideBar

The options at the top of the right-hand menu.

Slice

A tiddler slice is a portion of a tiddler that can be retrieved and reused. An example is the ColorPalette tiddler, which contains color names and their respective color values. For more information, see Tiddler Slices.

Slider

A macro for collapsing/expanding content.

StyleSheet

A tiddler with code to control the appearance, layout and printing properties of a TiddlyWiki file. For more information, see Customization.

systemConfig

A tag that tells TiddlyWiki that the tiddler contains JavaScript that should be run when the file opens. Usually appended to plugins.

Tabs

The menu at the bottom of the right-hand menu. They are called tabs because they have what looks like the tabs on file folders protruding from the top of them.

Tag

A label that a user adds to a tiddler to index it according to topic. In other words, the tag is the topic or category by which a tiddler should be indexed for later retrieval. This provides an extra way to find tiddlers, because the user can go to the Tags tab in the right hand tabbed menu and browse his or her personal list of tags.

Tiddler

A content pane inside TiddlyWiki. Tiddlers are like 3x5 note cards to which the user can add content, add hyperlinks and categorize using tags. Basically, they are the equivalent of pages, with the difference being that you can display several pages at once.

WikiWords

See WikiWord