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- Install, Uninstall, Support and Registration
- To what does 'TB' refer?
- Technical Requirements
- Licence & Registration
- Installation
- Uninstalling Tinderbox
- Demo & Viewer mode
- Tinderbox documents
- Support
- Reporting Problems
- Tinderbox files have no '.tbx' extension
- Showing/hiding filename extensions via Finder
- Tinderbox files do not have a Tinderbox icon
- Tinderbox files don't open on double-click
- Checking or resetting old System attribute defaults
- Message: Tinderbox was unable to parse this file
- Where are crash and hang logs found?
- Resetting Preferences
- Image formats for embedding
- Objects & Concepts
- Objects
- Concepts
- Windows, Tabs & Views
- Hierarchy of Content
- Paths
- Attributes
- Prototypes
- Inheritance of attribute values
- Attribute value inheritance flows downwards
- Inheritance for Intrinsic or Read-only and attributes
- Inheritance is not based on the actual outline of your data
- The Inheritance Cascade
- Inheritance and prototypes
- Prototypes can change the cascade—I
- Prototypes can change the cascade—II
- Prototype values override document defaults
- Note local values override inheritance
- Can inheritance be restored after setting a local value?
- Re-enabling inheritance—I
- Re-enabling inheritance—II
- Inherited local values without a prototype
- Re-setting all defaults
- Actions
- OnAdd & Agent actions
- Rules
- Edicts
- Stamps
- Notes as 'item' objects in action code
- Notes as 'group' list objects in action code
- Designators
- Basic Comparison Operators
- Fonts: italics and bold
- Macros
- Links
- Data import
- Inline images
- Unicode
- Tinderbox URL schema
- Coding conventions
- Preferences & Document Settings
- Windows
- Document Window
- OS-level Document tab bar
- Toolbar
- Tabs and the tab bar
- Multiple document windows
- Document Windows, Tabs and selections
- Breadcrumb bar (for hoisted main views)
- View pane
- Crosstabs view
- Map view
- Adding notes to an existing map
- Adornments
- Background patterns
- Containers
- Dashboard concept
- Force Directed Layout (Dance)
- Links
- Map Composites
- Map Coordinates
- Map grid & guides
- Map overview mode
- Map object icons
- Badges on icons
- Captions
- Content Dogears
- Icon dashed borders
- Icon drop-shadows
- Icon fill textures
- Note Flags
- Opacity & Transparency
- Note progress bars
- Note/Container/Agent icon layout
- Notes accommodate titles
- Notes displaying body text
- Note icon size and prototypes
- Notes with images in text
- Shaped Map notes
- Subtitles
- Map Units
- Navigating map views
- Positioning newly created notes
- Re-arrangeable Agent Maps
- Scrolling newly opened maps
- Selecting a prototype in Map view
- Stacking and overlapping items
- Outline view
- Altering Scope of Outline views
- Checkboxes
- Colour Swatches
- Coloured Backgrounds and Selections
- Column view: displaying and editing column data
- Copying column view data as tabular data
- Double-clicking Outline background
- Drag re-arranging notes in Outline view
- Horizontal scolling
- Outline filter
- Selecting Prototype via Outline icon
- Separators
- Chart view
- Timeline view
- Adding, deleting or moving events
- Alternative Date attributes
- Colouring the Timeline's main view
- Dragging event notes
- Exporting to HTML
- Item styling, markers & duration
- Items undated or outside current date range
- Link visualisation
- Scope of inclusion for notes
- Timeline adornments
- Timeline bands
- Timeline customisations: items vs. view level
- Timeline scale
- Treemap view
- Attribute Browser view
- Hyperbolic view
- Find toolbar (view pane)
- View filter toolbar
- Text pane
- Using the pane splitter
- Secondary windows
- Inspector
- Document Window
- Dialogs
- About Tinderbox dialog
- Add Displayed Attributes pop-over
- Attribute Browser Action pop-up
- Attribute Browser Export
- Attribute Browser Query pop-up
- Badge pop-up picker
- Browse Links pop-over
- Chart Settings pop-over
- Cleanup view tab
- Column view, column format pop-up
- Create Link from alias pop-over
- Create Link pop-over
- Crosstabs view axis configuration pop-over
- Crosstabs view secondary configuration pop-over
- Custom Color colour picker dialog
- Customize Toolbar panel
- Dance pop-up
- Date picker pop-over
- Define new Displayed Attributes pop-over
- Edit Background dialog
- Emoji & Symbols pop-over
- Error List pop-over
- Explode pop-over
- Export as Outline panel
- Export as Text panel
- Export HTML progress bar
- Find results pop-over
- Find results stand-alone dialog
- Fonts dialog
- Get Info pop-over
- Get Info stand-alone dialog
- Grid Properties pop-over
- HTML Export folder dialog
- Link parking space (empty) click pop-over
- Link parking space click pop-over
- Link widget context pop-up
- List panel
- Map Settings pop-over
- Multi-window close confirmation pane
- Outline Settings pop-over
- Roadmap pop-over
- Roadmap stand-alone dialog
- Spelling and Grammar dialog
- Substitutions dialog
- Summary Display Properties pop-over
- Table dialog
- Text pane with $Text selection, Link parking space click pop-over
- Text pane, Link parking space click pop-over
- Timeline Settings pop-over
- Tinderbox Help dialog
- Treemap Settings pop-over
- What's New dialog
- Menus
- Main menu bar
- Menus & sub-menus
- Pop-up menus and lists
- Agent Priority pop-up list
- Alignment pop-up list
- Attribute Type pop-up list
- Border Style pop-up list
- Border Width pop-up list
- Cleanup Action pop-up list
- Color Shade pop-up list
- Crosstabs view cell context menu
- Default Badge list
- Defined Colors pop-up list
- Displayed Attributes date format pop-up list
- Displayed Attributes table context pop-up
- Displayed Attributes, Value pop-up list
- Fills pop-up menu
- Find Results context menu
- Hyperbolic view context menu.
- Layout Orientation sub-menu
- Line Spacing pop-up list
- Link Types pop-up list
- Paragraph Spacing pop-up list
- Pattern pop-up list
- Prototype pop-up list
- Shape pop-up list
- Share sub-menu
- Sort pop-up list
- Sort Transform pop-up list
- Tab pop-up menu
- Template pop-up menu
- Text pane, Find input Pattern pop-up
- Text pane, Find input pop-up
- Text pane, HTML tab, pop-up menu
- Text pane, no text selection, pop-up menu
- Text pane, Preview tab, pop-up menu
- Text pane, text selected, pop-up menu
- Texture pop-up list
- Title size pop-up list
- View pane (note selected), pop-up menu
- View pane Find, pop-up menu
- View pane, Attribute Browser (note selected), pop-up menu
- View pane, pop-up menu
- View pane, Treemap (note selected): pop-up menu
- Visual Styling
- Text Markups
- Shapes, borders, patterns and fills
- rectangle / normal
- Pattern: lines
- Pattern: gradient
- Pattern: diagonal
- Pattern: cylinder
- Pattern: radial
- Pattern: bar(30)
- Pattern: vbar(70)
- Pattern: ring()
- Pattern: bargraph() (for container plot only)
- Pattern: plot() (for container plot only)
- Pattern: xyplot() (for container plot only)
- Pattern: pie()
- Tinderbox built-in fonts
- Map of Tinderbox's defined colours
- Map of shapes, borders and patterns
- Note Colours
- Misc. User Interface Aspects
- Age Colouring of Notes
- Agent's AgentPriority Status shown in Icon
- Anonymised Data Sharing
- Autocompletion of input
- Automatic Geocoding
- Automatic re-open of last-used TBX
- Automatic Saving
- Badges
- Blind typing in view window
- Built-in (export) Templates
- Built-in composites
- Built-in Prototypes
- Closing pop-overs
- Composites
- Container Sorting and Transforms
- Content/Type Dependent Icons
- Copying/Moving notes within Tinderbox
- Copying/Moving text within Tinderbox
- Creating Footnote notes
- Current attribute: shared by Quickstamp and Get Info
- Default note colours & patterns
- Display Expressions
- Displayed Attributes replace Key Attributes
- Dragging notes between TBXs
- Embedded image fills
- Features needing more recent OS versions
- Finder Quicklook
- Focus View, Expand View
- Full Screen mode
- Hoisting view on childless containers
- Hover Expressions
- Hover Images
- In-place title editing
- Link creation and parking tools
- Link Indication in Note Icon
- macOS Dark/Light modes
- Markdown preview rendering
- Naming of duplicating notes
- Navigating via links
- Outline vs. Map Interface
- Pane focus indicator
- Pasting notes: creation and modification dates
- Pictures in notes
- Pre-populating Displayed Attributes pop-up lists
- Selecting notes
- Setting a prototype
- Suggest Attribute value lists
- Tear-off windows
- Text for multiple selections
- Title Strike-Through
- View filters
- Wrapping of long titles
- Formatting
- Command Line
- Copy to Clipboard
- Date Formats
- Dragging text within $Text
- Number Currency Formats
- Duplicating items
- Last-used OS folder
- Linking to local files (File-type attributes)
- Negative Dates (i.e. years BCE/BC)
- OS Services
- Quick Lists
- Reset $Text formatting
- Spotlight support
- Smart Dashes
- Smart Links
- Smart Quotes
- Smart URLs
- Support for other app-specific formats
- Text line endings
- Time - Displaying and Setting Seconds
- Import
- AutoFetch
- Drag from $Text to Outline/Map to create a note
- Dragged folder links
- Dragging a URL from web browser
- Dragging Address info into Tinderbox
- Dragging emails to Tinderbox
- Dragging HTML files to Tinderbox
- Dragging text from a web browser
- Dropping Text files into Tinderbox
- Exploding Notes
- Formatting dates for import to Tinderbox
- Importing from other file types and applications
- Inserting images into note $Text
- Neuro-Linguistic Programming
- OPML Import
- Pasting a child to childless notes
- Pasting and Text Margins
- Pasting into Tinderbox and line ends
- Pasting into views
- RTF (rich text) import
- Setting up for Tab-Delimited Import
- Spreadsheet (Tab-Delimited Text) Import
- vcard import
- Watched folders
- Watched Groups
- Working with $Text: support for styled text
- Export
- Aliases in HTML Export
- Attribute Browser Export
- Built-in Export Templates
- Copying from Column view
- Default Export Location
- Default export template
- Dragging from Tinderbox
- Email from Tinderbox
- Export - managing source code white space
- Export - name collision for created files
- Export - RSS and Atom feeds
- Export - splitting content and utility notes
- Export and links to page includes
- Export: 'envelope and letter' technique
- Exporting code samples
- Exporting Folders
- Exporting images
- Exporting Set-type data
- Export templates are notes
- HTML Entities
- HTML Export & Unicode non-UTF-8 characters
- HTML Export - exporting folders
- HTML Export - page(s) based on multiple notes
- HTML Export - points to consider
- HTML Export - exporting only as an include
- HTML Export: ^^value^^ vs. ^^get^^
- HTML Export - alternate mark-up processor
- Moving Stamps
- OPML Export
- Outline Export
- RTF (rich text) export
- Support for other app-specific formats
- Tabs, Quick Lists, Fonts and Export
- Text styling that does not export
- Tinderbox metadata in pasted Tinderbox data
- UTF-8 Export
- Working with LaTeX
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Keyboard shortcuts: keys and symbols
- Individual Shortcuts
- Align Center
- Align Left
- Align Right
- Attribute Browser view type
- Bold
- Browse Links
- Cancel Export
- Cancel Link
- Chart view type
- Check Document Now
- Clear Typeahead buffer
- Close [current TBX file's name]
- Close Current Text Link
- Close Window
- Collapse
- Copy
- Copy Style
- Copy View As Image
- Create Agent
- Create Child Note (as first sibling)
- Create Child Note (as last sibling)
- Create Note
- Create Note (as previous sibling)
- Create Note below selected note (Map)
- Create Note to left of selected note (Map)
- Crosstabs view shortcut
- Cut
- Cycle Tab selection
- Cycle Tab selection (reverse)
- Dance
- Delete current item (Outline)
- Delete entire word
- Delete to line end
- Deselect All
- Displayed Attributes table - toggle display
- Document Settings
- Drag-as-last-child
- Drag-create note aliases
- Drag-create note copies
- Drill Down (Map)
- Duplicate
- Edit-in-Place: abandon title edit
- Edit-in-Place: enter mode
- Edit-in-Place: exit mode
- Edit-in-Place: exit mode
- Edit-in-Place: split title at cursor
- Expand
- Expand All Descendants
- Expand Horizontally
- Expand Vertically
- Expand View (Map)
- Explode
- Extend Outline selection downwards
- Extend Outline selection upwards
- Find and Replace
- Find Next
- Find Previous
- Find text
- Find using $Text selection
- Focus view (other views)
- Follow text link
- Force Toggle Select tool
- Full Screen mode (toggle)
- Get Info
- Go Back
- Hide others
- Hide Tinderbox
- Horizontal Map Scroll
- Hyperbolic view
- Indent
- Insert Pattern
- Italic
- Jump to Selection
- Link To Selection
- Magnify
- Make Alias
- Make Web Link
- Map view type
- Minimize
- Move main view selection down
- Move main view selection up
- Move Note Down
- Move Note Up
- Move To First (Outline/Chart)
- Move To Front (Map)
- Move To Last (Outline/Chart)
- Navigate (forwards)
- New (child Note)
- New (Note)
- New TBX document
- New Treemap View
- New Window
- Next Document Tab
- Next Tab
- Open (TBX file)
- Open Help menu
- Outline - Collapse/Expand All
- Outline - Demote Selection
- Outline - Hoist
- Outline - Promote Selection
- Outline - Show/Hide siblings
- Outline view type
- Page Setup
- Park Link
- Paste
- Paste and Match Style
- Paste Style
- Previous Document Tab
- Previous Tab
- Prototype
- Quickstamp
- Quit (Tinderbox) and Keep Windows
- Quit Tinderbox
- Redo (last edit or event)
- Rename
- Resize Window retaining text pane width
- Roadmap
- Save
- Save As…
- Scroll Page Down
- Scroll Page Up
- Scroll to bottom (End)
- Scroll to end of line
- Scroll to start of line
- Scroll to top (Home)
- Select All
- Selection - Add/Remove Item
- Selection - drag select
- Selection - Expand
- Selection of Read-Only Text
- Send Behind - Reversed (Cycle Open Windows)
- Send Behind (Cycle Open Windows)
- Send To Back (Map)
- Set cursor focus in text pane
- Set focus inside a link's anchor text
- Short Date
- Short Date and Time
- Show Dictionary pop-up
- Show Emoji and Symbols
- Show Original
- Show Original in New Tab
- Show Ruler
- Show Spelling and Grammar
- Show/Hide (text) Ruler
- Show/Hide Displayed Attributes
- Show/Hide Fonts
- Show/Hide Inspector
- Show/Hide Prototypes
- Show/Hide Quickstamp
- Shrink
- Special Characters
- Split Note
- Standard Scale
- Standard Size
- Stop Creating a Link
- Strikethrough
- Text - set Black ($TextFont) text
- Text - set Blue text
- Text - set Green text
- Text - set normal colour text
- Text - set Red text
- Text - set Warm Gray text
- Text - toggle Yellow-highlighted text
- Text (pane) Only
- Text pane - select next $OutlineOrder item
- Text pane - select previous $OutlineOrder item
- Text pane - show/hide Links pane
- Text Window
- Text window - toggle focus
- Timeline view
- Tinderbox Preferences
- Toggle Displayed Attributes boolean
- Toggle Select Area tool
- Toggle window focus
- Toggle zoomed map view
- Underline
- Underline links
- Undo (last edit or event)
- Unindent
- Update now (Agents)
- Use Filter
- Vertical Map Scroll
- View (pane) Only
- View and Text (show both panes)
- Reverse Look-up Map
- Unicode Codes for Keyboard symbols
- Conflicts with other apps
- Attributes
- System Attribute List
- Abstract
- AccentColor
- AccessDate
- Address
- AdornmentCount
- AdornmentFont
- AgentAction
- AgentCaseSensitive
- AgentPriority
- AgentQuery
- AIM
- Aliases
- ArticleTitle
- Associates
- Author2
- Author3
- Author4
- Authors
- AutoFetch
- AutoFetchCommand
- AutomaticIndent
- Badge
- BadgeMonochrome
- BadgeSize
- Base
- BeforeVisit
- Bend
- BookTitle
- Border
- BorderBevel
- BorderColor
- BorderDash
- CallNumber
- Caption
- CaptionAlignment
- CaptionColor
- CaptionFont
- CaptionOpacity
- CaptionSize
- Checked
- ChildCount
- ChosenWord
- City
- CleanupAction
- ClusterTerms
- CodeFont
- Color
- Color2
- Container
- Country
- Created
- CreatedFrom
- Creator
- Deck
- DescendantCount
- DEVONthinkGroup
- DEVONthinkLabel
- Direction
- DisplayedAttributes
- DisplayedAttributesDateFormat
- DisplayedAttributesFont
- DisplayedAttributesFontSize
- DisplayExpression
- DisplayExpressionDisabled
- DisplayName
- District
- DOI
- DominantLanguage
- DueDate
- Edict
- EdictDisabled
- Edition
- EndDate
- EstimatedNoteSize
- EvernoteNotebook
- File
- Fill
- FillOpacity
- Flags
- FormattedAddress
- FullName
- GeocodedAddress
- GridColor
- GridColumns
- GridLabelFont
- GridLabels
- GridLabelSize
- GridOpacity
- GridRows
- Height
- HideDisplayedAttributes
- HideKeyAttributes
- HoverExpression
- HoverFont
- HoverImage
- HoverOpacity
- HTMLBoldEnd
- HTMLBoldStart
- HTMLCloud1End
- HTMLCloud1Start
- HTMLCloud2End
- HTMLCloud2Start
- HTMLCloud3End
- HTMLCloud3Start
- HTMLCloud4End
- HTMLCloud4Start
- HTMLCloud5End
- HTMLCloud5Start
- HTMLDontExport
- HTMLEntities
- HTMLExportAfter
- HTMLExportBefore
- HTMLExportChildren
- HTMLExportCommand
- HTMLExportExtension
- HTMLExportFileName
- HTMLExportFileNameSpacer
- HTMLExportPath
- HTMLExportTemplate
- HTMLFileNameLowerCase
- HTMLFileNameMaxLength
- HTMLFirstParagraphEnd
- HTMLFirstParagraphStart
- HTMLFont
- HTMLFontSize
- HTMLImageEnd
- HTMLImageStart
- HTMLIndentedParagraphEnd
- HTMLIndentedParagraphStart
- HTMLItalicEnd
- HTMLItalicStart
- HTMLLinkExtension
- HTMLListEnd
- HTMLListItemEnd
- HTMLListItemStart
- HTMLListStart
- HTMLMarkDown
- HTMLMarkupText
- HTMLOrderedListEnd
- HTMLOrderedListItemEnd
- HTMLOrderedListItemStart
- HTMLOrderedListStart
- HTMLOverwriteImages
- HTMLParagraphEnd
- HTMLParagraphStart
- HTMLPreviewCommand
- HTMLQuoteHTML
- HTMLStrikeEnd
- HTMLStrikeStart
- HTMLUnderlineEnd
- HTMLUnderlineStart
- ID
- ImageCount
- InboundLinkCount
- InteriorScale
- IrisAngle
- IrisRadius
- IsAdornment
- IsAlias
- ISBN
- IsComposite
- IsMultiple
- IsPrototype
- Issue
- IsTemplate
- Journal
- KeyAttributeDateFormat
- KeyAttributeFont
- KeyAttributeFontSize
- KeyAttributes
- LastFetched
- Latitude
- LeafBase
- LeafBend
- LeafDirection
- LeafTip
- LeftMargin
- LineSpacing
- LocalAttributes
- Lock
- Longitude
- MapBackgroundAccentColor
- MapBackgroundColor
- MapBackgroundColor2
- MapBackgroundFill
- MapBackgroundFillOpacity
- MapBackgroundPattern
- MapBackgroundShadow
- MapBodyTextColor
- MapBodyTextSize
- MapNameSize
- MapPrototypeColor
- MapScrollX
- MapScrollY
- MapTextSize
- Modified
- mt_allow_comments
- mt_allow_pings
- mt_convert_breaks
- mt_keywords
- MyBoolean
- MyColor
- MyDate
- MyInterval
- MyList
- MyNumber
- MySet
- MyString
- Name
- NameAlignment
- NameBold
- NameColor
- NameFont
- NameLeading
- NameStrike
- NeverComposite
- NLNames
- NLOrganizations
- NLPlaces
- NLTags
- NoSpellling
- NotesFolder
- NotesID
- NotesModified
- NoteURL
- OnAdd
- OnJoin
- OnRemove
- OnVisit
- Opacity
- Organization
- OutboundLinkCount
- OutlineBackgroundColor
- OutlineColorSwatch
- OutlineDepth
- OutlineNameSize
- OutlineOrder
- OutlineTextSize
- Pages
- ParagraphSpacing
- Path
- Pattern
- PlainLinkCount
- PlotBackgroundColor
- PlotBackgroundOpacity
- PlotColor
- PlotColorList
- PostalCode
- Private
- Prototype
- PrototypeBequeathsChildren
- PrototypeHighlightColor
- PublicationCity
- PublicationYear
- Publisher
- Range
- RawData
- ReadCount
- ReadOnly
- ReferenceRIS
- ReferenceTitle
- ReferenceURL
- RefFormat
- RefKeywords
- RefType
- Requirements
- ResetAction
- RightMargin
- Role
- RSSChannelTemplate
- RSSItemLimit
- RSSItemTemplate
- Rule
- RuleDisabled
- ScrivenerID
- ScrivenerKeywords
- ScrivenerLabel
- ScrivenerLabelID
- ScrivenerNote
- ScrivenerStatus
- ScrivenerStatusID
- ScrivenerType
- Searchable
- SelectionCount
- Separator
- Shadow
- ShadowBlur
- ShadowColor
- ShadowDistance
- Shape
- ShowTitle
- SiblingOrder
- SimplenoteKey
- SimplenoteModified
- SimplenoteSync
- SimplenoteTags
- SimplenoteVersion
- SmartQuotes
- Sort
- SortAlso
- SortAlsoTransform
- SortBackward
- SortBackwardAlso
- SortTransform
- SourceCreated
- SourceModifed
- SourceURL
- StartDate
- State
- Sticky
- Subtitle
- SubtitleColor
- SubtitleOpacity
- SubtitleSize
- TableExpression
- TableHeading
- Tabs
- Tags
- Telephone
- Text
- TextAlign
- TextBackgroundColor
- TextColor
- TextExportTemplate
- TextFont
- TextFontSize
- TextLength
- TextLinkCount
- TextPaneRatio
- TextPaneWidth
- TextSidebar
- TextWindowHeight
- TextWindowWidth
- TimelineAliases
- TimelineBand
- TimelineBandLabelColor
- TimelineBandLabelOpacity
- TimelineBandLabels
- TimelineColor
- TimelineDescendants
- TimelineEnd
- TimelineEndAttribute
- TimelineGridColor
- TimelineMarker
- TimelineScaleColor
- TimelineScaleColor2
- TimelineStart
- TimelineStartAttribute
- Tip
- TitleBackgroundColor
- TitleFont
- TitleForegroundColor
- TitleHeight
- TitleOpacity
- Tot
- UpdateTextLinksAfterRename
- URL
- UUID
- ViewInBrowser
- Visits
- Volume
- WatchFolder
- WebLinkCount
- WeblogPostID
- Width
- WordCount
- Xpos
- Ypos
- Ziplinks
- Attribute Data Types
- Attribute Groups within Tinderbox
- Agent Attributes
- AI Attributes
- Appearance Attributes
- Composites Attributes
- Events Attributes
- General Attributes
- Grid Attributes
- HTML Attributes
- Internal Attributes (4)
- Iris Attributes
- Map Attributes
- Net Attributes
- Outline Attributes
- People Attributes
- Places Attributes
- References Attributes
- Sandbox Attributes
- Scrivener Attributes
- Sorting Attributes
- Storyspace Attributes
- TextFormat Attributes
- Textual Attributes
- Watch Attributes
- Weblog Attributes
- User Attributes
- Read-only system attributes
- Attributes inherited from Document Settings
- Attributes which are intrinsic
- System attributes Internal group
- Attributes grouped by purpose
- Action code related attributes
- Agent configuration attributes
- Calculated data attributes
- Composite configuration attributes
- Data synch attributes
- Experimental attributes
- General data attributes
- Export purposes
- Import configuration attributes
- Locational data attributes
- Map configuration attributes
- Map item purposes
- Map item badge configuration attributes
- Map item border configuration attributes
- Map item caption configuration attributes
- Map item general configuration attributes
- Map item grid configuration attributes
- Map item shadow configuration attributes
- Map item subtitle configuration attributes
- Map item text configuration attributes
- Notes
- Outline configuration attributes
- Person detail attributes
- Sort configuration attributes
- Special note type designator attributes
- Timeline configuration attributes
- Timeline event configuration attributes
- Weblog configuration attributes
- Deprecated attributes
- Attributes settable via the UI
- Editing attribute values
- Attribute Naming
- Determining the data type of an attribute
- Setting/resetting an attribute's default
- Using attributes as global variables/constants
- Attributes - $ prefix notation
- Setting an attribute to (no value)
- Setting an attribute to re-enable inheritance
- Renaming an attribute
- System Attribute List
- Actions & Rules
- Basic action code syntax
- Operators
- Full Operator List
- - (subtraction)
- != (inequality)
- (!$AttributeName) (short form test for no value)
- * (multiplication)
- / (division)
- & (query logical AND join)
- &= (logical AND assignment)
- + (addition)
- + (concatenation)
- < (less than)
- <= (less than or equal to)
- = (assignment)
- == (equality)
- > (greater than)
- >= (greater than or equal to)
- | (query logical OR join)
- |= (logical OR assigment)
- $AttributeName (reference to attribute value)
- $AttributeName (short form test for value)
- abs(argument)
- action(code)
- any(group,value)
- atan(argument)
- attributeEncode(data)
- avg_if(group,condition,value)
- avg(group,value)
- between(value,min,max)
- capitalize(data)
- ceil(argument)
- collect_if(group,condition,attribute)
- collect(group,attribute)
- Color.blue
- Color.brightness
- Color.format
- Color.green
- Color.hue
- Color.red
- Color.saturation
- compositeFor("item")
- compositeFor("item"):count
- compositeFor("item"):kind
- compositeFor("item"):name
- compositeFor("item"):role("theRole")
- compositeFor("item"):roles
- compositeWithName("compositeName")
- contains(item)
- cos(argument)
- count(list)
- covid()
- create(item)
- createAgent(item)
- Date.day
- Date.format("formatString")
- Date.hour
- Date.minute
- Date.month
- Date.second
- Date.week
- Date.weekday
- Date.year
- date(string)
- date(year,month,day,[hour,min])
- day(theDate[,value])
- days(date1,date2)
- degrees(argument)
- delete(item)
- descendedFrom(item)
- distance(note1,note2)
- distanceTo(note1,note2)
- do(macro[,args])
- drivingTimeTo(note)
- escapeHTML(data)
- eval([item],expression)
- every(group,value)
- exp(N)
- exportedString("item",template)
- find(query)
- first(item[,N])
- firstWord("data")
- floor(argument)
- format(data, "formatString")
- hasLocalValue("attributeName"[,target])
- hour(theDate[,value])
- hours(date1,date2)
- idEncode(data)
- if(condition){action}[else{action}]
- indented(N[,"item"])
- inheritsFrom(["item",]"prototype")
- inside("item")
- Interval.day
- Interval.format("formatString")
- Interval.hour
- Interval.minute
- Interval.second
- interval(date1,date2)
- isbn10("data")
- isbn13("data")
- isDuplicateName(item)
- jsonEncode(data)
- last("item"[,N])
- lastWord("data")
- linkedFrom("[item|group]"[,linkType])
- linkedTo("[item|group]"[,linkType])
- linkFrom(["item|group"][,"linkType"])
- linkFromOriginal(["item|group"][,"linkType"])
- links[(item|group)].kind.[linkType].attribute
- linkTo(["item|group"][,"linkType"])
- linkToOriginal(["item|group"][,"linkType"])
- List.isort([$Attribute])
- List.nsort([$Attribute])
- List.sort([$Attribute])
- List.unique
- list(expression_list)
- List/Set.any(element, expression)
- List/Set.at(N)
- List/Set.contains("pattern")
- List/Set.containsAnyOf("list")
- List/Set.count
- List/Set.each(LoopVar)
- List/Set.empty
- List/Set.every(element, expression)
- List/Set.format("formatString")
- List/Set.icontains("pattern")
- List/Set.icontainsAnyOf("list")
- List/Set.intersect(set)
- List/Set.lookup("key")
- List/Set.max
- List/set.min
- List/set.remove()
- List/Set.replace("match","replacement")
- List/Set.reverse
- List/Set.size
- List/Set.sum
- List/Set.tr(dataIn,dataOut)
- locale(code)
- log(argument)
- lowercase(data)
- max(list)
- min(list)
- minute(theDate[,value])
- minutes(date1,date2)
- mod(argumentA,argumentB)
- month(theDate[,value])
- months(date1,date2)
- notify(headline[, details, deliveryTime ])
- Number.format(decimalsN[,widthN][,padStr])
- Number.precision(N)
- originalLinkedFrom(designator[,linkType])
- originalLinkedTo(designator[,linkType])
- play("sound-file")
- pow(n,k)
- radians(argument)
- rand()
- rgb(red,green,blue)
- round(argument)
- runCommand(commandLine[,inputs,directory])
- seconds(date1,date2)
- similarTo("item",N)
- sin(argument)
- sqrt(argument)
- stamp(stampName[,item])
- String.beginsWith("string")
- String.bold
- String.capitalize
- String.contains("pattern")
- String.containsAnyOf(aSet)
- String.countOccurrencesOf("string")
- String.empty
- String.endsWith("string")
- String.find("string")
- String.fontSize(N)
- String.icontains("pattern")
- String.icontainsAnyOf(aSet)
- String.italic
- String.json()
- String.lowercase()
- String.paragraph(N)
- String.paragraphCount
- String.paragraphs(N)
- String.replace("pattern","replacement")
- String.reverse()
- String.size
- String.speak(["voice"])
- String.split("pattern")
- String.strike
- String.substr(startN[,lengthN])
- String.toNumber
- String.tr("dataIn","dataOut")
- String.uppercase()
- String.words(N)
- substr(data,start[,length])
- sum_if(group,condition,value)
- sum(group, value)
- tan(argument)
- time(theDate,hours,minutes)
- time(theDate)
- twitter(username,status)
- unlinkFrom(["item|group"][,"linkType"])
- unlinkFromOriginal(["item|group"][,"linkType"])
- unlinkTo(["item|group"][,"linkType"])
- unlinkToOriginal(["item|group"][,"linkType"])
- uppercase(data)
- urlEncode(data)
- values([group,]attribute)
- var
- version()
- weeks(start, end)
- word(data)
- wordsRelatedTo("term"[,N])
- year(theDate[,value])
- years(date1,date2)
- Action Operator Types
- Action Operator Scope
- Action Operator Functional Types
- Listing of dot operators
- Listing of operators honouring link types
- Full Operator List
- Compound Actions
- Conditional Actions (if clauses)
- Conditional statements using multiple arguments
- Expressions in Action code
- Expressions in paths
- Problematic Characters for Action code in $Name and $Path
- Delaying code execution in prototypes
- Delaying code execution in notes using prototypes
- Stand-alone expressions
- Actions as expressions
- Designators in actions
- Left side expressions
- The 'dot' operators
- Chaining 'dot' functions
- Look-up tables
- Stamps
- Link Actions
- Actions, Stamps and Quickstamps
- Setting an attribute to (no value)
- Setting an attribute to re-enable inheritance
- Short Boolean form
- Self-Cancelling Rules & Actions
- Query back-references
- Using long sections of code
- Using .each() for loops
- Constructing $Attribute references in loops
- Concatenation versus addition
- Parentheses as a guide to code execution
- Updates and cascading actions
- Optimising code for performance
- Checking and setting Time correctly in Date data
- Debugging user Action code
- Getting section number via Action code
- Working with $Container to move notes
- Pre-populating Displayed Attributes pop-up lists
- Using designator values as note titles
- Agent & Queries
- Query Syntax
- Simple Queries - equality and inequality
- String Attributes - comparison operators & case sensitivity
- Querying Lists and Sets
- Controlling Agent Update Cycle Time
- Sorting Agent Results
- Fine-tuning searches using $Searchable
- Using the 'agent' designator
- Regular Expressions in queries
- Agents and intrinsic attributes
- Query back-references
- Self-referring agents
- Date Comparisons - Date vs. Date/time
- Unparse-able queries
- Querying for aliases - agents
- Querying for aliases - find()
- Aliases, children and descendants
- Manually triggering agent updates
- Export Codes
- Export Codes - Full Listing
- ^action( action )^
- ^ancestors( [start, list-item-prefix, list-item-suffix, end ])^
- ^backslashEncode( data )^
- ^basicLinks( [start, list-item-prefix, list-item-suffix, end] )^
- ^childLinks( [start, list-item-prefix, list-item-suffix, end] )^
- ^children( [template][,N] )^
- ^cloud( item, count] )^
- ^comment( data )^
- ^descendants( [template][,N] )^
- ^directory( item )^
- ^do( theMacro [,argument, anotherArgument, etc.] )^
- ^docTitle^
- ^documentCloud( [count] )^
- ^else^
- ^endIf^
- ^file( item )^
- ^host^
- ^if( condition )^
- ^inboundBasicLinks( [start, list-item-prefix, list-item-suffix, end, type] )^
- ^inboundLinks( [start, list-item-prefix, list-item-suffix, end] )^
- ^inboundTextLinks( [start, list-item-prefix, list-item-suffix, end, type] )^
- ^include( item|group[, template] )^
- ^indent( [data][, N] )^
- ^linkTo( item [, data] [,css class] )^
- ^nextSibling^
- ^outboundBasicLinks( [start, list-item-prefix, list-item-suffix, end, type] )^
- ^outboundLinks( [start, list-item-prefix, list-item-suffix, end] )^
- ^outboundTextLinks( [start, list-item-prefix, list-item-suffix, end, type] )^
- ^outboundWebLinks( [start, list-item-prefix, list-item-suffix, end, type] )^
- ^paragraphs( [item,] N )^
- ^path[( item )]^
- ^previousSibling^
- ^randomChildOf( item )^
- ^randomLine( item )^
- ^root^
- ^sectionCloud( [item, count] )^
- ^sectionNumber( item )^
- ^setRoot( [newRoot] )^
- ^siblings( [start, list-item-prefix, list-item-suffix, end] )^
- ^similarTo( item, count[, start, list-item-prefix, list-item-suffix, end] )^
- ^text( [item, N, plain] )^
- ^title( [item] )^
- ^url( item )^
- ^value( expression )^
- ^version^
- Export Code Types
- Export Code Scope
- Using Export Code
- Altering mark-up for Export Code generated lists
- Debugging user Export code
- Export Code Arguments
- Export codes honouring link types
- Export Codes - Full Listing
- Deprecated Usage
- Tinderbox Application Support folders
- Tinderbox File Types
- Syntax Library
- About aTbRef
- Tinderbox Documentation And Other Resources
- Change Log
- v8.9.2b496 (11 Feb 2021)
- v8.9.1b486 (12 Jan 2021)
- v8.9.0b485 (30 Nov 2020)
- v8.8.0b479 (6 Oct 2020)
- v8.7.1b467 (22 Jun 2020)
- v8.7.0b464 (21 May 2020)
- v8.6.2b452 (14 Mar 2020)
- v8.6.1b451 (13 Mar 2020)
- v8.6.0b448 (11 Mar 2020)
- v8.5.1b437 (26 Feb 2020)
- v8.5.0b434 (20 Feb 2020)
- v8.2.3b426 (21 Jan 2020)
- v8.2.2b421 (28 Dec 2019)
- v8.2.1b416 (26 Nov 2019)
- v8.1.1b410 (31 Oct 2019)
- v8.1.0b405 (3 Jul 2019)
- v8.0.6b384 (3 Jul 2019)
- v8.0.5b383 (2 Jul 2019)
- v8.0.4b382 (26 Jun 2019)
- v8.0.3b374 (31 May 2019)
- v8.0.2b373 (29 May 2019)
- v8.0.1b366 (8 May 2019)
- Previous Versions
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