title: ViewWidget
created: 201310241419
modified: 201402220837
tags: widget

! Introduction

The view widget displays the contents of a tiddler field in a specified format.

! Content and Attributes

The content of the `<$view>` widget is displayed if the field or property is missing or empty.

|!Attribute |!Description |
|tiddler |The title of the tiddler (defaults to the [[WidgetVariable: currentTiddler]]) |
|field |The name of the field to view (defaults to "text") |
|index |The name of the index to view |
|format |The format for displaying the field (see below) |
|template |The optional template used with certain formats |

!! Formats

The following formats can be specified in the `format` attribute:

|!Format |!Description |
|''text'' |Plain text |
|''htmlwikified'' |The field is wikified and the resulting HTML returned as plain text |
|''htmlencoded'' |The field is displayed with HTML encoding issues |
|''date'' |The field is interpreted as a UTC date and displayed according to the DateFormat specified in the `template` attribute |
|''relativedate'' |The field is interpreted as a UTC date and displayed as the interval from the present instant |
|''stripcomments'' |The field is interpreted as JavaScript source code and any lines beginning `\\#` are stripped |
|''jsencoded'' |The field is displayed as a JavaScript encoded string |
