Possible function calls on dv objects?

[Nirrain]

Hi,

I am trying out the new file.lists to solve this requirement and am very happy with the new functionality, thank you!

However, it makes me want even more! 🙂

I have a number of files with documentation organized as

Header

• Description:: "short description"

"Long description and further details"

In a separate note I use the following dataviewjs to list the header and short description of each entry grouped by file

for ( let group of 
	dv.pages().where(p => p.DVType == "Documentation").groupBy(p => p.file)) {
	dv.table(["Description", "Link"], 
	group.rows
		.map( p => [p.file.lists.Description, p.file.lists.header]))
	}
;

It works ok, but the file name is part of the displayed file.lists.header which adds clutter so I am trying to manipulate the link to omit the filename.

So a few questions I would appreciate help with:

1. I have tried with variations of meta, substring and also tried to loop through the file.lists.header object to get each "row", but it usually just ends with "Cannot read property" or "is not a function" errors. Is there a way to manipulate the display text of a header link?
2. I can perform a typeof(file.lists.header) which returns Object, but is there a way to list all the possible functions that can be applied to this object? getOwnPropertyNames and keys do not seem to work

Dataview version: 0.5.20

Thank you!

[blacksmithgu]

For specific answers to your questions -

1. In DataviewJS, you can access link properties directly. To get the header name, use p.file.lists.header.subpath.
2. To get available functions, I would console.log the object and check it in the developer console.

[Nirrain]

As always superior user support on this open source project than most commercial products... I will try that, thank you!

[Nirrain]

It worked to create a customized link using below!
"[["+p.file.lists.header.path+"#"+p.file.lists.header.subpath+"|"+p.file.lists.header.subpath+"]]"

If I may bother you for one more question, is it possible to configure the width of each column in dv.table - when I create a table for each group.rows the columns do not align

[AB1908]

Use the inspector to find the CSS classes assigned to table rows and table cells. This should help you figure out which classes to target with CSS snippets.