I have a bunch of components with Tag bindings, and I now want to parameterize these tags and will need to make them Expression bindings instead. I know I can easily find/replace the text, but it will then be the wrong binding type. Is there any way to mass-change them all to Expression bindings, or…

Why would parameterization require changing to expressions? (Normally, you'd change your direct tag bindings to indirect tag bindings.) And yes, pretty much always one-by-one. Because you will also need to add parameters to your views to reference in your indirect tag bindings.

I was copying something a colleague did. They had parameters passed into the View, and a custom property in the root container to build a string for the tag folder. Then on all their bindings, they're using tag({/root.custom.tagFolder} + "tagName"). On the places where I already used an Expression b…

Do not use the tag() expression function in UI bindings. Ever.

Technically, since Perspective config is all view.json files on disk, you could (in theory) come up with a jq snippet to run on the command line that recursively processes all your views. Where this approach lands on the automation graph is anyone's guess: [automation]

doing this in jq instead of python for actual dict processing is a deeply confusing take

[image] Leor_Fishman: deeply confusing take Paul is trying to nerd-snipe you. He sometimes succeeds on me, but not with jq. :neutral_face:

Well, considering he’s done similar things in the past perhaps he’s just trying to keep himself from being sniped. [image] How to create / append bulk tooltips via script with json export? Ignition Thanks. And to clarify, im trying to append tooltips into the .json TAG E…

[image] Leor_Fishman: doing this in jq instead of python for actual dict processing is a deeply confusing take Horses for courses. JSON manipulation of a deep file tree preserving everything else in the JSON structure unmodified is a more convoluted task than it seems at a glance in Python. …

[image] paul-griffith: spitting out jq incantations; I've never even attempted to learn its syntax I'm still convinced it doesn't have a syntax. You just mash things together and sometimes it works, sometimes you hit the randomise button again and you get lucky the 2nd time, or not …

Also [image] BigByte: want to parameterize these tags and will need to make them Expression bindings instead [image] BigByte: Then on all their bindings, they're using tag({/root.custom.tagFolder} + "tagName") [image] pturmel: Do not use the tag() expression function in UI binding…

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