Global Drop Down Referencing Character Macros

Hello,

I have created a global drop down prompt that I am trying to reference a character's macros. The two macros look like this.

test1-2
&{template:default}}{{Spell Levels=[Lvl:0-1](!
%{Bartuc Vizjerei|0-1})}}

test2-3
[[3d6]] test

Global Macro

/w Bartuc ?{Select macro|[test1-2],%{Bartuc Vizjerei|test1-2}|test2-3,%{Bartuc Vizjerei|test2-3}}

Issue:



When I select either option it whispers to me "%{Bartuc Vizjerei|test2-3}" I'm guessing I have either an html entity misplaced here or I have something missing. This is quite maddening because if I just copy and paste "%{Bartuc Vizjerei|test1-2}" into the chat, it references the macro in my character sheet just fine. I would greatly appreciate any help.

Thanks for your time,

Blood-Lord

You never replace HTML in Ability or Attribute calls, as they are resolved before the Queries. You first example there also has an API command button, the syntax should be like this:

[Button](~characterName|abilityName)

After fixing up those two issues, you're likely to hit the next one, in that all the } | , characters inside those Ability macros will need to be escaped if you don't want the Query to break. If you're going for a spell list, as it appears, I'd highly recommend using a Chat Menu, trying to get those into a drop-down will require rewriting every single one into an HTML-escaped form which will not work unless it's run from the exact Query depth it's designed for.

Oosh said:

If you're going for a spell list, as it appears, I'd highly recommend using a Chat Menu, trying to get those into a drop-down will require rewriting every single one into an HTML-escaped form which will not work unless it's run from the exact Query depth it's designed for.

This looks like it requires API access and adjusting the CSS style of the client's page. I'm not really interested in subscribing to PRO. I'll work on this for the next week or so. I should be able to get it to work.

Thanks for your help!

Blood L. said:

This looks like it requires API access and adjusting the CSS style of the client's page. I'm not really interested in subscribing to PRO. I'll work on this for the next week or so. I should be able to get it to work.

Thanks for your help!

It is easier with a pro account, since some scripts will help generate the chat menus, but creating and using them manually doesn't require a subscription at all.

edit - whoops, just realised I've assumed the 5e Roll20 sheet. The repeating section names will be wrong if you're using another sheet.

Nope, no Pro required! And you can even skip the whole Stylus/CSS thing with some (rather ugly) style injection:

&{noerror} &{template:default}{{name=Spellbook}}{{Cantrips=[@{selected|repeating_spell-cantrip_$0_spellname}](~selected|repeating_spell-cantrip_$0_spell" style="background:none;border:none;color:blue;display:none;display:inline@{selected|repeating_spell-cantrip_$0_spellname|max})
[@{selected|repeating_spell-cantrip_$1_spellname}](~selected|repeating_spell-cantrip_$1_spell" style="background:none;border:none;color:blue;display:none;display:inline@{selected|repeating_spell-cantrip_$1_spellname|max})
[@{selected|repeating_spell-cantrip_$2_spellname} ](~selected|repeating_spell-cantrip_$2_spell" style="background:none;border:none;color:blue;display:none;display:inline@{selected|repeating_spell-cantrip_$2_spellname|max})
[@{selected|repeating_spell-cantrip_$3_spellname}](~selected|repeating_spell-cantrip_$3_spell" style="background:none;border:none;color:blue;display:none;display:inline@{selected|repeating_spell-cantrip_$3_spellname|max})}} {{Level 1
@{selected|lvl1_slots_expended}/@{selected|lvl1_slots_total} Slots=[@{selected|repeating_spell-1_$0_spellname}](~selected|repeating_spell-1_$0_spell" style="background:none;border:none;color:blue;display:none;display:inline@{selected|repeating_spell-1_$0_spellname|max})
[@{selected|repeating_spell-1_$1_spellname}](~selected|repeating_spell-1_$1_spell" style="background:none;border:none;color:blue;display:none;display:inline@{selected|repeating_spell-1_$1_spellname|max})
[@{selected|repeating_spell-1_$2_spellname} ](~selected|repeating_spell-1_$2_spell" style="background:none;border:none;color:blue;display:none;display:inline@{selected|repeating_spell-1_$2_spellname|max})
[@{selected|repeating_spell-1_$3_spellname}](~selected|repeating_spell-1_$3_spell" style="background:none;border:none;color:blue;display:none;display:inline@{selected|repeating_spell-1_$3_spellname|max})}}{{Level 2
@{selected|lvl2_slots_expended}/@{selected|lvl2_slots_total} Slots=[@{selected|repeating_spell-2_$0_spellname}](~selected|repeating_spell-2_$0_spell" style="background:none;border:none;color:blue;display:none;display:inline@{selected|repeating_spell-2_$0_spellname|max})
[@{selected|repeating_spell-2_$1_spellname}](~selected|repeating_spell-2_$1_spell" style="background:none;border:none;color:blue;display:none;display:inline@{selected|repeating_spell-2_$1_spellname|max})
[@{selected|repeating_spell-2_$2_spellname} ](~selected|repeating_spell-2_$2_spell" style="background:none;border:none;color:blue;display:none;display:inline@{selected|repeating_spell-2_$2_spellname|max})
[@{selected|repeating_spell-2_$3_spellname}](~selected|repeating_spell-2_$3_spell" style="background:none;border:none;color:blue;display:none;display:inline@{selected|repeating_spell-2_$3_spellname|max})}}

Just an example with 4 spells per tier, you'd probably want to increase that. And you can pretty it up, and remove blank lines, using Stylus if you prefer. Also, you probably want to put a /w "@{selected|character_name}" at the start, or just hard code it with /w "playerName".

If it's for a player, I'd also do a Replace All and change selected to the character name, so you don't have the annoyance of the macro not working if your token isn't selected.

If you only want to display prepared spells, that definitely requires Stylus (so only works for the person running the Stylus changes).

You can make the style injection a bit simpler as well by using this Stupid Trick:

1. Create a character named 'Style'

2. On the Attributes & Abilities page of the character sheet, create an ability named 'Spellbook'

3. In the 'current' field for the 'Spellbook' ability, paste the entire final code you want to use

style="background:none;border:none;color:blue;display:none;display:inline

@{Style|Spellbook}

&{noerror} &{template:default}{{name=Spellbook}}{{Cantrips=[@{selected|repeating_spell-cantrip_$0_spellname}](~selected|repeating_spell-cantrip_$0_spell" @{Style|Spellbook}@{selected|repeating_spell-cantrip_$0_spellname|max})
[@{selected|repeating_spell-cantrip_$1_spellname}](~selected|repeating_spell-cantrip_$1_spell" @{Style|Spellbook}@{selected|repeating_spell-cantrip_$1_spellname|max})
[@{selected|repeating_spell-cantrip_$2_spellname} ](~selected|repeating_spell-cantrip_$2_spell" @{Style|Spellbook}@{selected|repeating_spell-cantrip_$2_spellname|max})
[@{selected|repeating_spell-cantrip_$3_spellname}](~selected|repeating_spell-cantrip_$3_spell" @{Style|Spellbook}@{selected|repeating_spell-cantrip_$3_spellname|max})}} {{Level 1
@{selected|lvl1_slots_expended}/@{selected|lvl1_slots_total} Slots=[@{selected|repeating_spell-1_$0_spellname}](~selected|repeating_spell-1_$0_spell" @{Style|Spellbook}@{selected|repeating_spell-1_$0_spellname|max})
[@{selected|repeating_spell-1_$1_spellname}](~selected|repeating_spell-1_$1_spell" @{Style|Spellbook}@{selected|repeating_spell-1_$1_spellname|max})
[@{selected|repeating_spell-1_$2_spellname} ](~selected|repeating_spell-1_$2_spell" @{Style|Spellbook}@{selected|repeating_spell-1_$2_spellname|max})
[@{selected|repeating_spell-1_$3_spellname}](~selected|repeating_spell-1_$3_spell" @{Style|Spellbook}@{selected|repeating_spell-1_$3_spellname|max})}}{{Level 2
@{selected|lvl2_slots_expended}/@{selected|lvl2_slots_total} Slots=[@{selected|repeating_spell-2_$0_spellname}](~selected|repeating_spell-2_$0_spell" @{Style|Spellbook}@{selected|repeating_spell-2_$0_spellname|max})
[@{selected|repeating_spell-2_$1_spellname}](~selected|repeating_spell-2_$1_spell" @{Style|Spellbook}@{selected|repeating_spell-2_$1_spellname|max})
[@{selected|repeating_spell-2_$2_spellname} ](~selected|repeating_spell-2_$2_spell" @{Style|Spellbook}@{selected|repeating_spell-2_$2_spellname|max})
[@{selected|repeating_spell-2_$3_spellname}](~selected|repeating_spell-2_$3_spell" @{Style|Spellbook}@{selected|repeating_spell-2_$3_spellname|max})}}