[Templates] Incrementing + outputting a counter value

[Jim Spath]

Andy Wardley wrote:
> Jim Spath wrote:
>> Ideally, I'd like to do something like this:
>>
>>    [% tabindex++ %]
> 
> Hi Jim,
> 
> That will be supported in TT3.  As well as all the other usual variants, 
> e.g.
> 
>     tabindex--
>     tabindex += 5
>     tabindex *= 20
> 
> Until then, I'm afraid you're stick with this:
> 
>>   [% tabindex = tabindex + 1; tabindex %]
> 
> Or for this particular application, you might like to do something like 
> this
> at the start of the form/page:
> 
>   [% global.tabcount = 1;
> 
>      MACRO tabindex BLOCK;
>        n = global.tabcount;
>        global.tabcount = global.tabcount + 1;
>        "tabindex=\"$n\"";
>      END
>   -%]
> 
> Then in your fields you just need to do this:
> 
>   <input type="text" name="[% name %]" value="[% value %]" [% tabindex %]>

Hi Andy,

I ended up applying the tabindex's I needed using JavaScript... but this 
information is good to know... thanks!

How far down the road is a release of TT3?

- Jim