Deprecated core macros

1st November 2025 at 9:10am

Warning

It is discouraged to use the following macros. Though tiddlywiki might still support them, they may be in the process of being dropped, or may only be kept for compatibility purposes. Avoid using it, and update existing code if possible. Be aware that these macros may cease to work at any time.

Most deprecated macros are defined in $:/core/macros/deprecated. It is discouraged to use them.

Stylesheet Macros

Deprecated fromv5.4.0 The following core macros used to made it easy to specify alternative browser-specific properties when constructing a stylesheet tiddler. They are deprecated after 2017 baseline is supported in v5.4.0:

<<box-shadow shadow>>: for the x-box-shadow properties
<<filter filter>>: for the x-filter properties
<<transition transition>>: for the x-transition properties
<<transform-origin origin>>: for the x-transition-origin properties
<<background-linear-gradient gradient>>: for the x-linear-gradient values of the background-image property
<<column-count columns>>: for the x-column-count property