[tw5] Re: can I create a tiddler without it entering edit mode?

2021-11-21 Thread andres....@gmail.com
oh that's good too! I wound up using ActionCreateTiddlerWidget as I had wanted to have it copy a template tiddler and it was most obviously able to do so, but good to know about setfield as well. That rename bit, though, is also gold. need to squirrel that away! thank you! On Monday, November 2

[tw5] Re: can I create a tiddler without it entering edit mode?

2021-11-21 Thread Eric Shulman
Another handy use of ActionSetFieldWidget is to "clone" a tiddler, simply by setting the title field. Let's suppose you have a Tiddler named "TidA", and you want to make a complete copy of it named "TidB". You can achieve this via: `<$action-setfield $tiddler="TidA" title="TidB" />` While this

[tw5] Re: can I create a tiddler without it entering edit mode?

2021-11-21 Thread andres....@gmail.com
Oh shoot! I've been using the ActionSetFieldWidget a bunch but only to modify fields in existing tiddlers. I completely missed that aspect of it. works perfectly! thank you both! On Sunday, November 21, 2021 at 10:45:35 PM UTC Eric Shulman wrote: > You can use https://tiddlywiki.com/#ActionCrea

[tw5] Re: can I create a tiddler without it entering edit mode?

2021-11-21 Thread Eric Shulman
You can use https://tiddlywiki.com/#ActionCreateTiddlerWidget or https://tiddlywiki.com/#ActionSetFieldWidget to create tiddlers without opening them in the Story Column. enjoy, -e On Sunday, November 21, 2021 at 2:27:29 PM UTC-8 andres@gmail.com wrote: > So doing a project and I am creatin

[tw5] Re: can I create a tiddler without it entering edit mode?

2021-11-21 Thread Charlie Veniot
G'day, I haven't tried this with latest edition of TiddlyWiki, but you should be able to use the ActionSetFieldWidget to create a tiddler with a value in some field. Set, say, the text field to some value. If the specified tiddler does not exist, it should get created. On Sunday, November 2