Thanks Saq! I probably didn't understand step 2 properly, since this is what I get when I click the "+" to create a new tiddler:
[image: Screenshot 2020-04-21 at 12.05.40 AM.png] On Monday, April 20, 2020 at 11:57:44 PM UTC+1, Saq Imtiaz wrote: > > Anne-Laure: No. Create a new tiddler with any title (e.g > MyCustomEditTemplate) , and paste the contents I provided into it. No tag > needed. > > Step 2, where we edit $:/config/ui/EditTemplate and replace the contents > with the title you used in Step 1 (MyCustomEditTemplate), tells TiddlyWiki > to use an entirely different EditTemplate instead of the default one. > > The tag $:/tags/EditTemplate is used when you want to add something to the > existing template, we are replacing it entirely, so as to override the > macro that dicatates what happens when we save a tiddler. So do not tag the > tiddler you create in step 1. > > Regards, > Saq > > > > On Tuesday, April 21, 2020 at 12:47:56 AM UTC+2, Anne-Laure Le Cunff wrote: >> >> Hi Saq, >> >> Thanks so much for this! >> >> Sorry for the newbie question, but can you confirm creating an Edit >> Template consists in tagging the Tiddler with $:/tags/EditTemplate >> <https://tiddlywiki.com/static/SystemTag%253A%2520%2524%253A%252Ftags%252FEditTemplate.html> >> ? >> >> Thank you! >> Anne-Laure. >> >> On Monday, April 20, 2020 at 8:58:06 PM UTC+1, Saq Imtiaz wrote: >>> >>> Try the following: >>> >>> 1) Backup your data, this is untested. >>> >>> 2) Save this as a custom Edit Template, say with title MyEditTemplate: >>> >>> \define save-tiddler-actions() >>> <$action-sendmessage $message="tm-add-tag" $param={{{ >>> [<newTagNameTiddler>get[text]] }}}/> >>> <$action-deletetiddler $tiddler=<<newTagNameTiddler>>/> >>> <$action-sendmessage $message="tm-add-field" $name={{{ >>> [<newFieldNameTiddler>get[text]] }}} $value={{{ >>> [<newFieldValueTiddler>get[text]] }}}/> >>> <$action-deletetiddler $tiddler=<<newFieldNameTiddler>>/> >>> <$action-deletetiddler $tiddler=<<newFieldValueTiddler>>/> >>> <$wikify name="tooltip" text={{!!text}}> >>> <$action-sendmessage $message="tm-add-field" $name="excerpt" $value={{{ >>> [<tooltip>split[]first[120]join[]] }}} /> >>> </$wikify> >>> <$action-sendmessage $message="tm-save-tiddler"/> >>> \end >>> <div data-tiddler-title=<<currentTiddler>> data-tags={{!!tags}} >>> class={{{ tc-tiddler-frame tc-tiddler-edit-frame >>> [<currentTiddler>is[tiddler]then[tc-tiddler-exists]] >>> [<currentTiddler>is[missing]!is[shadow]then[tc-tiddler-missing]] >>> [<currentTiddler>is[shadow]then[tc-tiddler-exists tc-tiddler-shadow]] >>> [<currentTiddler>is[system]then[tc-tiddler-system]] [{!!class}] >>> [<currentTiddler>tags[]encodeuricomponent[]addprefix[tc-tagged-]] +[join[ >>> ]] }}}> >>> <$fieldmangler> >>> <$vars storyTiddler=<<currentTiddler>> newTagNameTiddler=<<qualify >>> "$:/temp/NewTagName">> newFieldNameTiddler=<<qualify >>> "$:/temp/NewFieldName">> newFieldValueTiddler=<<qualify >>> "$:/temp/NewFieldValue">>> >>> <$keyboard key="((cancel-edit-tiddler))" message="tm-cancel-tiddler"> >>> <$keyboard key="((save-tiddler))" actions=<<save-tiddler-actions>>> >>> <$list >>> filter="[all[shadows+tiddlers]tag[$:/tags/EditTemplate]!has[draft.of]]" >>> variable="listItem"> >>> <$set name="tv-config-toolbar-class" filter="[<tv-config-toolbar-class>] >>> [<listItem>encodeuricomponent[]addprefix[tc-btn-]]"> >>> <$transclude tiddler=<<listItem>>/> >>> </$set> >>> </$list> >>> </$keyboard> >>> </$keyboard> >>> </$vars> >>> </$fieldmangler> >>> </div> >>> >>> 3) edit $:/config/ui/EditTemplate and replace its content with the title >>> of the template tiddler you created in #2 above, so that our new edit >>> template is used >>> >>> 4) Try editing and saving any tiddler, an excerpt should get saved into >>> a field called "excerpt" >>> >>> 5) use the excerpt field for the tooltip, you could also rename to >>> caption. >>> >>> 6) if all the above steps work reliably (and I believe they should), >>> next step could be to look into outputting html that would support dropping >>> in a library like tippy.js in the static version to control the display of >>> the tooltip. Tippy.js expects an attribute >>> data-tippy-content >>> on links that contains the tooltip text to display. >>> >>> Hope this helps, >>> Saq >>> >>> On Monday, April 20, 2020 at 9:39:54 PM UTC+2, Anne-Laure Le Cunff wrote: >>>> >>>> @Saq - thank you for confirming! Didn't realise these were generated on >>>> demand. That explains why it doesn't work with the static website. >>>> >>>> @Diego - totally missed that previous message. Thank you! Yes this is >>>> exactly what I want. >>>> >>>> So, just to recapitulate where I'm at, I used a couple of solutions >>>> that more or less worked once exported as a static website: >>>> >>>> *1)* Old school iframe which works on static website but doesn't look >>>> great (see here <https://notes.nesslabs.com/about>, hover your mouse >>>> on "Other Minds") >>>> *2)* Transclude caption into "tooltip" (which unfortunately uses the >>>> default "title tooltip" from the browser so takes a long time to show up) >>>> >>>> *\define tv-wikilink-tooltip()* >>>> *<$transclude field="tooltip"><$transclude >>>> field="caption"/></$transclude>* >>>> *\end* >>>> >>>> *Here is a link to [[Title of Tiddler]] with a custom tooltip.* >>>> >>>> And I added a "caption" field to each Tiddler. Works once exported to >>>> static website. Pretty happy with this except that the tooltip takes a >>>> long >>>> time to appear. I much prefer the look and speed of the ones in Tobi >>>> Beer's >>>> plugin. >>>> >>>> --- >>>> >>>> *3)* Use Tobi Beer's plugin >>>> <http://tobibeer.github.io/tw5-plugins/#preview>, which transcludes >>>> the whole target article (see demo >>>> <https://ybalkind.github.io/tryingtiddlywiki/#How%20I%20use%20this%20blog>, >>>> >>>> maybe a bit over the top). Works great on TW itself but doesn't work (as >>>> Saq confirmed) when exported to a static website. >>>> >>>> So my question is... Do you think there's a way to implement #2 >>>> (display caption field in tooltip) with the look and speed of #3 (Tobi >>>> Beer's plugin)? >>>> >>>> Sorry for the rambling, and thanks so much for your help! >>>> >>>> >>>> On Monday, April 20, 2020 at 8:26:17 PM UTC+1, Diego Mesa wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Anne-Laure, >>>>> >>>>> For reference/completion, Tobi Beer's plugin was also the solution I >>>>> proposed in this thread you started about "how to show link preview on >>>>> hover in static websites" not that long ago: >>>>> >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/TiddlyWiki/_7ozNvkpPVg/vHXL1Ae4AgAJ >>>>> >>>>> Diego >>>>> >>>>> On Monday, April 20, 2020 at 2:03:12 PM UTC-5, Anne-Laure Le Cunff >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I found this amazing plugin >>>>>> <http://tobibeer.github.io/tw5-plugins/#preview> by Tobi Beer which >>>>>> does almost exactly what I want — thanks Yoni for sharing the link! >>>>>> >>>>>> Does anyone have a guide / any clue as to how the same behaviour >>>>>> could be preserved when exporting to a static website? (I have the >>>>>> Node.js >>>>>> version of TW installed) >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks so much. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Monday, April 20, 2020 at 5:39:53 PM UTC+1, Anne-Laure Le Cunff >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> That's a great idea, thank you! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Monday, April 20, 2020 at 3:18:08 PM UTC+1, Saq Imtiaz wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> If you would like to automate generating the caption, perhaps look >>>>>>>> into generating and saving and excerpt in the caption field when a >>>>>>>> tiddler >>>>>>>> is saved? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/a4576dd9-cfa7-452c-a8dc-8fd05cfb1d8a%40googlegroups.com.
