Okay, now that I'm back from slamming my forehead against a door frame for not having brought this up earlier...
Thank-you much, Eric ! Does that ever make a huge difference. I'm sure that's going to help me immensely, and I'm going to set that up in all my TiddlyWiki instances. On Sunday, May 28, 2023 at 5:23:49 PM UTC-3 Eric Shulman wrote: > The `$dropzone` widget used to trigger drag-and-drop $:/Import handling is > defined in `$:/core/ui/PageTemplate`: > ``` > <$dropzone enable=<<tv-enable-drag-and-drop>>> > ``` > which also defines the `tv-enable-drag-and-drop` variable, which gets it's > value from the contents of `$:/config/DragAndDrop/Enable`, and has a > default value of "yes". To disable the default $dropzone, create a tiddler > named `$:/config/DragAndDrop/Enable`, with a text field value of "no". > After doing this, you will no longer be able to use drag-and-drop to import > tiddlers. You will still be able to use the "Import" PageToolbar button > (see the sidebar "Tools" tab, or `$:/ControlPanel > Appearance > Toolbars > > Page Toolbar` settings) to initiate a "browse for file" system dialog to > import tiddlers from locally saved .JSON files. > > You can define your own custom dropzone "hotspot" by creating a tiddler > containing something like `<$dropzone>drop here to import > tiddlers</$dropzone>`. When that tiddler is displayed, you can then > drag-and-drop onto the "drop here to import tiddlers" text to initiate the > TWCore's usual $:/Import handling. To add a nice visible "import tiddlers" > $button interface into the SideBar, try this: > * Create a tiddler (e.g., SidebarImportZone) > * Enter text content: `<$dropzone><$button>drop here to import > tiddlers</$button></$dropzone>` > * Tag it with `$:/tags/SideBarSegment` > * Add a field named 'list-before' with a value of > `$:/core/ui/SideBarSegments/tabs` > > Important note: Setting `$:/config/DragAndDrop/Enable` to "no" also > disables use of drag-and-drop for re-ordering items within tag dropdowns. > To avoid this side-effect, instead of setting > `$:/config/DragAndDrop/Enable` to "no", you can disable the drag-and-drop > $:/Import handling by editing the `$:/core/ui/PageTemplate` shadow tiddler > and completely removing the `<$dropzone ...>` and `</$dropzone>` widgets > from that tiddler. This leaves the tag dropdown handling intact, while > still preventing page-wide drag-and-drop $:/Import handling from being > triggered. > > enjoy, > -e > > On Sunday, May 28, 2023 at 8:56:37 AM UTC-7 cj.v...@gmail.com wrote: > >> https://youtu.be/-UNSlUzdAY8 >> > -- 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/ab4b7d26-2716-4eb0-9104-56db1027252an%40googlegroups.com.
