For my personal use, I'm experimenting with making TiddlyWiki titles the dropzone area:
[image: Screenshot 2023-05-28 9.49.33 PM.png] On Sunday, May 28, 2023 at 6:02:22 PM UTC-3 Charlie Veniot wrote: > 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/7908177f-7b78-4923-97a5-20c4ad30db7en%40googlegroups.com.
