[tw5] Re: Dumb Question because My Brain's Shut Down

Aidan, You can use the SVG's classname to select them directly: [image: vivaldi_2019-07-23_07-29-07.png] Some of the icons has a dedicated setting in $:/ControlPanel -> Apperance -> Palette -> Show Editor -> toolbar-*-button (toolbar-cancel-button, toolbar-close-button, ...). -- You

[tw5] Re: Dumb Question because My Brain's Shut Down

Example: create a tiddler, add "$:/tags/Stylesheet", set type to "text/css" (example tiddler is attached). .tc-editor-toolbar .tc-image-heading-1 { background: blue; fill: red; } .tc-editor-toolbar .tc-image-heading-1:hover { background: green; fill: yellow; } [image:

Re: [tw5] How to turn a font into a stylesheet

Hi @Aidan Grey, Following your instruction, I successfully added a font to my wiki, with bj's ckeditor plugin. @BJ I added the font name to $:/plugins/bj/visualeditor/config.json "font_names", the font appears in editor 'Font' dropdown. However the font only displays in view mode, but not in

[tw5] Re: Indirect field question - editing values

Hi Steve The VarsWidet can only be used for "simple values". I'm unsure what exactly this means but, anyway, I suggest you try with the SetWidet. <$set name=thisField value={{{}}} > Also, you may appreicate to know that 5.1.20 will have split and join for such search-and-replace

[tw5] Re: menu item linking to website

Hi Tony, Your "mymenus" looks great! Can the menu font colors be modified? Is it possible to change appearance of a menu from double-line rectangle to something resembling a tagpill? Cheers, Eric On Friday, July 19, 2019 at 9:37:28 PM UTC-7, TonyM wrote: > > Eric, > > Have a look at how I

[tw5] Re: CSS / Format question

Maybe some ideas from this: http://zaphod2016.tiddlyspot.com/#%24%3A%2Fplugins%2FZaphod%2FSideBarShade I is rather fun to play with opacity from the sidebar. Birthe -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this

Re: [tw5] Re: CSS / Format question

That's the one! I think I'll just install it, cause it turns out not as simple to do as i was thinking, and Zaphod went and did it already... On Mon, Jul 22, 2019, 1:22 PM Birthe C, wrote: > Maybe some ideas from this: >

[tw5] Indirect field question - editing values

I have a bunch of tiddlers, and each of my tiddlers has a bunch of tags. For each of the tags in a tiddler, I'd like to use edit-text to create an opportunity to enter a value in a field named similarly to the tag (replacing [spaces] with [-] hyphens (thats line 2 below, replacing spaces with

Re: Solved: [tw5] Re: Refreshing and calling a modal in a widget (to import a textfile when clicking it in an IFrame.)

Jan, http://szenio.de/Test/ thows an error for me. Ask if you want more details. Thus I can not see how to test it. I copied you above code to a tiddler called $:/ core/modules/macros/urltext.js and set type: application/javascript module-type: macro But I do not know how to activate/use it,

Re: Solved: [tw5] Re: Refreshing and calling a modal in a widget (to import a textfile when clicking it in an IFrame.)

Hi Tony, That is strange but good to know. I have not seen red screens for quite a while. (This means for one and a half days ;-) I tidied it up a a little to avoid that it immediately calls back my server at startup. So please try again. The klick to import mechanism is almost ready. Thanks

Re: Solved: [tw5] Re: Refreshing and calling a modal in a widget (to import a textfile when clicking it in an IFrame.)

Jan, I am really excited however as I sad before "*But I do not know how to activate/use it*" could you please provide a short description how to use it? Tony On Tuesday, July 23, 2019 at 10:49:50 AM UTC+10, Jan wrote: > > Hi Tony, > That is strange but good to know. I have not seen red

[tw5] Re: Dumb Question because My Brain's Shut Down

If the change is to take place on *click* then just use the revealwidget (see Accordion/slider in docs) But you can do it on hover with CSS also. I'm not sure what it is you don't know about how to proceed though. just target the class that you set in the button widget e.g <$button

Re: [tw5] Dumb Question because My Brain's Shut Down

I got that. What do I do for the edit icon? Or the open all tiddlers icon? Create a button from scratch - I got it. Interact with built in icons? No clue. And what I’ve tried isn’t working. On Monday, July 22, 2019, Mat wrote: > Simplified example using only a color: > > <$button

[tw5] Dumb Question because My Brain's Shut Down

I want to create buttons with borders and background colors that change on hover. I know that can be done all in CSS, but what if I want to change the icons for the various toolbars/functions and include the borders and background effects? I think I can just replace the images, and add the new

[tw5] Re: Indirect field question - editing values

Steve, There is a great solution bu Ton Gerner! Look at https://kookma.github.io/Shiraz/ And click on the big star on the sidebar you will see the Field edit section and you can manipulate tiddler fields there! --Mohammad On Tuesday, July 23, 2019 at 2:12:01 AM UTC+4:30, Steven Schneider

[tw5] Re: Editing fields in the current Tiddler in view mode

Added to TW-Scripts. On Tuesday, July 23, 2019 at 4:54:17 AM UTC+4:30, TonyM wrote: > > Editing fields in the current Tiddler in view mode is tricky at the > beginning because the field you are editing keeps loosing focus. > > Here is a quick solution to this issue. > > The simplest approach is

[tw5] Re: Indirect field question - editing values

There was a lot going on. Mismatched vars and list ... maybe just a paste error. Most importantly, in this: <>={{thisField}} you're attempting to dynamically specify a field name on the left side of an attribute. I don't believe that is possible without a macro. You also specify a <>

[tw5] Re: Editing fields in the current Tiddler in view mode

Also try this for a quick way to edit in the view mode a field on the current tiddler QuickFieldEdit - edit-field-list Place this in a tiddler tagged $:/tags/ViewTemplate <$list filter="[all[current]has[edit-field-list]]" variable=nul> <$list filter={{!!edit-field-list}} variable=named-field>

[tw5] Re: Editing fields in the current Tiddler in view mode

Editing the text field in the current Tiddler in view mode in a tiddler tagged $:/tags/ViewTemplate <$list filter="[is[current]edit-inline[yes]]" variable=null> {{||$:/core/ui/EditTemplate/body/editor}} Now set the field edit-inline on any tiddler to yes and you can edit the text directly.

[tw5] Re: Editing fields in the current Tiddler in view mode

> > Some editor toolbar buttons do not work with this method. > My head is a bit mushy at this hour so forgive me if I misunderstand you or say exactly what you already meant, this how about an "edit-this-button" that *toggles* to activate the viewtemplate or some of the solutions you've

Re: [tw5] Re: Dumb Question because My Brain's Shut Down

That I know. It's dealing with the built-ins that has me confused. I know that the class on the edit image is tc-image-edit, but after that, not sure what I need to do. Do I just replace the image on the tiddler and then add a bit of css on .tc-image-edit:hover? On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 7:54

Re: [tw5] Re: Dumb Question because My Brain's Shut Down

Simplified example using only a color: <$button class="mycolor"> adf .mycolor {background:red} .mycolor:hover {background:yellow} <:-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails

Re: [tw5] Re: Dumb Question because My Brain's Shut Down

Added to TW-Scripts On Tuesday, July 23, 2019 at 6:57:27 AM UTC+4:30, Mat wrote: > > Simplified example using only a color: > > <$button class="mycolor"> > adf > > > > .mycolor {background:red} > .mycolor:hover {background:yellow} > > > <:-) > -- You received this message because you are

Re: [tw5] How to turn a font into a stylesheet

Yeah, I'd like to know how to do that too... I tried using ONLY a specific font, setting a class for .textarea, etc. but no luck. On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 1:17 PM armlet wrote: > Hi @Aidan Grey, > > Following your instruction, I successfully added a font to my wiki, with > bj's ckeditor plugin.

Re: [tw5] How to turn a font into a stylesheet

This may be the answer you are looking for: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/tiddlywiki/dvaBHqdoAI0/mUNzk7ipBQAJ On Monday, July 22, 2019 at 7:22:38 PM UTC-4, Aidan Grey wrote: > > Yeah, I'd like to know how to do that too... I tried using ONLY a specific > font, setting a class for .textarea,

[tw5] Re: Indirect field question - editing values

Steve I posted a more general solution to editing fields from the view tiddler mode here https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/tiddlywiki/kLqyVrjcJ50 which should help you edit items in the current tiddler, without any temp tiddlers. See also my reply in

[tw5] Editing fields in the current Tiddler in view mode

Editing fields in the current Tiddler in view mode is tricky at the beginning because the field you are editing keeps loosing focus. Here is a quick solution to this issue. The simplest approach is to place the following in a tiddler tagged $:/tags/ViewTemplate <$edit-text

[tw5] Re: CSS / Format question

Added to TW-Scripts. On Monday, July 22, 2019 at 10:33:53 PM UTC+4:30, Mat wrote: > > Could maybe the whole tc-sidebar-scrollable be colored? This includes the > area above the title also? > > If you insist on a background colored area above it, then you can still > color the whole

[tw5] Re: Editing fields in the current Tiddler in view mode

Mat, To clarify your mushy mind - Editing the text field in the current Tiddler in view mode works if you set the field edit-inline on any tiddler to yes and you can edit the text directly. - The editor is displayed with all the editor toolbar buttons, some of these will not

Re: [tw5] Re: INTRO: tocP - Parent field based Table Of Content

Hi Damon, This works for me. See the double-quotes. <> -m -- 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

[tw5] edit-text widget to change a field in the same tiddler

The documentation says: > " the *EditTextWidget can not* change properties of the tiddler it is > embedded in or part of. It can only change fields of *other* tiddlers." > So I cannot put the code: <$edit-text field="description"/> to change the description of the tiddler. What is the

[tw5] Turn field of external tiddler into a link to a tiddler of that name

I must admit, the brackets systems baffles me in tiddlywiki! So, I have a tiddler named "$:/_opTaskStore" (shadow due to wanting to hide it form general view). Its fields hold data to be used later. What I am trying to do is retrieve the value from one of its fields from another tiddler (let's

[tw5] Re: Proof of concept: Auto-completion for filters

The update with info links is working here Bimlas. Good stuff. Maybe set the docs links to open in a new tab? Or a pop-up so we don't have to leave the page? (Maybe not so mobile friendly though). It definitely encourages use of the docs and discovery of filter operators I might be a bit fuzzy

[tw5] Re: edit-text widget to change a field in the same tiddler

I found a easy way. Descriptión: <$edit-text tiddler="$:/temporalTiddler" field="description" /> <$button set="!!description" setTo={{$:/temporalTiddler!!description}}>Change . -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe

[tw5] Turn field of external tiddler into a link to a tiddler of that name

The brackets are a headache. Try this; <$link to={{$:/_opTaskStore!!taskname}}>{{$:/_opTaskStore!!taskname}} https://tiddlywiki.com/#LinkWidget -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving

[tw5] Re: Turn field of external tiddler into a link to a tiddler of that name

Thanks fella, that worked. I'm really struggling to get my head around TiddlyWiki syntax... > -- 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

[tw5] Concatenate this...

Ok - so I'm trying to use a concatenated string as a field value in a new tiddler. Existing code: <$action-sendmessage $message="tm-new-tiddler" $param="_templateTask" title={{$:/_opTaskStore!!taskname}} shorttext={{$:/_opTaskStore!!description}} tmap.id={{{ [[]make[%uuid%]] }}}

[tw5] Re: Turn field of external tiddler into a link to a tiddler of that name

If you search the forum for 'Variable Eric' and look for this discussion it might help with the brackets; Query 101 -- Where is the Crib Sheet for Bracket & Quote marks? Sorry I can't get a direct link from the phone, don't think this works;

[tw5] Concatenate this...

You're in the right direction but I think you have to define the concatenation as a local macro at the top of the edit area put this; \define final() {{$:/_opTaskStore!!taskname}} - ({{{ [[]make[%uuid%]] }}}) \end And then call it where you need it with; <> The uuid part may give problems.

[tw5] Concatenate this...

Ps and call it as <> if wikified. -- 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

[tw5] Re: Concatenate this...

Bang! You got it - thanks again - I owe a few people around here a few beers. Coding this beast's a dark art - does it get any easier?? First language I learned a few years ago was batch + I thought that was difficult! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[tw5] Re: edit-text widget to change a field in the same tiddler

Nice one Luis! State tiddlers are the way to go, temporary 'storage' tiddlers that let you write their field contents back where you want it, when you want it; https://tiddlywiki.com/#StateMechanism The reveal is an extra refinement - thanks for sharing. Keep them coming. -- You received this

Solved: [tw5] Re: Refreshing and calling a modal in a widget (to import a textfile when clicking it in an IFrame.)

Hi Tony, Hi everyone, The problems seem to be solved. You can test the mechanism if your interested. Am 22.07.2019 um 03:56 schrieb TonyM: Jan Not sure I can help until you get this mechanism working but I am watching. Regards Tony On Monday, July 22, 2019 at 4:36:23 AM UTC+10, Jan

[tw5] Re: Concatenate this...

In my experience no, it doesn't get any easier, but I'm an infinity monkey and enjoy this as a break from Shakespeare's complete works. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails

[tw5] Re: Concatenate this...

ha! Good answer. -- 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

[tw5] Re: Polly (2) -- Downloads as HUB

Ciao Mark S. An interesting potential "caught on your own petard" issue came up :-). I wanted to to change the online-name of the current "polly.html" to "polly-dev.html". And create a new "polly.html" for basic documentation. But, according to our own rules I can't do that. But It seems a

[tw5] Re: Concatenate this...

Yes, rule of thumb: "Concatenation ---> macro" You can sometimes do things like filter="$foo$ +[addsuffix[...]]" <:-) -- 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

[tw5] Re: TiddlyWiki vs OneNote (comparison on slant.co)

I used OneNote a while. It looks nice. Part of the issues with it I think is that "interface takes over". The neat look trumps the utility for purpose. I have a long of history with "free form databases" -- as they used to be called. I was, and am, always interested in *emergent* pattern

[tw5] Re: Turn field of external tiddler into a link to a tiddler of that name

MagoArcade wrote: > > I'm really struggling to get my head around TiddlyWiki syntax... > It would be useful if you point out specific things you find confusing and compare it to other languages. While we've all struggled to get the TW syntax, one forgets what the problem was after a while

[tw5] Re: TiddlyWiki vs OneNote (comparison on slant.co)

Yes, I think I added TW there some years ago. I found the "con" that said "Without JavaScript nothing is visible" to be > incredibly silly. Like "without electricity light bulbs are useless." > I don't even understand what the claim means - "not visible"??? Probably that you can't easily add

[tw5] Re: Font Awesome 5 Free SVG collection

morosanuae morosanuae wrote: > > > *NEW!* Now the site has batch export functionality. Just drag'n'drop the > images into a specialized area in the sidebar ("Batch Export" tab) and then > export them in a single JSON file that can be easily imported into your > wiki. > Wonderful! Love the DnD!

[tw5] Re: TiddlyWiki vs OneNote (comparison on slant.co)

Mat wrote ... > > > A major Con, which surprisingly is not listed, is the > no-multiuser/collaboration/sharing aspect. > Did you read this on the internet? It's not reliable. :-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe

[tw5] Re: TiddlyWiki vs OneNote (comparison on slant.co)

I should clarify: No *built in* multiuser functionality or via *official* plugin. Of course Jed is creating incredible stuff with his Bob variants. <:-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop

[tw5] Re: TiddlyWiki vs OneNote (comparison on slant.co)

For me personally, I use OneNote a lot. In fact, I use OneNote much more than TiddlyWiki. The two biggest reasons being that changes to the browser don't break functionality and that it's ready to go out of the box with no need for configuration. TiddlyWiki on the other hand is so much more

[tw5] Re: TiddlyWiki vs OneNote (comparison on slant.co)

@Reaktorblue I think it is very valuable for the TW project with input like what you just wrote. Even if there's probably nothing directly actionable to improve TW in it, it does give more context to why people choose TW or not which and this chisels out what defines TW. So, the following may

[tw5] Re: Concatenate this...

It does get easier. This is one of the tricker lessons. The problem is we become used to using replaceable parameters everywhere and find it hard when we can't. I expect you need to learn this youself, but this is how I see it. Concatenating can be necessary when there is no practical way

[tw5] Re: TiddlyWiki vs OneNote (comparison on slant.co)

In fairness, I use OneNote to a very basic degree. With that said, it's broken down such that OneNote is the application but I have many notebooks that can be loaded and unloaded. The notebooks themselves would be like having a folder on my PC with many TW files in it. Each notebook within

[tw5] Re: TiddlyWiki vs OneNote (comparison on slant.co)

One drive is packaged SharePoint and I have tiddlywiki running on sharepoint, so I do not see a compatibility issue. I have full access to OneNote but do not use it as it does not have the same structure, features and design capabilities. It is much harder to set standards on yourself to

[tw5] Re: TiddlyWiki vs OneNote (comparison on slant.co)

Mat & @Reaktorblue Mat wrote: > > @Reaktorblue > > I think it is very valuable for the TW project with input like what you > just wrote... > I agree. So, the following may seem like I'm defending TW but I'm not... > >> R: [...] every time I want to use TiddlyWiki, I have to take a lot of >>

[tw5] Re: Concatenate this...

Thanks Tony. TiddlyWiki is some kinda black-magic, 4th dimension, voodoo insane genius (meta upon meta - kinda a cross between OOP, procedural + the self-modifying code part of assembly)! parm={{{ [{!!title}addsuffix[/subtiddlers]] }}} > I do wonder if Jeremy should introduce a few more

[tw5] Re: Turn field of external tiddler into a link to a tiddler of that name

Thanks both. Will do. -- 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

[tw5] CSS / Format question

Hey all, I'm tweaking some of the CSS directly, so that I can work around the bits of vanilla I don't like (not a lot, TBH). I'm having an issue with this one bit though: .tc-sidebar-header { padding: 30px; border-radius: 10px 0 0 10px; border: 4px solid #228225; width: 700px; } Everything

[tw5] Re: Rename Tiddlers But Don't Break The Links To Them

Hey Mario, thanks for that reply. Your plugin seems very promising. I will check it out. Cheers, Adam -- 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

[tw5] Re: Polly (2) -- Downloads as HUB

It's probably time to reconsider the file-globbing versus regular expression approach. File-globbing was good, but it does limit the name comparisons. You're good with regular expressions ;-) What would be a good matching rule so that stem matches stem(1) stem (1) stem (1)(2) BUT NOT stem

[tw5] Re: Polly (2) -- Downloads as HUB

Mark S. wrote: > > It's probably time to reconsider the file-globbing versus regular > expression approach. File-globbing was good, but it does limit the name > comparisons. > > You're good with regular expressions ;-) > I love them! They are so annoying to get right :-) What would be a good

[tw5] Re: Concatenate this...

You are right MagoArcade, For a person like you which get used to OOP or procedural programming the TW learning cure is not steep at all and it will take times to see how it works! By the way you can do one thing in many ways in TW and this huge diversity causes a big confusion! I love TW

[tw5] Re: Turn field of external tiddler into a link to a tiddler of that name

Hi MagoArcade! While Watt correctly instructed you to the right answer, you can take a look at TW-Scripts It is good to study for example the below tiddlers

[tw5] Re: CSS / Format question

Before being able to answer, you should inform if you are using the setting "Fluid story, fixed sidebar" or "Fixed story, fluid sidebar"? <:-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving

Re: [tw5] Re: CSS / Format question

Ah! Good point. Fluid story, fixed sidebar ( at 400px) On Mon, Jul 22, 2019, 11:22 AM Mat, wrote: > Before being able to answer, you should inform if you are using the > setting "Fluid story, fixed sidebar" or "Fixed story, fluid sidebar"? > > <:-) > > -- > You received this message because

[tw5] Re: CSS / Format question

Could maybe the whole tc-sidebar-scrollable be colored? This includes the area above the title also? If you insist on a background colored area above it, then you can still color the whole tc-sidebar-scrollable but add at border at top with the background color, say "border:33px solid black"

[tw5] Re: CSS / Format question

The problem is that it does the attached image. Bleh. Also, some of my backgrounds I'm working on aren't colors but images, so... I know there's a plugin out there called shader or something like that. Maybe I just need to investigate its code and/or use it On Monday, July 22, 2019 at