> Is it possible to make it so that pressing the enter key in fields > other than the textarea will trigger saving and closing the tiddler > like clicking the "done" link? This little quirk of TiddlyWiki has, > quite honestly, irritated me a whole lot.
The web standard for handling the enter key in a form does not automatically submit the form *unless* there is exactly one, and only one, text input field in that entire form. Thus, because there are three separate input fields in a typical EditTemplate layout (title, text, and tags), the enter key does nothing. Also, if you are using a customized EditTemplate, you may have included other types of controls, such as a droplist or a pushbutton, which apply their own special handling when they process the enter key (i.e., changing the droplist selection or invoking the button, respectively). Unfortunately, the handling for the enter key can vary somewhat between platforms and browsers, so implementing any kind of consistent, cross-browser-compatible, extended handling for the ENTER key is difficult at best. Fortunately, TiddlyWiki sidesteps these issues entirely by providing an *alternative* command keystroke: CTRL- ENTER. Pressing the CTRL-ENTER key combination from *any* field in the editor will immediately invoke the default toolbar command -- which is shown with a bold font in the tiddler toolbar and is specified using a "+" prefix in the [[ToolbarCommands::EditToolbar]] slice definition. Because the TW standard EditToolbar definition contains "+saveTiddler", typing CTRL-ENTER from any input field presses the 'done' button. Although not exactly the same as pressing the ENTER key, it works reliably across all platforms and controls types, and I've found that once you get used to it, it becomes second nature and is just as easy as pressing ENTER. If fact, it's also a bit "safer" than just using ENTER, in that you are much less likely to *accidentally* press the combined CTRL-ENTER keystroke before you are done editing. enjoy, -e Eric Shulman TiddlyTools / ELS Design Studios --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/TiddlyWiki?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
