This buttonTemplate tiddler places a small edit button (could also be a navigate to) for the tiddler of that tab-- I know others have made such before-- but I had to do it my way
<$transclude tiddler=<<currentTab>> field="caption"> <$macrocall $name="currentTab" $type="text/plain" $output="text/plain"/> </$transclude> <$button message="tm-edit-tiddler" param=<<currentTab>> tooltip="Edit"> E </$button> -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/e24d7896-aaf1-4ab4-b525-83fb57a0b98c%40googlegroups.com.

