Giannis
Just to extend what mark said the reason is each time you change a tiddler.
the change gets propagated throughout the wiki,
at least where it is relevant. This is how everything in TiddlyWiki is
always up to date, your changes are automatically updated.
Add a new item and it appears in a list immediately etc...
Editing the current tiddler would immediately update the display of itself,
to address this the edit mode mechanism uses a draft
tiddler has[draft.of]] detects this in filters. When editing you are
actually editing a different tiddler which is "committed" when done.
This also allows you to cancel the edit with X and the previous unedited
version is "restored".
The fact is most of us want to make forms or interactive wikis for those
who do not know tiddlywikis editor. If you make one tiddler edit
another this will be fine, or use marks method, but since tiddler titles
represent something we like to change we often want to do what you wanted.
Pastes work because they are equivalent to one character and then you loose
focus as things update. Typing on the other hand,
You loose focus every letter.
I have built a range of workarounds but all a inside more complex solutions
than a simple edit. I continue to look for a simpler way.
And would like to see a feature to address this built into the core. It is
but a simple technical issue to resolve but a complex user issue.
I so far I have not seemed to convince others with the tech skills how
important this one improvement would be.
Keep asking Questions and we will help.
Regards
Tony
On Saturday, March 28, 2020 at 7:51:20 AM UTC+11, Mark S. wrote:
>
> You need to refer to a field in another tiddler, not the same tiddler that
> you're in.
>
> If you really want to edit the current tiddler, then put the edit widget
> in some other tiddler and then transclude it like:
>
> {{||MyEditorTiddler}}
>
> This is explained somewhat briefly here (
> https://tiddlywiki.com/#EditTextWidget) :
>
> In short the EditTextWidget <https://tiddlywiki.com/#EditTextWidget> *can
>> not* change properties of the tiddler it is embedded in or part of. It
>> can only change fields of *other* tiddlers. One could use ShadowTiddlers
>> <https://tiddlywiki.com/#ShadowTiddlers> to accomplish the field storage
>> if needed.
>>
>
> On Friday, March 27, 2020 at 1:19:25 PM UTC-7, Giannis Moutsinas wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> This is a minimal example. I created a new tiddler and added this to its
>> text:
>> <$edit field="test"/>
>>
>> I get a text field but when I try to type in it, it loses focus. So I can
>> type one letter each time. Surprisingly I can paste anything successfully.
>> Moreover it works if I am editing the tiddler and I preview the result.
>>
>> Why is this happening? Is it a bug? I have the latest version of TW.
>>
>
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