Your link was to your local machine, but I used the last link part to google for that page. Worked well and I settled on this code to create a new button to open up a clone of my template....
<$button message="tm-new-tiddler" param="TaskTemplate">New Task</$button> Thanks again! On Monday, March 30, 2020 at 11:02:20 AM UTC-4, Mark S. wrote: > > I often use the "clone" approach for months before I get around to making > a "new thingy" button. > > You can learn about one way to create a new tiddler with pre-filled values > here: > > > file:///C:/Users/Mark/Downloads/tiddlywiki-5.1.21-with-storage.html#ActionCreateTiddlerWidget > > Note the example button towards the bottom. > > On Monday, March 30, 2020 at 7:55:13 AM UTC-7, David wrote: >> >> I am using some cool listWidget code to create a todo list that I'm >> really enjoying. It uses tiddlers as the data source. >> >> But creating new todo items requires a few things to make it appear on my >> list. I"m hoping to make it easier to add items. Things I hope to get >> pre-filled: >> >> 1. Add "Task" tag >> 2. Add "locationContext" field with empty value >> 3. Add "priority" field with value of "3" >> >> So if you know of a way to create a tiddler that has these values and is >> then ready for me to put in the title, I'd love to hear it. >> >> Possible work around.... >> >> I created a "boilerplate" tiddler with all the values set. I can then >> just clone that one and it works pretty well. But when I'm done entering >> my new tiddler, the boilerplate, that I cloned, is there, needing to be >> closed. Is it possible to bring up just that clone with less taps? >> >> what I have to do now to use the Clone method: >> >> 1. Click the "New" link I have that opens the boilerplate tiddler >> 2. Type in the Task's Title >> 3. Save it >> 4. Find the boilerplate tiddler, which is now open, and close it. >> >> Is it possible to skip opening the boilerplate tiddler and open the >> cloned version directly? >> >> Thanks, you guys have been great! >> > -- 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/44c92e69-3df2-4969-99eb-6fdcfe7e6165%40googlegroups.com.
