FYI you can also get the title in advance using the *unusedtitle* macro. The title it returns will be the same that is used by action-createtiddler if you give both the same basetitle.
<$vars newtitle=<<unusedtitle mybase>> >..... or <$macrocall $name="unusedtitle" baseName="foo"/> On Wednesday, July 1, 2020 at 4:36:55 PM UTC+2, Mat wrote: > > <$action-createtiddler $basetitle="New Tiddler" ... /> > > gives, for example, "New Tiddler *2*" if there is already a "New Tiddler > 1" and(!) "New Tiddler 3". > > I.e it takes the lowest available number. > > How can I tell what this new title or number is before it is created? > > It "feels" like there should be some ready made mechanism, kind of like > the qualify macro that takes a title and spits out a hypothetical next > title. Presumably there *is *such a mechanism inside the > action-createtiddler widget. > > Thanks! > > <:-) > -- 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/972bd9e1-0a4b-4416-9d59-3109be009dc8o%40googlegroups.com.

