Aha! I hoped it was going to be simple - thanks for chiming in JD! That's
exactly what I needed - and the logic makes sense.
On a separate note, stupid question - how did you generate the "code block"
in your reply? With the change to Google Groups format, I don't see any way
to do that anymore.
On Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at 12:20:39 PM UTC-4 JD wrote:
> Hi Stobot! Have you found a solution?
>
>
> *This works for me...*
> \define newtiddlername() $(mytitle)$ $(now)$
> \define addnewtiddler() *<$vars
> mytitle={{$:/temp/mytitle}}>*<$action-createtiddler
> $basetitle=<<newtiddlername>>/>*</$vars>*
>
> <$keyboard key="enter" actions=<<addnewtiddler>>>
> <$edit-text tiddler="$:/temp/mytitle" tag="input" default=""/>
> <$button actions=<<addnewtiddler>>>
> Add
> </$button>
> </$keyboard>
>
> That is, moving <$vars> widget to nearest possible place where it will be
> used...
>
>
> *With these previous code....*
> <$keyboard key="enter" actions=<<addnewtiddler>>>
> <$edit-text tiddler="$:/temp/mytitle" tag="input" default=""/>
> <$vars mytitle={{$:/temp/mytitle}}>
> <$button actions=<<addnewtiddler>>>
> Add
> </$button>
> </$vars>
> </$keyboard>
>
> The button will use the <<mytitle>> that is already declared... While the
> keyboard is trying to use the same variable -- however, it's not declared
> yet "above" it!
>
> *But*! moving <$vars> "above" <$keyboard> means that with every key
> press, <$vars> has to recompute (don't know the exact terms / mechanism
> here), refreshing its contents, taking away the focus from all inside it,
> including <$text-edit>...
>
> So, moving <$vars> inside <<addnewtiddler>> means that as long as
> <<addnewtiddler>> isn't being ran, <<mytitle>> won't recompute, won't
> refresh that part of the DOM
>
> Hopefully someone can explain all these better for me lol ! I am so bad at
> this
>
> -jd
>
>
> On Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at 2:59:53 AM UTC+9, Stobot wrote:
>>
>> I'm running into what seems to be a scope issue and not sure how to work
>> around it. I'm hoping that some experts here might see what I'm doing
>> wrong.
>>
>> I have an edit-text widget for the user to enter a new title name, and
>> then I need to append a date to the end of it and create a new tiddler for
>> it. I can have that work with the button no problem, but can't figure out
>> how to add they keyboard shortcut properly.
>>
>> This works from a button standpoint:
>>
>> \define newtiddlername() $(mytitle)$ $(now)$
>> \define addnewtiddler() <$action-createtiddler
>> $basetitle=<<newtiddlername>>/>
>>
>> <$edit-text tiddler="$:/temp/mytitle" tag="input" default=""/>
>> <$vars mytitle={{$:/temp/mytitle}}>
>> <$button actions=<<addnewtiddler>>>
>> Add
>> </$button>
>> </$vars>
>>
>> but this doesn't work
>>
>> \define newtiddlername() $(mytitle)$ $(now)$
>> \define addnewtiddler() <$action-createtiddler
>> $basetitle=<<newtiddlername>>/>
>>
>> <$keyboard key="enter" actions=<<addnewtiddler>>>
>> <$edit-text tiddler="$:/temp/mytitle" tag="input" default=""/>
>> <$vars mytitle={{$:/temp/mytitle}}>
>> <$button actions=<<addnewtiddler>>>
>> Add
>> </$button>
>> </$vars>
>> </$keyboard>
>>
>> I tried moving the vars outside of the keyboard, but then each character
>> typed makes the input box lose focus...
>>
>> Ideas?
>>
>
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