On Monday, August 3, 2020 at 6:34:07 AM UTC-7, Skeeve Magick wrote:
>
> Tiddler "ToDo" contains
> <$list filter="[all[current]tagging[]]">
> {{||$:/tagged/journal}} <$link /> (Letzter Eintrag: <$list
> filter="[all[current]tagging[]!sort[created]limit[1]]" />)
> <br />
> </$list>
> The Journal tiddler new title is defined to be "YYYY-0MM-0DD 0hh:0mm:0ss"
> I opened this tiddler once in the morning. A few hours later I clicked the
> edit-button and the new tiddler which opens has the timestamp of the time I
> opened the ToDo tiddler. Not the current time.
>
Although you didn't show the contents of $:/tagged/journal, I assume it
contains a $button that sends a "tm-new-tiddler" message to create a new
journal tiddler.
If this is the case, then I suspect the problem is due to a subtle yet
important aspect of the $button definition.
If you define a button like this:
<$button>
label
<$action-sendmessage message="tm-new-tiddler" etc... />
</$button>
then the button's action(s) are *parsed when the button is rendered*.
Thus, if the action(s) calculate the new title based on the current time
(i.e., using the <<now>> macro), then that new title will use the time that
the button is rendered.
However, there is a different way to invoke a button's action(s), using the
actions="""...""" parameter, like this:
<$button actions="""<$action-sendmessage message="tm-new-tiddler" etc...
/>""">
label
</$button>
or like this:
\define myActions()
<$action-sendmessage message="tm-new-tiddler" etc... />
\end
<$button actions=<<myActions>>
label
</$button>
In this case, the button's actions are *parsed when the button is actually
pressed*. Thus, any use of the <<now>> macro will correctly reflect the
time when the button is pressed, not when it was rendered.
Note that the TWCore's NewJournal button ($:/core/ui/Buttons/new-journal)
uses the actions="..." method, while the NewJournalHere button
($:/core/ui/Buttons/new-journal-here) uses the "inline" actions method.
Thus, NewJournal uses the correct "time of button press" timestamp, while
the NewJournalHere button uses the incorrect "time of button rendering"
timestamp.
Hopefully, the above info will help you fix your button...
Let me know how it goes.
-e
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