Well, okay, I spoke too soon. The snippet in my previous post adds all the
tags from the parent to the child. I don't want that. So, I still need your
help!
On Thursday, November 26, 2020 at 6:35:50 AM UTC-6 David Gifford wrote:
> You know, I had looked at the clone button and the new here button before
> asking, but hadn't figured it out. Then after writing my request, I figured
> it out myself! Here it is. I will do up an example to share with you.
>
> \whitespace trim
> \define newHereActions()
> <$set name="tags" filter="[<currentTiddler>]
> [{$:/config/NewTiddler/Tags!!tags}]">
> <$action-sendmessage $message="tm-new-tiddler" $param=<<currentTiddler>>
> tags=<<tags>> text="" caption=""/>
> </$set>
> \end
> \define newHereButton()
> <$button actions=<<newHereActions>>
> tooltip={{$:/language/Buttons/NewHere/Hint}}
> aria-label={{$:/language/Buttons/NewHere/Caption}}
> class=<<tv-config-toolbar-class>>>
> <$list filter="[<tv-config-toolbar-icons>match[yes]]">
> {{$:/core/images/open-window}}
> </$list>
> <$list filter="[<tv-config-toolbar-text>match[yes]]">
> <span class="tc-btn-text">
> <$text text={{$:/language/Buttons/NewHere/Caption}}/>
> </span>
> </$list>
> </$button>
> \end
> <<newHereButton>>
>
>
> On Thursday, November 26, 2020 at 6:15:49 AM UTC-6 David Gifford wrote:
>
>> Hi all
>>
>> I have yet another idea I think would be helpful in organizing and
>> presenting ideas efficiently. But as usual, I am not sure how to do it.
>>
>> My idea is a "new-here-plus-clone-the-parent-tiddler's-title" button. A
>> viewtemlate button that creates a tiddler tagged with its parent ("Birds"),
>> and the title it would have if one used the clone button on its parent,
>> e.g., "Birds 1".
>>
>> Use case: For fast, easy adding of notes as vertical tabs in an article /
>> topic tiddler.
>>
>> 1. The parent tiddler will have the vertical tabs macro with
>> [all[current]tagging[]], so using the button would make the children
>> tiddlers appear as tabs in the article.
>> 2. Having the parent title be the title of the new tiddler would save me
>> time in creating unique titles. I could either leave the "1" as is, or
>> replace it with something specific like "Sparrows" (subtopic) or "Marshall,
>> 103" (author and page #)
>> 3. I would add a caption for the tabs and use [sort[caption]] in the tabs
>> filter.
>> 4. Why use the caption field?
>>
>> - Vertical tabs need shorter titles so they are not too wide
>> - Many articles would need the same title (definition, history of,
>> themes, etc) so the tiddler title would need to be distinct, but not the
>> caption title.
>>
>> 5. Note that this would be a TidldyWiki version of taking notes with the
>> Cornell notes system: concise topic title on the left, data on the right.
>> Browsing the tabs would also make it faster to browse the subtopics to find
>> what you need quickly the second time around.
>>
>> Anyway, whether you are intrigued or not by my idea, if anyone could
>> share what I would need to put in a button, basically "new tiddler, tagged
>> with parent title, title is parent title", that would be a big help. Thanks
>> in advance. I will share an example of the results with the community as
>> always.
>>
>> To those who celebrate U.S. Thanksgiving, Happy Thanksgiving Day! I am
>> thankful for this community. So many kind, patient people who have answered
>> questions like this one, and who have created so many cool tools to play
>> with. Thank you all!
>>
>> Dave
>>
>
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