Kill the ugly [Add] buttons in edit mode <https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/discussions/5340>
<:-) On Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 2:42:18 PM UTC+1 Mat wrote: > Yes, it is intentional and was superbly better because it was/is > surprisingly easy to forget to click Add. It is still very easy to forget > clicking Add for field values and if this did not autosave it would be > *extremely* frustrating because there is no confirmation or alert so you > *silently* lose the information you entered, and you might never realize > it. For tags (only) I can now see how we could revert to not automatically > saving, thanks to the new "confirmation" funtionality such as clicking > Enter. > > On the other hand, if you don't want the tag value you added there... then > why don't you remove it? > > Semi-offtopic but IMO the clunky "Add" button is not elegant to begin > with. IMO the button is what should be removed and the UI should insteda be > that as soon as you begin to type into an empty tag field, there's another > empty one created. The dropdown is used for selecting existing values/tags > and a new one is created by typing a new string there and then saving the > tiddler. > > <:-) > > On Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 12:52:55 PM UTC+1 PMario wrote: > >> On Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 11:27:06 AM UTC+1 TiddlyTweeter wrote: >> >>> Mark S. wrote: >>>> >>>>> In the tag field you sometimes need to type a partial text, perhaps to >>>>> see a list of matching tags. If you don't clear this text, and if you >>>>> close >>>>> the tiddler, the partial text is added as a tag even though you didn't >>>>> click the "Add" button. >>>> >>>> >>>> PMario wrote: >>> >>>> This was added by user request. >>>> >>> >>> There may still be time to murder them :-). >>> >> >> Hmmm, I think there have been different times. ... I'll have to have a >> look, but I think it has been added prior to the possibility to add tags >> with the ENTER key. >> >> So users entered the tag and hit CTRL ENTER which i think worked much >> earlier. So it makes perfect sense, since CTRL-ENTER is a "user consent" to >> add the tag. ... __And__ it still is! >> >> We also have the "cursor up / down" navigation in dropdowns now. So >> there shouldn't be anything left in the input field. May be ... If the tag >> input looses focus, it should also clear the input field. .. May be? >> >> I think it depends on the users preference. At the moment it "is as it >> is" and it was implemented as a feature, some time ago! >> >> -mario >> >> -- 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/766f38a9-5897-4ecb-9d02-309f45d411f1n%40googlegroups.com.
