Hello, >From what I know, you can't achieve what you want only with the <$button> widget, and you'll have to use additional actions/widgets.
For setting fields of tiddlers, check the ActionSetFieldWidget: https://tiddlywiki.com/#ActionSetFieldWidget And for editing the text, check the EditTextWidget: https://tiddlywiki.com/#EditTextWidget ; check the examples in this page/tiddler, I think you'll find there an example really close to your needs. That said, I took a stab at building what (I think/I understood) you want: adding a button that takes you to a place where you can edit the "comment" field of the source tiddler. First, the button definition for the bibtex tiddlers; it stores the current tiddler in a field of the TempCommentEdit tiddler, and takes you to that tiddler: <$button> <$action-setfield $tiddler="TempCommentEdit" commentSourceTiddler=<<currentTiddler>> /> <$action-navigate $to="TempCommentEdit"/> edit </$button> And then, the contents for the TempCommentEdit tiddler: it has a text field, that references the "comment" field of the tiddler referenced from its "commentSourceTiddler": <$edit-text tiddler={{!!commentSourceTiddler}} field="comment" tag="textarea"/> Cheers, On Sun, Mar 21, 2021 at 08:48:23PM -0700, cw wrote: > I have imported some BibTeX references into TW. I have a field in the > reference tiddly called "comment". > > I want to be able to edit that comment - and I understand that has to be > done in another tiddly > > so the body of the reference tiddly: > > {{!!bibtex-title}} > BibTeX key: {{!!title}} > Status: {{!!status}} > Comment: > <hr> > {{!!comment}} > <hr> > > <$button to="TempCommentEdit" set="TempCommentEdit!!comment" > setTo={{!!comment}}> > > Edit Comments > > </$button> > > That button goes to the target tiddly (TempCommentEdit") and sets its > comment field to the originator's comment field, and I can edit it. > > I would like to be able to "do the reverse" and set the comment field of > the "originator" tiddly to the edited comment field of the TempCommentEdit > tiddly, but I can't find a way to pass the title of that *originating* > tiddly to the TempCommentEdit tiddly, so I could use it in an updateComment > button like: > > <$button to=*"THIS IS THE BIT I CAN'T DO*" set="T*HIS IS THE BIT I CAN'T > DO*!!comment" > setTo {{!!comment}}> > Update Comment > </$button> > > I'd be grateful for any help. > > thanks > > Chris > > -- > 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/d7d480aa-ed68-4c1d-b0f2-8ff9fc901cdbn%40googlegroups.com. -- 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/YF4UICgoWTSjigaD%40alamut.home.org.
