Hello; I think the issue is: <$link> only works for internal links; for external links, use good ol' HTML, for example:
<a href="https://google.com"; target="_blank" class="btn btn-primary">open google in a new tab</a> On Sun, Apr 25, 2021 at 02:40:53AM -0700, Dan Hoffman wrote: > Hello All, > > I am new to TW and very much a beginner. I'm using TiddlyWiki on Node.js > > I've learned to use External Links > <https://tiddlywiki.com/#Linking%20in%20WikiText> and find myself > frequently using them to link to various files, something like this: > > - [ext[Link to PDF|file:///myfile.pdf]] > > I've also had luck applying External Links to links generated by Hook > <https://hookproductivity.com/> (the macOS productivity app). These links > look something like this: > > - [ext[Link to Email|hook://email/ABC123.gmail.com]] > - [ext[Link to Folder|hook://file/ABC123]] > > All of this works very well. My question is how I can combine External > Links with buttons made using the Shiraz plugin > <https://kookma.github.io/TW-Shiraz/#>. In Shiraz, a button looks something > like this: > > - <$link overrideClass="btn btn-primary" to="target">My Link</$link> > > However, when I replace "target" with an External Link (one that works > without a Shiraz button), it no longer works. Instead, the button treats > the link as a tiddler title instead of opening the file in the correct app > (e.g., Mail, Preview, Finder). This is what I expected to work: > > - <$link overrideClass="btn btn-primary" to=" > hook://email/ABC123.gmail.com">My Link</$link> > > I have also tried this: > > - <$link overrideClass="btn btn-primary" to=" > [ext[hook://email/ABC123.gmail.com]]">My Link</$link> > > I feel like I'm missing something very basic, but I just can't seem to > figure it out. Can anyone point me in the right direction? > > To summarize, I'd like to combine an External Link with a Shiraz button so > that that button opens the local file. > > Thank you kindly for any help you might be able to offer. > > > > -- > 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/2bc559c3-6466-48a7-936b-b5aac2c67a95n%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/YIWXlr786mX1bRff%40alamut.home.org.
