On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 4:36 PM David Gifford <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Mohammad > Hi Dave, > My use of the right sidebar: > > 1. First thing I do is hide the sitetitle and sitesubtitle. They take up > so much room. Removing them lets me see more of the tabs. > 2. I either use my customizer plugin or I add a couple tabs, using > captions to keep them short. List-searches, for example. > 3. I don't tend to use the tools tab, so I usually hide it. > This is a tab used rarely! > 4. I add custom new tiddler buttons to the pagecontrols. > I like the idea by Soren! See his Zettelkasten edition! Proper tabs for different subjects! Also see my https://highlightjs.tiddlyhost.com/ and note how simple templates and buttons are used to facilitate creating new items on the fly! I will introduce this later in this thread! (if I find enough time) > 5. I tend to like hiding the regular search bar and replacing it with > advanced search, sometimes in a tab, which then gives me even more vertical > space for the tabs. > I like the search bar but I use the field search by Mario! > > BTW, smart strategy! Raise a question, then wait a while after you get a > few answers to re-introduce your Favorites plugin! Smooth! But it worked, I > am now thinking about using it for a project... > This made me laugh very loudly! There was no strategy at all! I just wanted to collect the ideas and experiences from others! Sometimes you are surprised at how people use TW! By the way, introduce other plugins, tools, cases, ... no matter who created them, it does matter how useful they are! > > General comment: for years I have chafed at having the sidebars on the > right. Left menus seem more intuitive to me. But when I have tried left > menus, one negative I discovered is that long tiddler titles, tocs that > indent several levels, or other long content that doesn't fit in the > sidebar width, are much more annoying on the left than they are on the > right. On the right it just feels like it's running off the page. On the > left it feels like the elements themselves are conflicting. So, another > plus for Jeremy's decision. > I have another point of view here! I consider the right sidebar as a dashboard as a quick access panel, so most of the time specially in the production phase I highly need it! > > > On Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at 1:53:45 AM UTC-5 Mohammad wrote: > >> The sidebar is oen the most powerful designs of Tiddlywiki, always >> underestimated and people look for a left sidebar (like other common web >> pages where they are mostly used for menus or ads) or hiding it? >> >> So lets share your experiences, >> >> >> - how do you use the right sidebar (do you see it at all?) >> - what do you like to see on the sight sidebar? >> - can you give some online examples of TW right sidebar? >> >> >> >> Best wishes >> Mohammad >> > -- > 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/4884b102-3725-4182-b41c-4e389b6fda7dn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/4884b102-3725-4182-b41c-4e389b6fda7dn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAAV1gMAq25Fef%3D5uaDnOHGxH-hfipzkxMzpHrX%3DjVOVagvi0Nw%40mail.gmail.com.
