Jon, give this a try...
*\define newTidAction()<$action-createtiddler $basetitle=<<now
"0DD/0MM/YY">> tags="log" text=<<newtext>>/>\end<$button
actions=<<newTidAction>>
class="tc-btn-invisible">{{$:/core/images/new-button}}</$button>*
If you don't have a variable for the text field, you can leave it blank
text=""
or leave the line out all together
On Sunday, August 1, 2021 at 11:07:30 PM UTC-7 Jon wrote:
> Actually, not having to navigate to the tiddler would be useful. How do I
> incorporate the ActionCreateTiddlerWidget so as to produce the tiddler
> title as today's date and a tag?
> I've looked at the docs but can't quite see how to do it.
>
> Regards
> Jon
>
>
>
> On Monday, 2 August 2021 at 06:58:17 UTC+1 Jon wrote:
>
>> p.s. thanks for the explanation as well
>>
>> On Monday, 2 August 2021 at 06:49:29 UTC+1 Jon wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Tones,
>>>
>>> I just changed {{$:/core/ui/Buttons/new-tiddler}} to
>>> {{$:/core/images/new-button}} in my original as you suggested and it worked
>>> - thanks!
>>>
>>> I think I didn't use the new Journal here button because I was thinking
>>> I already have that for the journal and I wanted to be able to created new
>>> tiddlers with different tags and text
>>>
>>> Thanks again
>>> Jon
>>>
>>> On Monday, 2 August 2021 at 01:59:55 UTC+1 TW Tones wrote:
>>>
>>>> Jon
>>>>
>>>> When you transclude {{$:/core/ui/Buttons/new-tiddler}} you are acutely
>>>> Transcluding the whole button, change this to {{$:/core/images/new-button}}
>>>>
>>>> - Basically clicking on the button triggers both
>>>> $:/core/ui/Buttons/new-tiddler and $message="tm-new-tiddler"
>>>> - This highlights how a button widget acts somewhat like "on click"
>>>> - ActionCreateTiddlerWidget can create tiddlers without navigating
>>>> to them (in fact you need to navigate to them) and has more control
>>>> than
>>>> $message="tm-new-tiddler"
>>>>
>>>> However why not use the new Journal here button?
>>>> {{||$:/core/ui/Buttons/new-journal-here}}
>>>> You can change the title format, default content and tags in Control
>>>> Panel > info > Basics
>>>>
>>>> - Title of new journal tiddlers
>>>> - Text for new journal tiddlers
>>>> - Tags for new journal tiddlers
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>> Tones
>>>> On Monday, 2 August 2021 at 05:19:25 UTC+10 Jon wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Chris,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for that but I'm not sure how to incorporate it into the
>>>>> original - I've played around with it but can't get it to work. Could you
>>>>> spell it out for me?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> Jon
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sunday, 1 August 2021 at 16:57:16 UTC+1 clutterstack wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Jon, if you don't want the draft, perhaps the action-createtiddler
>>>>>> widget <https://tiddlywiki.com/#ActionCreateTiddlerWidget> is what
>>>>>> you're looking for, rather than the tm-new-tiddler message?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>> Chris
>>>>>> On Sunday, August 1, 2021 at 11:02:42 AM UTC-4 Jon wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have this to create a new tiddler from a button with the current
>>>>>>> date as the title:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> \define newtags() [[log]]
>>>>>>> <$wikify name="Title" text="""<<now "0DD/0MM/YY">>""">
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> <$button class="tc-btn-invisible">{{$:/core/ui/Buttons/new-tiddler}}
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> <$action-sendmessage $message="tm-new-tiddler" title=<<Title>>
>>>>>>> tags=<<newtags>> text=<<newtext>> />
>>>>>>> </$button>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It works fine but it also creates an unwanted draft tiddler as well.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Any ideas what's wrong with it?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>> Jon
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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