The new tiddler message creates a new draft tiddler and adds it to the current story. It requires the following properties on the event
object:
Name | Description |
---|---|
param | The optional title of a tiddler to use as a template for the new tiddler |
{any other params} | The names and values of additional tiddler fields. |
navigateFromTitle | Title of the tiddler from which the navigation to the new tiddler was initiated |
The title for the draft tiddler is chosen according to these rules:
- If additional parameters were used and a title field was specified, use that title
- If a template tiddler was used, use the title of the template tiddler, making it unique with a numeric suffix
- Otherwise, generate a new title based on the default new tiddler title with a numeric suffix to make it unique
The new tiddler message is usually generated with the ButtonWidget or ActionSendMessageWidget and is handled by the NavigatorWidget.
Examples
To make a button that creates new tiddlers tagged "task", create a tiddler called "TaskTemplate" with that tag, and then make your button like this:
<$button message="tm-new-tiddler" param="TaskTemplate">New Task</$button>
To create a new tiddler with explicit parameters rather than by cloning a template tiddler:
<$button>
<$action-sendmessage $message="tm-new-tiddler" title="This is newly created tiddler" tags="OneTag [[Another Tag]]" text=<<now "Today is DDth, MMM YYYY">>/>
New Tiddler
</$button>
To create a new tiddler from a template with additional parameters:
<$button>
<$action-sendmessage $message="tm-new-tiddler" $param=<<currentTiddler>> fieldname="field value"/>
New Tiddler
</$button>
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