7th September 2026 at 8:24pm
The notify message briefly displays a specified tiddler as a small alert in the upper right corner of the page. It requires the following properties on the event object:
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| param | Title of the tiddler to be displayed |
| {any other params} | Any other parameters are made available as variables to the notify message. |
The notify message is handled by the TiddlyWiki core.
Examples
New in v5.5.0 you can use the template $:/core/templates/plain-text to display simple text in a notification:
\procedure notify()
<$action-sendmessage $message="tm-notify" $param="$:/core/templates/plain-text" text={{!!count}} />
\end notify
<$button set="!!count" setTo={{{ [{!!count}add[1]] }}} tooltip="count" actions="<<notify>>" >
Count
</$button>That renders as:
You can also use the template $:/core/templates/rendered-text to display wikitext:
\procedure notify()
\procedure template()
Current time is <<now>>
\end template
<$action-sendmessage $message="tm-notify" $param="$:/core/templates/rendered-text" text=<<template>> />
\end notify
<$button actions="<<notify>>" >
What time is it?
</$button>That renders as: