Introduction
The edit widget provides a general purpose interface for editing a tiddler. It dynamically chooses the appropriate widget depending on the type of the tiddler (currently either the EditTextWidget or the EditBitmapWidget).
Content and Attributes
The content of the <$edit>
widget is ignored.
Attribute | Description |
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tiddler | The tiddler to edit (defaults to the current tiddler) |
field | The field to edit (defaults to text ). Takes precedence over the index attribute |
index | The index to edit |
class | A CSS class to be added the generated editing widget |
tabindex | Sets the tabindex attribute of the input or textarea to the given value |
autocomplete | Introduced in v5.1.23 An optional string to provide a hint to the browser how to handle autocomplete for this input |
cancelPopups | Introduced in v5.1.23 if set to "yes", cancels all popups when the input gets focus |
inputActions | Introduced in v5.1.23 Optional actions that are triggered every time an input event occurs within the input field or textarea |
refreshTitle | Introduced in v5.1.23 An optional tiddler title that makes the input field update whenever the specified tiddler changes |
Examples
Edit the contents (text field) of a tiddler titled with today’s date
<$edit tiddler=<<now YYYY-0MM-0DD>> class="tc-edit-texteditor"/>
Edit $:/status/UserName with single-line input box, have browser offer autocomplete for email
<$edit-text tiddler="$:/status/UserName" tag="input" size=40 autocomplete="email"/>