Button works well within tiddler, but that button not works when I tag the tiddler with "$:/tags/PageControls" and click it from control bar

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#1

Hi, I’ve written a theme-switching button, using this button, I could change the whole theme of tiddlywiki, including background image and palette, the question is, I click it within the tiddler, that button works well, but when i tagged that tiddler with “$:/tags/PageControls” so I could click that button on control bar, it not works. I know I must miss something, but I just cannot figure it out, Does anybody have met this similar situation or can you give me any clues? (code is too long, but if you want to give it a look, I will paste it here later.)

#2

Without seeing the code, it’s somewhat difficult to properly diagnose what might be going wrong.

However… based on the reported symptom that the code works in a tiddler but not in the sidebar, it should be noted that within a tiddler the <<currentTiddler>> variable has a value equal to the title of the containing tiddler, but in the sidebar the <<currentTiddler>> variable has NO value.

Thus, if your code depends upon the value of <<currentTiddler>> or any implied reference to it, such as “{{!!fieldname}}”, then it won’t work in the sidebar.

Hope this helps,
-e

P.S. Please post your code, even it it is long. Alternatively, upload your entire TiddlyWiki to somewhere such as http://TiddlyHost.com so we can look as it “in situ”.

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#3

Hi, thank you, buddy! it really works, as you say, I changed currentTiddler value to the tiddler where the button is located, then it works well too on control bar. Here is the code if you are interested:

<$let 
currentTiddler="$:/plugins/uzvg/ui/Buttons/SwitchPalette"
darkPalette={{!!dark-palette}}
lightPalette={{!!light-palette}}
PaletteTid="$:/palette"
BackgroundImageTid="$:/themes/tiddlywiki/vanilla/settings/backgroundimage"
GiscusThemeTid="$:/config/giscus/theme" >
<$button tooltip={{$:/language/Buttons/Shiraz/Hint}} aria-label={{$:/language/Buttons/Shiraz/Caption}} class=<<tv-config-toolbar-class>> >
<$list filter="[<tv-config-toolbar-icons>match[yes]]">
    {{$:/plugins/kookma/shiraz/images/palette-switch}}
</$list>
<$list filter="[<tv-config-toolbar-text>match[yes]]">
    <span class=tc-btn-text>switch palettes</span>
</$list>

<$reveal state="$:/palette" text=<<darkPalette>> type="match">
    <<LightenSwitch>>
</$reveal>

<$reveal state="$:/palette" text=<<darkPalette>> type="nomatch">
    <<DarkenSwitch>>
</$reveal>

</$button>
</$let>