Cloning a tiddler

#1

Hi,

i am trying to put a clone button inside a tiddler , all i really want is to have a clone tiddler button similar to the one in the menu

i can put a button widget along with a tm-new-tiddler command, but then would have to state every single field i want copied , but i have many fields ,and some fields might be added later .

so is there like some parameter or command that encompasses the entire tiddler including all fields so ,that if combined with tm-new-tiddler , tiddly wiki would understand i want the entire tiddler copied to the new tiddler being created?

thanks

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#2 
<$button message="tm-new-tiddler" param=<<currentTiddler>> >
clone
<$button>

Will copy all fields of the tiddler passed as the param.

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#3

sorry one more question , suppose i want in the same button action to set a value of a field in the new tiddler

i tried action set field , but it set the value in both the existing tiddler and the newly cloned one

Is it possible to have the action setfield affect only affect the newly cloned tiddler

<$button message="tm-new-tiddler" param=<<currentTiddler>>>
clone
<$action-setfield $tiddler=<<currentTiddler>>status="lost"/>

</$button>

Thanks again

#4

Paul, do I understand in this case @saqimtiaz solution is an effective clone, but you are asking now to add additional content to the new tiddler, so it becomes more than a clone?

Before we look at this new requirement be aware you can reuse any viewToolbar button in a tiddler of the view templates as follows; {{||$:/core/ui/Buttons/clone}} but here you want additional content.

  • In @saqimtiaz example the param/template is param=<<currentTiddler>>

You could use the ActionCreateTiddler or see WidgetMessage: tm-new-tiddler which documents this message; and adds;

  • How to; To create a new tiddler with given attributes rather than from a template:

Although undocumented if you use a separate <$action-sendmessage $message="tm-new-tiddler" as follows, you can use both the $param for the template and add additional fields’

<$button>
<$action-sendmessage $message="tm-new-tiddler" $param=<<currentTiddler>> status="lost" />
New Tiddler
</$button>

Regards

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#5

I submitted a documentation update to WidgetMessage tm-new-tiddler to include the above form, in the examples.