Elsewhere, @btheado wrote: [image] Import package of tiddlers with instructions to delete a tiddler? FYI, if you have tiddlers in json format, there is an easy way to create a plugin from it: Drag the tiddler json onto a tiddlywiki Edit the $:/Import tiddler. Change the plugin-type field from i…

I’m not sure your intention behind changing the plugin-type to something custom, but I think the behavior you are seeing can be explained by the fact that when you change plugin-type to plugin, the shadow tiddlers are created. Changing that field again to something else does not undo the shadow tidd…

[image] btheado: Changing that field again to something else Which is not what I did. See my steps.

[image] CodaCoder: Which is not what I did. See my steps. Then I don’t understand your steps. [image] CodaCoder: I created a “plugin” using your method changed the plugin type to “my-thing” opened/began editing one of the contained tiddlers… Step 2 of my method (which you say you fol…

Ah, now I see the confusion. I did follow your steps, first time. Worked fine, just like you said it would. Then, having read the docs, I tried a custom plugin-type. That works, too, except, the contained tiddlers behave like shadows, contrary to how they’re described in the docs: tiddlers within…

Here is a <a href="https://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/share##%5B%7B%22created%22%3A%2220240115035352432%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%7B%5Cn%20%20%20%20%5C%22tiddlers%5C%22%3A%20%7B%5Cn%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5C%22test%201%5C%22%3A%20%7B%5Cn%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5C%22created%5C%22%3A%20%5C%2220240115034612459%5C%22%2C%5Cn%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5C%22text%5C%22%3A%20%5C%22%5C%22%2C%5Cn%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5C%22tags%5C%22%3A%20%5C%22%5C%22%2C%5Cn%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5C%22title%5C%22%3A%20%5C%22test%201%5C%22%2C%5Cn%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5C%22modified%5C%22%3A%20%5C%2220240115034616737%5C%22%5Cn%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%7D%2C%5Cn%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5C%22test%202%5C%22%3A%20%7B%5Cn%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5C%22created%5C%22%3A%20%5C%2220240115034619554%5C%22%2C%5Cn%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5C%22text%5C%22%3A%20%5C%22%5C%22%2C%5Cn%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5C%22tags%5C%22%3A%20%5C%22%5C%22%2C%5Cn%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5C%22title%5C%22%3A%20%5C%22test%202%5C%22%2C%5Cn%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5C%22modified%5C%22%3A%20%5C%2220240115034622867%5C%22%5Cn%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%7D%5Cn%20%20%20%20%7D%5Cn%7D%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22%24%3A%2FImport%22%2C%22type%22%3A%22application%2Fjson%22%2C%22plugin-type%22%3A%22import%22%2C%22status%22%3A%22pending%22%2C%22modified%22%3A%2220240115041139355%22%7D%2C%7B%22title%22%3A%22%24%3A%2Fstate%2Fhttp-requests%22%2C%22text%22%3A%220%22%7D%2C%7B%22title%22%3A%22%24%3A%2FStoryList%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%22%2C%22list%22%3A%22%5B%5Bcustom%20plugin%20type%5D%5D%20%24%3A%2FImport%22%7D%2C%7B%22created%22%3A%2220240115035020136%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%5C%5Cprocedure%20set-plugin-type%28%29%5Cn%3C%24action-setfield%20%24tiddler%3D%5C%22%24%3A%2FImport%5C%22%20plugin-type%3D%3C%3Cplugin-type%3E%3E%2F%3E%5Cn%5C%5Cend%5Cn%5CnClick%20to%20set%20%60plugin-type%60%20of%20%24%3A%2FImport%20to%5Cn%5Cn%3C%24list%20filter%3D%5C%22my-thing%20import%20plugin%5C%22%20variable%3Dplugin-type%3E%5Cn%5Cn%3C%24button%20actions%3D%3C%3Cset-plugin-type%3E%3E%3E%3C%3Cplugin-type%3E%3E%3C%2F%24button%3E%5Cn%3C%2F%24list%3E%22%2C%22tags%22%3A%22%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22custom%20plugin%20type%22%2C%22modified%22%3A%2220240115040947794%22%7D%5D" rel="noopener nofollow ugc">share site link you can use to test. There are buttons for setting the plugin-type to one of 3 values. Click on my-thing and $:/Import will display like a plugin and claim there are shadow tiddlers, but the links are italics indicating they are missing tiddlers. Since the tiddlers are mis…

This getting weirder… [image] btheado: but the links are italics indicating they are missing tiddlers which they are at that point. [image] btheado: Since the tiddlers are missing there are no shadow tiddlers yet – it’s a pending import. [image] btheado: I find the doc to be acc…

If I go to tiddlywiki.com Advanced search filter for export all [tag[Filter Operators]] then export it to a JSON file. Then also delete the listed tiddlers to remove them from the wiki. I then reimport them and rename $:/Import to “Filter Operators plugin”, change the plugin type to “data” and remo…

@TW_Tones If I follow along your steps but use the share link provided by @btheado … rename $:/Import to “thing”, change the plugin type to “data” and remove the status field. Save the tiddler. I now have a “data” plugin and the shadows are listed without italics, they open and read fine. I no…

Late last night I did another test and got the same problem. Not sure why it happens sometimes and not others. I will look into it but not in the next 8 hours

Custom plugin type

CodaCoder January 14, 2024, 10:05pm 3

Which is not what I did. See my steps.

Import package of tiddlers with instructions to delete a tiddler?