How to create a Tiddler where you can only edit the title

#1

I know this is possible with edit templates, but I don’t know enough about them to pull this off. I want to create a kind of tiddler where you can only edit the title, as the rest of it is templated and it’s used for storing data with edit text widgets and fields.

#2

@GameDungeon I would tend to move such code into a tiddler and use the view template rather than have the requirement you now have. However;

You can use the Edit Template Body cascade.

  • Clone $:/core/ui/EditTemplate/body/default I did to $:/PSaT/EditTemplate/title
  • Clone $:/config/EditTemplateBodyFilters/default I did to $:/config/EditTemplateBodyFilters/title-only
    • Change the tiddler referenced inside to $:/PSaT/EditTemplate/title (we still have more work)
      • Edit the filter to read [edit-title-only[yes]then[$:/PSaT/EditTemplate/title]]
    • Edit and add an empty list-before field

Now any tiddler with the field edit-title-only[yes] will use our new editor $:/PSaT/EditTemplate/title - at the moment it is not different to the default.

  • We now edit this to be a edit title only editor
  • Create a test tiddler with edit-title-only[yes] to experiment with.

I need to do otherthings but I may give you a working $:/PSaT/EditTemplate/title tiddler later today., next 12 hours

#3

How would it work the view template way if you think that would be better?

#4

You would suppress the edit button, and provide another that somehow allows you to edit the title in view mode. However I favor the second idea.

I now realise I need to change the Story Tiddler Cascade to hide the other editor elements, not the Edit Template Body as above.

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