Right-click menu item to open a TW file in TiddlyStow?

#1

Hi everyone

Is it in the realm of possibility to create a right-click menu item that will open a TiddlyWiki file in TiddlyStow in my browser?

I have my main local files all in one folder, so usually there is no problem. I am in my browser, click TiddlyStow, and choose the file.

But there are many times I am not in my browser but am navigating Windows folders, and I find a file I want to open and edit, without having to go through all the extra steps: open Google Chrome, open TiddlyStow, navigate all the way to the folder, open the file.

#2

As far as I know, this is not possible.

Tiddlystow runs in a web page. The web browser, being a native application on your system, has access to your files and folders. However, only a limited part of that access is provided to the web pages running in the browser.

The web page can ask the browser to prompt the user to select a file or directory, but I’m not aware of a way it can give the browser a hint about where on the file system to pick.

Once the user picks the file or directory, only an opaque file handle is returned to the web page. The web page has no idea where on the file system that file came from.

As a result, I can’t think of a way what you are asking can work.