@DaveGifford I have thought of building something similar myself and other features in the tag pill drop down. This includes;
- A search to search within only tiddlers with the given tag
- Be able to apply a filter to the tiddlers listed in the tag pill dropdown eg items tagged todo but not done
- The ability to create a tiddler not only with the current tag, but using a nominated tiddler template.
- In time I also plan to allow special “action commands” to appear on the tag pill such as on a tiddler with the todo tag a done button (that stamps a done date, adds a done tag etc..)
- If you wanted to get deep into this see my recent discussion How to Delimit more than one filter in a string or field? - #13 by TW_Tones which is part of this.
You may have seen before my “reimagin tags” package which adds a range of items to the tag pill drop down using the $:/tags/TagDropdown tag. This may give you some inspiration and insight.
reimagin-tags.json (16.6 KB)
Notes on the solution you/we are seeking;
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In the editor toolbar the link icon to insert tiddler name with a search is a possible thing to clone and repurpose. I will have a quick look. $:/core/ui/EditorToolbar/link-dropdown
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I think the main trick may be in getting the tag pill dropdown to perform correctly while you are interacting with search box within it.
This is all part of my approach to building powerful tools into tiddlywiki that are just there, in the right place and intuitive to use so we don’t need to teach people how to use it just give it to them. Like my reimagin tags.
- I am currently working on “predefined action packages”
- The next frontier is automatic access to and filtering of lists without needing to code them.
Tell me if and how you would like to continue this discussion here.