Help with External Links and Shiraz Buttons

[Dan Hoffman]

Hello All,

I am new to TW and very much a beginner. I'm using TiddlyWiki on Node.js

I've learned to use External Links and find myself frequently using them to link to various  files, something like this:

• [ext[Link to PDF|file:///myfile.pdf]]

I've also had luck applying External Links to links generated by Hook (the macOS productivity app). These links look something like this:

• [ext[Link to Email|hook://email/ABC123.gmail.com]]
• [ext[Link to Folder|hook://file/ABC123]]

All of this works very well. My question is how I can combine External Links with buttons made using the Shiraz plugin. In Shiraz, a button looks something like this:

• <$link overrideClass="btn btn-primary" to="target">My Link</$link>

However, when I replace "target" with an External Link (one that works without a Shiraz button), it no longer works. Instead, the button treats the link as a tiddler title instead of opening the file in the correct app (e.g., Mail, Preview, Finder). This is what I expected to work:

• <$link overrideClass="btn btn-primary" to="hook://email/ABC123.gmail.com">My Link</$link>

I have also tried this:

• <$link overrideClass="btn btn-primary" to="[ext[hook://email/ABC123.gmail.com]]">My Link</$link>

I feel like I'm missing something very basic, but I just can't seem to figure it out. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

To summarize, I'd like to combine an External Link with a Shiraz button so that that button opens the local file.

Thank you kindly for any help you might be able to offer.

[Javier Eduardo Rojas Romero]

Hello; I think the issue is: <$link> only works for internal links; for
external links, use good ol' HTML, for example:

<a href="https://google.com" target="_blank" class="btn btn-primary">open google in a new tab</a>

On Sun, Apr 25, 2021 at 02:40:53AM -0700, Dan Hoffman wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I am new to TW and very much a beginner. I'm using TiddlyWiki on Node.js
>
> I've learned to use External Links

> <https://tiddlywiki.com/#Linking%20in%20WikiText> and find myself

> frequently using them to link to various files, something like this:
>

> - [ext[Link to PDF|file:///myfile.pdf]]

>
> I've also had luck applying External Links to links generated by Hook

> <https://hookproductivity.com/> (the macOS productivity app). These links
> look something like this:
>
> - [ext[Link to Email|hook://email/ABC123.gmail.com]]
> - [ext[Link to Folder|hook://file/ABC123]]

>
> All of this works very well. My question is how I can combine External
> Links with buttons made using the Shiraz plugin

> <https://kookma.github.io/TW-Shiraz/#>. In Shiraz, a button looks something
> like this:
>
> - <$link overrideClass="btn btn-primary" to="target">My Link</$link>

>
> However, when I replace "target" with an External Link (one that works
> without a Shiraz button), it no longer works. Instead, the button treats
> the link as a tiddler title instead of opening the file in the correct app
> (e.g., Mail, Preview, Finder). This is what I expected to work:
>

> - <$link overrideClass="btn btn-primary" to="

> hook://email/ABC123.gmail.com">My Link</$link>
>
> I have also tried this:
>

> - <$link overrideClass="btn btn-primary" to="

> [ext[hook://email/ABC123.gmail.com]]">My Link</$link>
>
> I feel like I'm missing something very basic, but I just can't seem to
> figure it out. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
>
> To summarize, I'd like to combine an External Link with a Shiraz button so
> that that button opens the local file.
>
> Thank you kindly for any help you might be able to offer.
>
>
>

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[Dan Hoffman]

Thank you! Thank you! That 100% did the trick. I knew it was something simple, I just don't have quite enough background knowledge (yet). But I'm learning ;-)