help needed with action code to be used for a shortcut

Harris

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Oct 6, 2019, 7:07:54 AM10/6/19

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Dear TW community,

I have created a new shortcut tiddler.

$:/config/ShortcutInfo/test

I have added the shortcut Alt-S for all platforms in the keyboard shortcuts tab of $:/ControlPanel

I need a global keyboard shortcut so I have also added $:/tags/KeyboardShortcut to the tag field $:/config/ShortcutInfo/test

In order to use the Keyboard Shortcut Descriptor:

in $:/config/ShortcutInfo/test I have added a field named "key" with value "Alt-S"

I am now trying to define the action and would need some help in terms of what to add in the textarea of $:/config/ShortcutInfo/test. I need the action to be: save the whole wiki; (as opposed to saving a tiddler that is being edited).

Please excuse my ignorance. Any help with the code would be appreciated.

I have tried to search inside a blank TW to find the code for the action and reuse it but got lost.

(To put the need for this shortcut in context, I have disabled autosave so I want to be saving manually periodically using a keyboard shortcut.)

Many thanks

Harris

P.s.

I have referred to the instructions here:

https://tiddlywiki.com/static/How%2520to%2520create%2520keyboard%2520shortcuts.html

https://tiddlywiki.com/static/Keyboard%2520Shortcut%2520Descriptor.html

Later I also found this thread which was helpful but I still need help with the action code:

https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!searchin/tiddlywiki/$24keyboard$20action|sort:date/tiddlywiki/CRwut2UpJzU/BnZljFSWCQAJ

TonyM

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Oct 6, 2019, 8:57:50 AM10/6/19

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A quick clue. Full answer later. Find the save button with advanced search and find out how it does it.

Fishing lesson

Tony

Harris

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Oct 6, 2019, 4:36:26 PM10/6/19

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Hi Tony,

Thanks for the clue. I had partially done such a search prior to posting but gave up in the end.

I had found $:/core/images/save-button but then got stuck and could not find the callback linked to this button.

I had also found but they didn't seem to give me the code for the action:

$:/core/save/all
$:/core/modules/commands/save.js
$:/core/modules/commands/savetiddlers.js

I will do another search.

Thanks again.

Harris

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Oct 6, 2019, 4:55:01 PM10/6/19

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Tony, your clue reassured me that I am in the right direction. I searched again and found $:/core/ui/Buttons/save-wiki

It was listed under shadow tiddlers. In my last attempt I had only searched under "core" and "filter" in advanced search.

I extracted the relevant code from $:/core/ui/Buttons/save-wiki and it works like a charm! :-)

Thanks again

Harris

P.s.1 Embarrassed to say that I spent ~3 hours on the whole thing earlier today but in the 2nd attempt just now the solution came up very quickly. I think I was a bit muddled earlier today and not fully alert.

p.s.2 code below in case it is useful to anybody else:

<$navigator story="$:/StoryList" >

<$action-sendmessage $message="tm-save-wiki" $param={{$:/config/SaveWikiButton/Template}} filename=<<site-title>>/>

</$navigator>

TonyM

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Oct 6, 2019, 7:02:04 PM10/6/19

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Harris,

Great to hear. I assure you that investment in time will be empowering you to solve future problems, however do not hesitate to ask again in the forum, when baffled. The key thing I wanted you to find was $message="tm-save-wiki", because I could not be sure I new the message name correctly. With this you are empowered to make your own action that calls the core action to save wiki.