Discovered Mixing Firefox Tiled Tabs with TiddlyWiki

[Jeff Vance]

Not sure if anyone else has tried this trick, but I was trying the Firefox extension Tile Tabs which lets you take multiple tabs and display them at the same time split screen, or tiled within the firefox window.  I'm finding this words really well with tiddlywiki in fullscreen.  Because I'll pop-out a few tiddlers into new windows, but because it is full screen, it makes each a new tab instead which the extension suddenly makes available for split-view/tiling. So I'll have the main story river open on one side, and 1 or 2 other tiddlers in the other pane. Of course the other windows are "read-only", but that is fine for me....I get the main river browsing and editing, and a pane or 2 to the left with read-only reference tiddlers. And if I make those a tag-tiddler with a Table-of-Contents with "internal navigation" style, I can still browse through tons of related tiddlers in the read-only pane via the the TOC links.

[@TiddlyTweeter]

Ciao Jeff

I use a tiler in FF for Windows PC. But when I click "Open In New Window" it doesn't make a new tab, it makes a seperate window. I'll obviously have to play with the settings!

Of course the other windows are "read-only", but that is fine for me.

Actually they are ACTIVE & linked to the "mother" TW that spawned them and will save back to "mother" if you need that, which is why your scenario is interesting & I will be trying to get it to work for me.

Best wishes
Josiah

[@TiddlyTweeter]

Ciao Jeff

Footnote: The reason why  Tiddlers opened via "Open In New Window" LOOK as if they are not active is because they don't have the top menu. But if you open a Tiddler that has active interactional elements in page you will see they work.

Best wishes
Josiah

[Jeff Vance]

Ah, thanks for clearing this up.  You're right...I only assumed it was read-only because there are no menu buttons available to perform an edit when a tiddler is open in a new window. But given that by default none of my tiddlers will ever have active elements for editing, they will probably always be read-only for me.  Although, now that I think about it, it would be nice to have toolbar button options available for "new window" tiddlers.  Then we could set a few buttons to appear (maybe edit and info, for example) in the new window. 

[@TiddlyTweeter]

Ciao Jeff

Jeff Vance wrote:

... now that I think about it, it would be nice to have toolbar button options available for "new window" tiddlers.  Then we could set a few buttons to appear (maybe edit and info, for example) in the new window.

To get an idea of what is possible take a look at Telmiger's ToDoNow: https://tid.li/tw5/hacks.html#ToDoNow ... Open that tiddler in a new window. You can save from it. You can author new tiddlers from it (the edit opens back in the "mother" TW) and in-context editing within the opened window itself.

I think its a very interesting area for many of us to get clearer about. Fact is, on Desktop, most of us have lots of screen space we could be using much better with TW.

Best wishes
Josiah

[@TiddlyTweeter]

Footnote: To edit the items inline you need to click on the "Padlock" to unlock it. Then click on any ellipsis (i.e. the "..." towards the right).

I think Telmiger's ToDoNow is a particularly good example of the benefit of having ONE permanently open Tiddler in its own window.

Best wishes
Josiah