[TW5] Usability question: How to quickly switch between editing and reading modes with a long tiddler?

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Kakyo

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May 12, 2015, 5:49:03 PM5/12/15
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With TWc, I can make the tiddler as long as I like, and embrace this workflow:
  1. I read the tiddler that may last 10+ pages. 
  2. I suddenly want to add something to the page.
  3. I double-click any part of the paragraph view with my mouse and start editing.
  4. I ctrl-enter to finish editing, get right back to where I was, and continue reading.
Now with TW5, this becomes impossible: There is no double-click or any shortcut to edit in place. 
So if the article is too long, I'll have to scroll to the top, click the edit button, and pray I can get back to where I was.
I'll probably have to remember a unique keyword in order to do that.

Am I missing any alternatives to this workflow or is it intrinsically unsupported?
By the way, JIRA as a popular issue tracker supports this work flow in __ALL__ its edit boxes, 
which is amazingly neat.

Thanks a lot!

PMario

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May 13, 2015, 2:39:57 AM5/13/15
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Hi,

Have a look at the TW ControlPanel and select: Appearence: Theme Tweaks
There is an option: Sticky Titles. .. Set it to yes.

[1] http://tiddlywiki.com/#%24%3A%2FControlPanel

If you are in "read mode", the title bar will now be with you ;)

If you switch to edit mode, you can do the following:

 - Click the "expand view" >> button top right .. still in edit mode
 - Click the Preview button. So you have edit and view mode side by side.
 - Your editing will be rendered as you type
 - Don't close the edit mode.
 - Continue reading .. if editing is needed, just do it.

IMO this workflow is very similar to what you describe. .. Just think about it.
Depending on how your content is created, the left and right side may be out of sync.

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By the way. TW is optimized to create short junks of text aka tiddlers. So I don't really understand why you need to deal with a 10 page long tiddler. .... but that's my problem.

have fun!
mario

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