How do I edit the $:/core/ui/EditTemplate/controls tiddler so that the buttons are always in view, i.e. stuck to the top of the screen, when in EditTemplate mode?

[Sapphireslinger]

How do I edit the $:/core/ui/EditTemplate/controls tiddler so that the buttons are always in view, i.e. stuck to the top of the screen, when in EditTemplate mode?

Here are the present contents of my $:/core/ui/EditTemplate/controls:

\define config-title()
$:/config/EditToolbarButtons/Visibility/$(listItem)$
\end
<div class="tc-tiddler-title tc-tiddler-edit-title">
<$view field="title"/>
<span class="tc-tiddler-controls tc-titlebar"><$list filter="[all[shadows+tiddlers]tag[$:/tags/EditToolbar]!has[draft.of]]" variable="listItem"><$reveal type="nomatch" state=<<config-title>> text="hide"><$transclude tiddler=<<listItem>>/></$reveal></$list></span>
<div style="clear: both;"></div>
</div>

[Eric Shulman]

On Wednesday, August 28, 2019 at 3:55:23 AM UTC-7, Sapphireslinger wrote:

How do I edit the $:/core/ui/EditTemplate/controls tiddler so that the buttons are always in view, i.e. stuck to the top of the screen, when in EditTemplate mode?

You can achieve the effect you want -- or close to it -- just using CSS, without modifying the core tiddler:

Simply create a new tiddler (e.g., "TopEditorButtons"), tagged with $:/tags/Stylesheet, containing:

.tc-editor-toolbar { position:fixed; top:0; }

enjoy,

-e

Eric Shulman

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[Sapphireslinger]

Thank you, Eric! I was looking for this answer for months! It was actually...

.tc-tiddler-edit-title

...that I needed, but with your instructions as a template, I was able to find the correct tc by trial and error, plugging in the various tc's I found within the $:/core/ui/EditTemplate/controls tiddler until I found the correct one.

I ended up with this:

.tc-tiddler-edit-title { position:fixed; top:0; left:0; right:0; padding:3px; background-color: pink; }

PROBLEM:

The chevron (that reveals and hides the TiddlyWiki title and tab menu) overlays my new fixed toolbar, and sometimes gets in the way of the particular toolbar button I need to press. How do I remove the chevron? I never use it anyway.

[Birthe C]

Open $:/core/ui/Topbar/menu and remove the tag,  $:/tags/TopRightBar . That is if you really do not use it.

[Sapphireslinger]

Thank you, Birthe! So far it only gets in my way. What do people use it for?

[Birthe C]

Toggling sidebar show/hide.

I find that hiding sidebar can be less distracting, when I want to show somebody my tiddlywiki. Also when working with my wiki, I sometimes want to have the bigger area for editing tiddlers. The fields get bigger too and that makes it easier to edit.

A lot of public wikis hide sidebar, didn't you notice? An example: Using your tw for slideshows you would not want sidebar when viewing the slidehow, but when you author it everything is easier having sidebar visible.

Birthe