[IDEA] Focus textarea/content after clicking "Edit this tiddler"

[MaxGyver83]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Every time I edit a tiddler, the title area is focused. But in 99% of cases I don't want to edit the title but the tiddler content.

Describe the solution you'd like

My proposal:

• Focus the title area when a new tiddler is created (unchanged).
• Focus the content (editor) when a tiddler is edited (the actual proposal).

Describe alternatives you've considered
An alternative solution could be to introduce a new button named "Edit tiddler content". Or "Edit tiddler" could default to edit the content and the new button would be named "Edit tiddler title".

[ericshulman]

See $:/ControlPanel > Info > Basics tab, where you will find a setting for "Default focus field for new tiddlers".

Note that the descriptive text for this setting is somewhat misleading, as it applies to existing tiddlers as well as new tiddlers.

[MaxGyver83]

Thank you! I have changed this setting to text. Much better now.

IMO, for new tiddlers it still would be better to focus/set the title first. Would it be an option to add another setting like "Default focus field for editing tiddlers"? Or would this complicate the code too much?

[pmario]

[. . .] Would it be an option to add another setting like "Default focus field for editing tiddlers"? Or would this complicate the code too much?

I think it should be possible, but there needs to be someone, who is interested enough to implement it. IMO it's a matter of interest and time available

[ericshulman]

Try this:

The following 3 changes add a new setting to the ControlPanel > Info > Basics controls:

• edit $:/core/ui/ControlPanel/Basics and, following the line containing "$:/config/AutoFocus", add this line

|<$link to="$:/config/AutoFocusEdit"><<lingo AutoFocusEdit/Prompt>></$link> |{{$:/snippets/minifocuseditswitcher}} |

• create $:/language/ControlPanel/Basics/AutoFocusEdit/Prompt containing:

Default focus field for existing tiddlers

• create $:/snippets/minifocuseditswitcher containing:

\whitespace trim
<$let default={{$:/config/AutoFocus}}>
<$select tiddler="$:/config/AutoFocusEdit" default=<<default>>>
<$list filter="title tags text type fields">
<option><<currentTiddler>></option>
</$list>
</$select>

The remaining changes make the standard edit template controls respond to the new $:/config/AutoFocusEdit setting. If that setting is undefined, then the controls fallback to using the existing $:/config/AutoFocus setting, which preserves backward-compatible behavior for existing TWs.

• edit $:/core/ui/EditTemplate/title and replace:

focus={{{ [{$:/config/AutoFocus}match[title]then[true]] ~[[false]] }}}

with

focus={{{ [{!!draft.of}is[tiddler]then{$:/config/AutoFocusEdit}match[title]then[true]] ~[{$:/config/AutoFocus}match[title]then[true]] ~[[false]] }}}

• edit $:/core/ui/EditTemplate/body/editor and replace:

focus={{{ [{$:/config/AutoFocus}match[text]then[true]] ~[[false]] }}}

with

focus={{{ [{!!draft.of}is[tiddler]then{$:/config/AutoFocusEdit}match[text]then[true]] ~[{$:/config/AutoFocus}match[text]then[true]] ~[[false]] }}}

• edit $:/core/ui/EditTemplate/type and replace:

focus={{{ [{$:/config/AutoFocus}match[type]then[true]] ~[[false]] }}}

with

focus={{{ [{!!draft.of}is[tiddler]then{$:/config/AutoFocusEdit}match[type]then[true]] ~[{$:/config/AutoFocus}match[type]then[true]] ~[[false]] }}}

• edit $:/core/ui/EditTemplate/fields and replace

focus={{{ [{$:/config/AutoFocus}match[fields]then[true]] ~[[false]] }}}

with

focus={{{ [{!!draft.of}is[tiddler]then{$:/config/AutoFocusEdit}match[fields]then[true]] ~[{$:/config/AutoFocus}match[fields]then[true]] ~[[false]] }}}

• edit $:/core/macros/tag-picker and replace

focus={{{ [{$:/config/AutoFocus}match[tags]then[true]] ~[[false]] }}}

with

focus={{{ [{!!draft.of}is[tiddler]then{$:/config/AutoFocusEdit}match[tags]then[true]] ~[{$:/config/AutoFocus}match[tags]then[true]] ~[[false]] }}}

[MaxGyver83]

Thank you! This works perfectly.

[twMat]

Close thread?

[Jermolene]

Thanks @twMat

[ericshulman]

While I provided a solution (including all needed core changes), I didn't see any PR for this.
Was this added to the core or just closed?

[pmario]

@ericshulman -- I did prepare a PR, with your changes. Seems to work well.

There are some problems I see:

• The whole text is selected. So it is easy to delete it, if users start typing.
  • But that's the same thing with the title.
• For title, tag and text it works well, because they are "in view"
• If there is a long text, the type- and fields-field are "out of view". So it should scroll into view.
  • On the other hand, I do not really see a reason, why someone would auto-select the type-field
  • Auto-selecting the "fields" may be an option, but I do not really see it.

I did remove type and fields from the "miniswitcher". We can add them, if users really request them.
I did add your focus=.. code, so it can be easily enabled (without auto scroll into view).
IMO auto scroll edit-widgets into view on focus, is a new functionality, which is not part of the core atm.

A preview version will follow soon

[pmario]

PR can be found at: #9214