UPDATE: I am not aware of a simple solution to drag and drop images into tiddlywiki that will result in links, and not embedded files. Please enlighten me!
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I’ve been using a Tiddlywiki as my electron notebook – so far so good. However, it’s been annoying have to type/cut and paste or otherwise do work to insert images.
Behold TiddlyTools”.
The process of import Tiddlywiki plugins is straightforward, but not obvious – make sure you’ve backed up before you start playing with it. This is how I imported AttachFilePackage.
- Navigate to the TiddlyTools page and work out what plugins/packages you want. Sadly I have not figured out yet how to import packages in one operation.
- Find a link to the main TiddlyTools, and use right-click save as to save the file
- Open the local copy of TiddlyTools
- Open your tiddlywiki in another tab, and choose import from the backstage menu
- Enter the location of the file you just downloaded, and follow the prompts
- This is where I think I missed something – I manually checked all the individual plugins comprising the package. It’s not that much extra work
- Note that if you want the attach menu to appear backstage you’ll need the backstage package too
And there you have it – one upgraded Tiddlywiki!
*update*
err, I should point out that this doesn’t work in Firefox on Ubuntu. Grrrrr
The other drawback is that it saves the image in the file itself – leading to rapid bloat of your Tiddlywiki.
Quyen Nguyen said
You did not specify which package allow drag and drop of images. I tried to look for the AttachFilePackage but it’s not there. Can you help me please?
Thank you.
ac12 said
Go to tiddlytools.com and search for ‘attach file’. I actually don’t use this plugin anymore because it leads to your tiddlywiki file becoming larger and larger… They may have added functionality since I last look (maybe a year or two ago) to make a simple href link via drag and drop.
BudhaBar said
Can i know if u solved the trobule ? How are u adding images / thumbnails to your tiddly ?
ac12 said
I try not to add images. If I must, I use html in the text of the tiddler:
This is tedious, which is why I wanted a drag and drop solution in the first place.
Justin said
I started using Tiddlywiki today. This post was helpful because it wasn’t obvious to me that I have to import ALL the attachfileplugin tiddlers. Thanks for that.
I also should point out that the current version of the attachfileplugin doesn’t require you to embed file data, so your images can exist locally or somewhere on the web. I intend to develop my own file hierarchy within the folder where I keep Tiddlywiki and store my images there.
ac12 said
awesome I will take another look at the plugin :)