created: 20160424150551727
modified: 20171114215846324
tags: [[Customise TiddlyWiki]]
title: Making a custom journal button
type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki

To get your own ''//custom//'' Journal button, start by cloning the [[New Journal|$:/core/ui/Buttons/new-journal]] button.

Then create your own config tiddlers, eg: 

* ``$:/config/myNewTiddler/Tags`` and ... 
* ``$:/config/myNewTiddler/Title`` and ... 
* ``$:/config/myNewTiddler/Text``


Edit your custom button and "search and replace" the config tiddler names.

Change the following lines, near the end  of the tiddler 
from

```
<$set name="journalTitleTemplate" value={{$:/config/NewJournal/Title}}>
<$set name="journalTags" value={{$:/config/NewJournal/Tags}}>
<$set name="journalText" value={{$:/config/NewJournal/Text}}>
```

to

```
<$set name="journalTitleTemplate" value={{$:/config/myNewTiddler/Title}}>
<$set name="journalTags" value={{$:/config/myNewTiddler/Tags}}>
<$set name="journalText" value={{$:/config/myNewTiddler/Text}}>
```

if you want to see your config tiddlers in the sidebar use:

```
<$set name="journalTitleTemplate" value={{config/myNewTiddler/Title}}>
<$set name="journalTags" value={{config/myNewTiddler/Tags}}>
<$set name="journalText" value={{config/myNewTiddler/Text}}>
```