new syncer: New save dropdown is partially hidden

[pmario]

It is like this:

IMO it should be like this: with position="belowleft" -- which is a little bit better.

[Jermolene]

Hi @pmario this is the same issue we have with the adjacent "more" dropdown, it's not specific to the new syncer fixes.

[kookma]

@Jermolene
In another thread this was discussed, I hope TW gets more smart popup mechanism and display these kind of drop down which close to window edges in a smart way.

[pmario]

Yea, cool. The default dropdown should be fixed too.

[pmario]

"more" dropdown is still readable, but with the syncer text gets cut off.

[Jermolene]

The problem is exacerbated because the prerelease has fluid-fixed layout with a relatively narrow sidebar.

[pmario]

There is code in the Mentat plugin (the virtual desktop conversion), which hacks the core to handle popups going offscreen. The author even has notes in his plugin about possibly merging it into the core. This would very much be worth doing, in my opinion.

https://thesherwood.github.io/Mentat/

Repopup

• A quick hack of a plugin that attempts to reposition tiddlywiki popups so that they don't run off the screen. It's not perfect and it doesn't seem to do much to normal dropdowns. But it's an okay fix until the popup mechanism can get a comprehensive overhaul. This plugin has been designed with the Volant, Engine, and Mentat Plugins in mind. So if you use it for something else, your mileage may vary.

https://github.com/theSherwood/Mentat

https://github.com/theSherwood/Mentat/blob/master/src/tiddlers/system/plugins/admls/repopup/startup/repopup.js

I hope to wrap up my server experiments soon, and come back to this. Let me know if this is useful.

see: https://groups.google.com/g/tiddlywiki/c/dFxN3eIrAzo/m/6h9rISmTDAAJ

[pmario]

also see: #4393

[kookma]

Thank you @pmario. I hope @Jermolene have a look at this old issue! As you said the Repopup addresses this issue partially! I think we can use reveal widget also for tooltip!

In Refnotes plugin I use tooltip to show footnotes and citations. The issue is with mobile browser when users experience off screen tooltip. There is no way in Tiddlywiki to reposition them and address the offscreen issue!

ping @TiddlyTweeter

[TiddlyTweeter]

ping @TiddlyTweeter

Tx @kookma for the ping!

Somehow floating back into view dropdowns in general in TW would be a real PLUS on usability. Especially on smart phone.

I personally like the entire tag system in TW. It is great for making menus quickly and very easily.
BUT, especially on mobile, it BREAKS, purely on positioning ... for example from an active wiki I made for teaching English ...

[AnthonyMuscio]

Some thoughts, although I expect others have more knowledge of this and there are standard ways to address this.

I have wondered if there were a way to set centre or right align such popups, I could imagine centre being popular on mobile screens but as long as we can still relate the popup to the original trigger, especially if it needed click/touch to close.

I imagine if the starting point is left or right of centre then from this the direction to open could be determined.

Tony