Lua comand to create a new page within the current directory

Tricks & Techniques
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Some more simple functionality. A command for creating a new page within the same directory as the page you are currently editing. It creates a page called “/current/dir/New” which you can then quickly edit.

sub=sub or {}

-- Return the current directory path
function sub.dir()
  dir = editor.getCurrentPageMeta()
  -- Find last occurence of /
  i = string.find(dir.name, "/[^/]*$")
  path = string.sub(dir.name,1,i)
  return path
end

command.define {
  name = "Create Subpage",
  run = function()
    newpath = sub.dir()
    editor.navigate(newpath..'New')
  end
}

Trigger via an in-page button {[Create Subpage]} Or from within your top menu via the settings file. Note, I pair this with a page delete command to help me quickly manage pages.

ActionButtons:
- icon: file-plus
  command: "{[Create Subpage]}"
- icon: delete
  command: "{[Page: Delete]}"
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This is cool. You could add editor.prompt in the command to ask user for the name of new page.

On the side note. You can also press space or shift+space in the page selector (when the input is empty) it will try to prefill the input based on the page you are now. :slight_smile:

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command.define {
  name = "new ",
  key = "Alt-Ctrl-n",
  run = function()
    local pageName=editor.prompt("page name",editor.getCurrentPage().."/")
    editor.navigate(pageName)
  end
}

another way to do it

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I didn’t know shift+space action
I use this page to know shortcuts (Keyboard Shortcuts) but shift+space is missing.
Where can i find an exhaustive list of shortcuts? @marad

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Nice addition(s), thankyou!

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@marad @malys @zef do you know if there is a way to place the cursor at the end of the editor.prompt() input field?

This is the more compact reworked version. I currently prefer new as the default page name. Brilliant tips from both of you!

command.define {
  name = "Create Subpage",
  run = function()
    local name = editor.getCurrentPage()
    local i = string.find(name, "/[^/]*$")-- find last /
    local path = string.sub(name,1,i)..'new'
    local pagename = editor.prompt("page name",path) 
    editor.navigate(pagename)
  end
}
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I don’t know but i’m interested to know :slight_smile:

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That page lists all keyboard shortcuts active in the regular editor, not in the filter box UI (for command palette, page navigator). Page Picker lists the Shift-Space thing, although I should note that I removed it in v2 because I hit it by accident a lot lot. It would need a different shortcut to come back.

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FWIW, here is what I’ve been using for a while.
This also works when, for example, a page is created when a root page like index is opened:

Create page:

command.define {
  name = "Page: Create Page",
  run = function()
    local current = editor.getCurrentPage()
    local path = string.gsub(current, "/*[^/]+$", "")
    if path ~= "" then path = path .. "/" end
    local name = editor.prompt("Enter name of new page", path)
    if not name then return else editor.navigate(name) end
  end
}

And my Create subpage. Very similar to what has been posted before, but I don’t really prefer one-liners:

command.define {
  name = "Page: Create Subpage",
  run = function()
    local current = editor.getCurrentPage()
    local name = editor.prompt("Enter name of new subpage", current .. "/")
    if not name then return else editor.navigate(name) end
  end
}

Also looking for a solution to move the cursor to the end! Pressing the end key every time is getting annoying.

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