SID-02131: Automatic Watchlist Addition on Topic Creation

Status:	Answered	TWiki version:	6.0.1	Perl version:
Category:	WatchlistPlugin	Server OS:		Last update:	10 years ago

I'm using the contents of a form to create a new topic however I would like to automatically add the newly created topic to the creators Watchlist.

I'm hoping that it might be clear from what I've tried to do from my attempt below.

%EDITFORMFIELD{ "form" type="submit" value="Submit!" }%
%EDITFORMFIELD{ "SubmissionTime" type="hidden" value="%SERVERTIME{$year-$mo-$day}%" }%
%EDITFORMFIELD{ "topic" type="hidden" value="InnSubAUTOINC00001" }%
%EDITFORMFIELD{ "topicparent" type="hidden" value="FormEntries" }%
%EDITFORMFIELD{ "watchlist_action" type="hidden" value="togglewatch" }%
%EDITFORMFIELD{ "watchlist_topic" type="hidden" value="InnSubAUTOINC00001" }%
%EDITFORMFIELD{ "form" type="end" }%

Any help would be appreciated.

-- Jani Hamalainen - 2015-12-07

Discussion and Answer

Good idea. I don't think this is possible with the current implementation because this plugin requires a %WATCHLIST{...}% variable to toggle the watch state.

The plugin needs to be enhanced with a WatchlistPlugin specific parameter to the save script to toggle the watch state. TWiki is open source - you could enhance and contribute the changes back, or you could hire a TWiki consultant to do that for you.

-- Peter Thoeny - 2015-12-08

Thanks for the info Peter.

At this time I'm far from being capable of modifying any of the Twiki code but you've saved me a lot of time trying to do something that sounds like is not possible at this time.

-- Jani Hamalainen - 2015-12-08

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