Command line

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Goal

You want to dial up your focus by hiding the Related content sections.

Instructions

Build the single-command toggle

See this example on how to build it. Build the first section called "In the schema", then come back here.

Configure visibility of related content

To configure the related content sections you want to toggle the visibility on, each section will need a node filter where the checked state of the is visible field determines whether they show up or not:

• Navigate to the Related content section in the configuration:
  • For supertags, Cmd/Ctrl+Shift click on the tag itself
  • For nodes, run the command Configure node
• For every related content section
  • Run the command Add contextual content on the related content nodes, and add >Node filter:: >is visible:: true (checked)

Testing

Test the command by running the Toggle visibility command on the node. It should make the related content sections appear/disappear.

Optionally, you can add the Toggle visibility command to the node as a button, and then use that instead.

🙌 That's it!

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Goal

You want to build one command that toggles the state of something, like a checkbox. The key that unlocks this is the obscure Run commands in parallel command, and this is an excellent use for it. The uses for a toggle are endless; this example will demonstrate how to build a visibility switch for command buttons.

Let's call it the single-command toggle.

Note: This is more like a proto-command, something that isn't useful on its own, but unlocks many creative uses.

Instructions

In the schema

1. Create a checkbox field called is visible.
   1. In the Hide field setting, choose Always
2. Create a command node for checking the is visible field:
   1. Name: visibility ON
   2. Add node filter: >NOT:: >is visible:: true (checked)
   3. Add command Set field values
   4. In parameter Fields to set: >is visible:: true (checked)
3. Make another command node that removes the field:
   1. Name: visibility OFF
   2. Add node filter: >is visible:: true (checked)
   3. Add command Remove fields
   4. In parameter Fields to remove: is visible (field definition)
4. Create a third command node for toggling between the two commands:
   1. Name: Toggle visibility
   2. Add command Run commands in parallel
   3. In the parameter Commands to run, add references to the two commands you created earlier
5. Test the command out:
   1. On any node, run the command Toggle visibility. It should add the is visible field to it, checked. Running it again should remove the field.

The commands are now ready to go.

Configure visibility of command buttons

To configure the commands you want to toggle the visibility on, each command will need a node filter where the checked state of the is visible field determines whether they show up or not:

• Create or find a node that has many command buttons you want to hide
• For every command, add the >Node filter:: >is visible:: true (checked)
• As you do this, the buttons should, one by one, disappear from the node.

Testing

Test the command again by running the Toggle visibility command on the node. It should make the buttons appear/disappear.

🙌 That's it!

Further ideas

• Bind a custom keyboard shortcut to Toggle visibility so you can easily toggle the visibility of buttons with the same keystrokes. See video above.
• Add the toggle command as a button: then you can toggle things with a mouse-click instead
• Use the same thing to toggle the visibility of related content sections

Basic copy-paste

Copy-pasting content is the fastest way of getting data out of Tana.

Select the content you want to copy, then hit Cmd/Ctrl+C. To paste, Cmd/Ctrl+V either in Tana (will create references) or elsewhere.

More copy-paste options

Via the command line (Cmd/Ctrl+K) there are various flavors of copy available to you.

Copy full content to clipboard

Copies the selected content in plain text format

Copy as Tana Paste

Copies the selected content in Tana Paste format

Copy as plain markdown

Copies the selected content in plain markdown format

Other ways to get content out

Export plain HTML

Renders a HTML page of the selected content that you can copy the HTML of, or save as a HTML file.

Export JSON

To learn more about this, read here.

Thanks to community member Michael Sklar for the FAQ idea!

Select the nodes whose field you want to set. Enter the command line (Cmd/Ctrl+K) and type Set to see your options.

The Set [field] command only works on field types Option, Instance, Tana User and Checkbox.

Select the nodes, then type # or use the command Add tag to add supertags to all selected nodes.

Use the command Remove tag to bulk-remove supertags.

Use the command Merge node.

It also works on references i.e. it will merge the nodes referenced to and all references will be updated accordingly

To merge nodes

Select nodes, then run the command.

To merge fields

Get the field definitions in one place (copy/paste), select them and run the command:

To merge supertags

Get the supertag definitions in one place (copy/paste or @-mention), select them and run the command: