Extend <-popup> to create floating popups that must be manually cleared (#5655)

core/modules/widgets/action-popup.js

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Compute the internal state of the widget
 ActionPopupWidget.prototype.execute = function() {
 	this.actionState = this.getAttribute("$state");
 	this.actionCoords = this.getAttribute("$coords");
+	this.floating = this.getAttribute("$floating","no") === "yes";
 };
 
 /*
@@ -68,7 +69,8 @@ ActionPopupWidget.prototype.invokeAction = function(triggeringWidget,event) {
 				height: parseFloat(match[4])
 			},
 			title: this.actionState,
-			wiki: this.wiki
+			wiki: this.wiki,
+			floating: this.floating
 		});
 	} else {
 		$tw.popup.cancel(0);

editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/widgets/ActionPopupWidget.tid

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 caption: action-popup
 created: 20200303114556528
-modified: 20200421221304177
+modified: 20210501203451387
 tags: Widgets ActionWidgets
 title: ActionPopupWidget
 type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki
@@ -16,9 +16,12 @@ The ''action-popup'' widget is invisible. Any content within it is ignored.
 |!Attribute |!Description |
 |$state |The title of the state tiddler for the popup |
 |$coords |Optional coordinates for the handle to which popup is positioned (in the format `(x,y,w,h)`) |
+|$floating |<<.from-version "5.1.24">> Optional. Defaults to `no`. Set to `yes` to create a popup that must be closed explicitly. |
 
 <<.from-version "5.1.23">> If the ''$coords'' attribute is missing or empty then all popups are cancelled.
 
+<<.tip "Delete the state tiddler for a floating popup to close it.">>
+
 ! Examples
 
 Here is an example of button that triggers the "more" button in the sidebar "Tools" tab. You may need to scroll to see the popup