Token Actions & Compendiums

So got a couple questions;  The first: is it possible to create a token action tied to that character only that is not visible on the character sheet but is when you select the token?  The second: is it possible to create a token action that is fillable from a compendium? So that when you drag and drop it fills in the tokens name and the token actions action? I tried the first thing that came to mind like this  <button class="tokenaction" type='roll' name='roll_@{m_taction_name_a}' value='@{selected|m_taction_ability_a}'></button> and it did not work with values that worked for a token action for  @{m_taction_name_a} and  @{selected|m_taction_ability_a}

I realize you are asking from a Sheet Creation point of view, so this may not help at all. But to answer question one, this is possible by crating a collections macro, setting it to be a token action, and either making it available to All Players, or by the specific players that you give permissions to. Regardless, it will always appear on a GM-selected token.

Yeah I should have specified that both questions are from a sheet creation point of view. Thank you for your response though! 

You can create token actions on a character and have them as hidden elements on the sheet. The problem with putting token actions on the character sheet itself is the player (or GM) can't turn them off, and the name is whatever the name is you gave them on the sheet - which is usually very ugly, because it has to follow the syntax for the character sheet. The general advice is NOT put token actions on the character sheet itself, but rather let the GM and/or Player add them to the Attributes and Abilities tab. The problem with your code above is the name...the rollbutton name needs to be a proper roll button name (no @ symbol, etc). And for filling in data on a character sheet, the drag and drop from a compendium can do that, but the easiest way I've found is to use sheet workers for that.  Meaning, you have the compendium drop fields and watch for changes in those and then the sheet worker takes over.

The general advice is NOT put token actions on the character sheet itself, but rather let the GM and/or Player add them to the Attributes and Abilities tab. And for filling in data on a character sheet, the drag and drop from a compendium can do that, but the easiest way I've found is to use sheet workers for that.  Meaning, you have the compendium drop fields and watch for changes in those and then the sheet worker takes over. Thanks for both of these statements