On 8 Sep 2007, at 6:46 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: > > On Sep 8, 2007, at 09:26, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > >> But the problem is that the display only displays a fixed set of >> fields, and the order of the files is pretty arbitrary as I see it. >> Perhaps we should add a "Local Files" column or something displaying >> any number of icons? > > Order would be preserved such that the first file dropped would always > be bdsk-file-1 (ideally they'd be user-defined...but rearranging isn't > implemented). >
Well, but what I mean: that may not be the one the user thinks is the most important. > I was thinking something like a toggle would be useful to switch > between the user's preferred display and a file display, which might > obviate the need to icons in the table column? It would be pretty > handy for gathering up all files for the selected references. I've > also wondered about a list view; at that point, we're basically > reimplementing Finder to look at a flat directory. > Still I think it's useful to be able to drag files from the main table or open them quickly, also without selection changes. >> BTW, you can also add icon attachment in the template preview (use >> the rtfd template). > > Yeah, I experimented with that, and I think adding icons with the URL > links might be okay by default. > > Before creating my custom view, I tried a custom attachment cell > subclass that displays thumbnails in the textview, but it used memory > like crazy. It's also amusing to see PDF files each displayed in > their own scrollview inside the attributed textview, which is easy > with text attachments. > > -- > Adam > I can imagine that is not very efficient. I did not know textview added scrollviews for attachments. Christiaan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
