On Sep 8, 2007, at 10:03, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > > 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.
yeah, so you'd have to make sure the file corresponding now to Local- Url was the first one added. >> 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. Good point...this scheme would require a selection first. That wouldn't have to be the case. For the main window I also wondered about having a view (icons or Finder list) on the right side of the window, which just shows all files for the items in the current group. Maybe that would be more useful? > > >>> 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. Create a new document in TextEdit as rich text, then drop a PDF into it. The result isn't what I expected. adam ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
