On 8 Sep 2007, at 7:30 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: > > 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 dragging or clicking, I think it could be possible to find out where the mouse went down, and therefore which icon to use. > 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? I'm not sure about that, as the connection to the items is lost. >> >> >>>> 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 I see. 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
