On 16 Apr 2008, at 11:39, Christiaan Hofman wrote:
>
> On 16 Apr 2008, at 10:26 AM, Miguel Ortiz-Lombardía wrote:
>
>> Hi James,
>>
>>
>> 4: Last point about the sidebar. I can now see attached files for an
>> item in the main database view, but if I drag and drop a PDF to that
>> sidebar, it does not attach. I have to open the item edit window up,
>> and drag the PDF into the sidebar there. Is that intended behaviour?
>> I have been trying to link up a large number of PDFs to entries, and
>> it would be nice to be able to do that in the main view, without
>> opening each item.
>>
>>
>> I am doing precisely the same action. What I do is to drag and drop
>> the PDF file to the entry in the main database view. The PDF gets
>> attached (and in my case autolinked and renamed).
>>
>> .....
> The file view in the main window is for display only, you cannot add
> items there. Just as the main table is for display only. Note that it
> displays files for all the selected item, so there's no context to add
> to. You should add linked files and URLs in the detail window for an
> item.
>
> Christiaan
I see the logic to restrict editing to the edit window, but it
involves several extra steps.
For example, I run a search on a pdf page number getting one hit, or I
have one entry selected in the main window, then the context would be
that any linked files belong to that one hit, so adding to it would
seem logical.
As suggested, I can drag the PDF to the correct entry, which links the
file etc., This is probably a good
compromise between good visual UI (i.e. drag a PDF to the sidebar) and
accuracy (make sure the PDF is linked to the correct entry).
This saves having to: select the one hit, open the edit window, drag
and drop the PDF, close the edit window, which is a lot of extra steps.
James
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