Christiaan - >> I don't see a reasonable way we could do this. >> >> One big difference between iTunes and BibDesk is that the content of iTunes >> is pretty much fixed, while for BibDesk it's very versatile. We cannot set a >> few fixed sort criteria. >> >> Apart from that, it would require special UI to be able to set search >> criteria. For this the general remarks on UI clutter apply. You should >> realize that one of the reasons BibDesk may be good to work with is >> precisely because we guard very much for good and intuitive UI without too >> much clutter (though we did sin against it before we fully realized the >> problems).
Completely agree, but maybe something to keep in mind, in case you or someone else stumble across or think of a way to do this unintrusively without cluttering the UI. Personally, I think Numbers solved it pretty ok - the arrow for each column gives access to a menu, "Sort ascending" and "Sort descending" are right there, and more complex sorts can be done under "More options". Of course they have more functions for each column so a menu makes sense. And like I said, I'm all in favor of less clutter too and -- co-incidentally -- for me, Dan's suggestion happens to work! >> Though perhaps we could try to remember the secondary criterium. However, it >> is not too reliable, as it can be lost when you use some e.g. external >> groups (because that sorts by import order). This is an important reason why >> we never did save it. I haven't used external groups (yet). I see how an "unreliable" feature like this could confuse some people. Dan - > This won't apply to everyone, but ... > if you define your citation keys in the form > > authorName:year:whatever > > then sorting by Cite Key will do what (I think) you want. This happens to be how all my cite keys look, and I'm really just looking for a default for finding papers quickly without using the search bar - so this does exactly what I was looking for, thanks! Jan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Achieve unprecedented app performance and reliability What every C/C++ and Fortran developer should know. Learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools to help boost performance applications - inlcuding clusters. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
