Will Furnass wrote: > On 5 May 2015 at 21:38, Georg Baum <georg.b...@post.rwth-aachen.de> wrote: > >> >> If you select the error item in the error dialog then the corresponding >> LyX contents should should be selected in the main area as well. This is >> not always 100% correct, but usually the error cause is nearby. Does this >> not work in your case? >> > > Ah, I hadn't noticed that before! That works perfectly if the error is in > the master document but not if the error is in a child document (of which > I have quite a few). > > If would be great if LyX would switch to/open the child document > containing the likely location of the error and move the cursor to that > location.
I agree. Please file an enhancement request at http://www.lyx.org/trac/wiki/BugTrackerHome. It should not be too difficult to implement, since LyX has all information which is needed (which file and which line number). I guess it was simply forgotten. Georg
