Hi Sorry I hate to differ Dwight but I just tried exactly what you suggest and it simply isn't working as you describe.
Yes, it seems that "Set as default for this tab" has the effect of setting which view on that tab will appear when you double click on it, plus an asterisk appears if you select a different view. And yes, it seems that "Lock default in this tab" has the effect of stopping me from deleting the tab. Plus if I attempt to change view whilst in that tab, then a new tab is opened. BUT none of the above seems to have the slightest effect on either the sequence of the rows across the page relative to each other nor their horizontal positions. I even tried getting all the tabs as I want them and closing the whole program. But even then after you open the program again, the simple act of clicking on different will after a whole break the columns. What is strange is that immediately it breaks for one workspace any other workspace that has the same view in it (albeit set as default and locked) will have the column change in exactly the same way. So it does FEEL like the columns are part of the views themselves, rather than being anything to do with the tabs.... Nope as things stand nothing will keep the columns anything like how I want them and until someone can tell me how to stop the column from leaping back to what they were, seemingly with minds of their own, I say: b-u-g ! P.S. There are a couple unexpected things too: a) If a tab has been locked you can still change the columns - on a temporary basis at least. b) "Sync Zoom with first tab" keeps unticking itself on all the tabs. I On 6 December 2014 at 18:29, Dwight Arthur <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, John. Not a b-u-g imho. sorry. > > the thing you saved is a "view" which is a set of filters and such as > defined in the left panel. The xolumn selection is not accessible though > the left panel and is therefore not saved when you save a view. I am > oversimplifying but this is about 95% true. > > The thing that saves a view together with other information such as zoom > and selected columns is a workspace, also known as a tab. Try this: > -Hit the [+] tab marker at the right of your tab list. A new tab appears. > -Type in some nice name for the workspace. > -you can click or clear the two "sync" checkboxes, does not matter to me > - hit <enter> to save the workspace name > - make sure that you have the view you want > - make sure the column selection and zoom is what you want > - right click the tab and select "set as default" > - right click the tab and select "lock to default" > - maybe you want to assign some nice icon and pin the tab. or not. > now whenever you click this tab you will get the tasklist you just defined. > > btw this is probably a good time to tell you about persistent unsaved view > changes. > when you edit a view the changes are not saved back to the view definition > but they remain in effect in the current workspace. If you open the same > view in a different workspace the changes will be absent but if you go back > to the workspace where you made the changes they are still there. You can > close MLO, reboot your computer and reopen MLO, the workspace will still be > there and your unsaved changes will still be present. You can edit system > views but you cannot save them. When you save a view the changes now appear > in all workspaces using the view. > > On Saturday, December 6, 2014 8:32:47 AM UTC-5, John Smith wrote: >> >> >> Hi >> >> I have a problem with view columns that keep reverting. >> >> Seeming all of my Views (and one of them in particular) - are extremely >> frustrating because the columns are not in the sequence and position that I >> want. But every time I change them back to how I want them (and yes, then >> hit "Save" at the bottom of the Filter panel on the left - either saving to >> the same or a new name), then all it takes is for me to look an any other >> View and then BANG the columns have reverted to where they were. [grrr] >> >> Fwiw, the two columns in question are "Importance" and "Urgency". The >> View in question is mainly a rather complicated one that I constructed from >> scratch, but the problem also affects other Views including the original >> "Outline > All tasks" view that won't let me Save at all. (==> "You are not >> allowed to change predefined views...") >> >> [Aside: Strangely although you aren't allowed to change the predefined >> view you ARE allowed to change the columns aspect of the view whatever the >> software says.] >> >> But the problem is not remotely consistent. It does seem to help somewhat >> if you have two copies of the exactly same View next to each other on the >> left hand column. But not for very long... And it may revert at any point. >> Certainly as soon as you delete the spare one, the other one's columns >> always seem to go wrong again! >> >> This definitely feels like a bug to me. (Ouch! Ironically as soon as I >> wrote the word bug - if confirmed by act of God - I get a message to my >> screen that MLO has actually crashed!) >> >> Any suggestions or best practices as to how to avoid the columns going >> wrong? >> >> e.g. Should I delete all copies of my Views and rebuild them from scratch? >> e.g. Should I export all my data and import into a new blank MLO file? 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