Bob, I unfortunately don't have time to give your inquiry the attention it deserves this week but here is a quick thought.
Make workspaces that represent the permanent zoom level for each view. In each workspace, make that view the default and then lock the workspace. You should find that when you zoom further in, MLO leaves the locked workspace alone and creates new unlocked workspace with your new zoom. Instead of zooming out when you are done, just close the unlocked workspace and you should find yourself back in the locked workspace with the original zoom. -Dwight Mlo betazoid on Android sgn2 On Sep 27, 2015, Bob Clark <[email protected]> wrote: >Dwight, > >My posts are still moderated, so this comes before my 1st reply gets >posted. Anyway: >Still working with Zoom and now a couple custom views. I think your >suggestion is starting to click. Here's what I have now. Much simpler >setup >using fewer views and a couple tabs. I'm liking this alot. > ><https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OZtWWnfQVmI/VgflA5vRFgI/AAAAAAAAjYU/UxOrBiev2FQ/s1600/mlo%2Bviews%2B2.PNG> > >One thing I'm struggling to resolve with Zoom. Since I have multiple >folders and subfolders, I like to zoom into a folder to work on it for >a >while so I can turn off the rest of the noise. This is case-by-case and > >what I had seen to be the primary purpose for zoom in my previous >setup. >Zoom-in still works great in this setup. But Zoom-out zooms back to the > >root rather than the "pre-zoomed" setup for the tab: H for Home; W for >Work. With a top-level parent filter, zoom can't zoom to the root - or >at >least you can't see anything outside the filtered folder. If you follow > >what I'm saying, how do you deal with this? > > >Thanks again, > >Bob > > >On Friday, September 25, 2015 at 12:08:34 PM UTC-4, Dwight Arthur >wrote: >> >> Hi Bob, I will discuss proper operation of filters and such with you >later >> but first I wanted to help you get the zoom right, because it is >designed >> for what you are doung and works well. >> >> You said that *"Zooming into one of [your views] sets the zoom for >all of >> them."* It sounds as though you are using the option to synchronize >zooms >> across workspaces. Right click on the tab for a workspace where you >plan >> to zoom and select something like "setup workspace". (Sorry I can't >be more >> precise but I'm away from my desktop). Look for an option that says >> something like "sync zoom" and turn it off. You may see another >option like >> "sync selection" - it seems that you may have that on as well, you >could >> play with it and see if you like the behaviour better with this one >on or >> off. >> >> Zoom sync is a wonderful tool for example if you are managing >multiple >> projects and you have a series of project management views like >> What should I do next >> Is anything overdue >> What starts tomorrow >> Do I have any phone calls to make >> Etc >> >> Rather than making a copy of each view for each project, you can just >make >> a set of views with zoom synch. Then, when you zoom to a project for >one >> view they all switch to viewing that same project. But if you have >zoom >> synch enabled when you don't really want it, you get problems like >the one >> you described. >> -Dwight >> Mlo betazoid on Android sgn2 >> >> On Sep 24, 2015, Bob Clark <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: >>> >>> Thanks Dwight, >>> >>> I'm trying your suggestion, but I'm not sure that's what I want. It >kind >>> of blows my view scheme. I have a group of home views and a group of >work >>> views. Zooming into one of them sets the zoom for all of them. That >doesn't >>> make sense - *to me*. >>> >>> I think this a bug - or at least a user interface inconvenience:). >And I >>> don't think it has anything to do with filters - except that filters >are >>> causing an entered task to disappear. So disappearance is understood >- it's >>> respecting the filter that says I just created a task outside the >scope of >>> the view/filter. >>> >>> I'm saying - FWIW - the problem is, when you're IN a view, you >should not >>> be able to enter a task that goes to a folder outside the scope of >the view >>> - but that's what's happening. Again, this only happens when >switching back >>> to a view and not clicking within the view to select any >task/folder. Are >>> you saying it SHOULD do this? >>> >>> The workaround for now is to click something in the view to let MLO >know >>> where I am and where I want the task to go - rather than "\". >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Bob >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thursday, September 24, 2015 at 3:16:59 PM UTC-4, Dwight Arthur >wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, Bob. The behaviour you are looking for is implemented in Zoom, >not >>>> in Filter. Get rid of the toplevelparent filters and instead, >select the >>>> top level parent for each view, select it, right click and select >Zoom In. >>>> You get pretty much the same view except (1) the top level parent >is not >>>> itself a part of the view any longer (2) you now have a banner >across the >>>> top of the view stating that it is zoomed, (3) newly created tasks >are >>>> created at the root level of the zoom (ie the top level parent) >rather then >>>> the root of the whole tree. >>>> -Dwight >>>> Mlo betazoid on Android sgn2 >>>> >>>> On Sep 24, 2015, Bob Clark <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I haven't been able to workaround this problem or find it in the >forum. >>>>> >>>>> Here's what's happening: >>>>> >>>>> I'm in a 'home' view with toplevelparent='home'. I select a task. >Then >>>>> I select the 'work' view with toplevelparent='work'. I hit the >Insert key >>>>> and add a task. >>>>> >>>>> I can see that it's being entered ABOVE the 'work' folder that's >shown. >>>>> Once I hit Enter, it disappears. >>>>> >>>>> When I look for it, it's not in ANY of my folders, it's not in the > >>>>> Inbox, and it's not in LostAndFound. It's in "\". >>>>> >>>>> I *think* this is happening because, even while I'm IN the 'work' >view, >>>>> nothing is selected and task entry is not directly associated with >the >>>>> folders/tasks in the view. But I don't understand why my task >would go to >>>>> "\", which is really kind of a no-mans-land the way I have my >views >>>>> organized. I expect my tasks to be either in the inbox (quick >entry or >>>>> emailed) or they get entered in the view/folder I see on the >screen. >>>>> >>>>> This is easily repeatable - at least on my Win7 system. As a >matter of >>>>> fact, I submit a task that goes to "\" and then hit Enter and then >Insert >>>>> another and it keeps going to "\". Only when I select something in >the >>>>> view, will my Inserted task be placed in the appropriate folder. >>>>> >>>>> Let me know if I'm overlooking something. I stumbled into this >because >>>>> I wanted to created my own (slightly modified) Inbox view - >'MyInbox'. But >>>>> when I select it after being in some other view, I can't enter >tasks >>>>> directly until I click a task within the view. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for any thoughts. >>>>> >>>>> Bob >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >>>>> Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >send >>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> Visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. >>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>> >https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/28cd2f61-8f0e-403f-9258-4d6b630292a1%40googlegroups.com > >>>>> ><https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/28cd2f61-8f0e-403f-9258-4d6b630292a1%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>> . >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >Groups >>> "MyLifeOrganized" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >send an >>> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> <javascript:>. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> >https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/cca768fc-442c-4d54-b1bb-eb21c46d0940%40googlegroups.com > >>> ><https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/cca768fc-442c-4d54-b1bb-eb21c46d0940%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. 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