I've been experimenting with that & I think that's going to work. Thanks again Dwight. Bob
On Monday, September 28, 2015 at 2:07:34 AM UTC-4, Dwight Arthur wrote: > > 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] <javascript:>> 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]> 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]. >>>> 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/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. >> 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/80bc7c74-0b7f-48fb-816d-9911225b0e8a%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/80bc7c74-0b7f-48fb-816d-9911225b0e8a%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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