Got it! In that case, I agree - It makes sense to be able to open a link in a task heading, using ctrl+click to avoid making the mistake of opening a link when all you're doing is to select the task (or folder). That would be worth sending in as a suggestion. On Sunday, 14 February 2021 at 07:23:40 UTC [email protected] wrote:
> Apologies, my original post was not clear. It's better to ignore it. > > My suggestion is with respect to desktop MLO. There's two contexts here > with respect to what happens with a URL. In the notes, and in a node (a > task). My suggestion has to do with links in a node. Links in the notes are > fine in that they a clickable. Links in a node are not fine, in that they > are not clickable. > > For a node I suggest making links clickable by using a ctrl + click > keyboard combination. > > That is, while preserving in a node the *click to edit a node* > functionality; and preserving in a note the *click to open a link* > functionality. > > If that change was made I'd be satisfied. > > However, if that change was made then, for a consistent user experience, > it might be better to also add ctrl + click keyboard combination *open a > link* functionality to notes, in addition to nodes. That is, while > preserving in a node the *click to edit a node* functionality; and > preserving in a note the *click to open a link* functionality. > > On Friday, February 12, 2021 at 10:22:16 AM UTC+11 Stéph wrote: > >> We might be talking at cross-purposes here. In the desktop copy of MLO, I >> can hover over a link in the Notes pane and my mouse turns to a pointing >> finger. I don't have to hold ctrl, I just click and it opens the link in my >> browser. I thought that you were saying you didn't like that and you wanted >> to replace it with Ctrl+click to access the link, like in MS Word. Now I >> understand that you're proposing setting up a keyboard shortcut combination >> to open the link, so that you don't have to use the mouse - is that right? >> >> On Thursday, 11 February 2021 at 04:00:58 UTC [email protected] wrote: >> >>> >>> Apologies Stéphane for not responding nearer in time to your response (I >>> wasn't subscribed to the topic, I am now). >>> >>> The most efficient current procedure to get a link from MLO into a >>> browser involves: >>> >>> 1. In MLO. Click node to edit (as you suggest). >>> 2. In ML. Ctrl + A to select all the text of node, in the case that the >>> node contains only a link; or (as you suggest) using mouse or keyboard to >>> manually select the text. >>> 3. In MLO. Ctrl + C to copy the link. >>> 4. In Browser. Ctrl + V to paste the link >>> 5. In Browser. [Enter] to execute web page loading. >>> >>> There's nothing unintuitive about this procedure, at least for those of >>> us at a minimal level of computer literacy. The problem is, rather, that's >>> an ineffecient procedure compared to *ctrl + click to open a link* >>> functionality. >>> >>> Note also introducing *ctrl + click to open a link* functionality would >>> not interfere with *click to edit a node* functionality. So it's not a >>> choice of one functionality over another. >>> >>> >>> On Sunday, September 27, 2015 at 4:24:10 PM UTC+10 Stéph wrote: >>> >>>> Personally I prefer the click to open functionality. To edit the text, >>>> you can still drag to select or use the keyboard to position your cursor >>>> (perhaps more like how you edit links I Excel, rather than Word). I hope >>>> those two options can become intuitive for you too. >>>> >>>> Stéphane >>> >>> -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/c00e0d32-9a23-445b-a1e5-a90263c24356n%40googlegroups.com.
