Yes, this was the idea I was thinking of, although I had not 
explicitly stated that the notes table needed to be selected.  I like 
the idea of navigating the document by where I have tagged it with 
notes.

Bill

>Well, it could work with Command arrow, as at least when the table is 
>selected that would otherwise do nothing.
>
>Christiaan
>
>On 27 Feb 2008, at 12:09 AM, Bill Mohler wrote:
>
>>  OK.
>>
>>>  Any of the arrow combinations has been assigned, unless you want
>>>  something like control-shift-option-command-arrow. See the Wiki. In
>>>  fact we already have a lack of arrow shortcuts, Leopard has made some
>>>  shortcuts useless. Moreover moving in a table through arrows is 
>>>  build-
>>>  in functionality, we are not notified on how the selection is 
>>>  changed,
>>>  only that it is changed. Moreover this would be rather non-standard
>>>  behavior, which users wouldn't easily find. And there must be really
>>>  really good reasons to do that.
>>>
>>>  Christiaan
>>>
>>>  On 26 Feb 2008, at 11:49 PM, Bill Mohler wrote:
>>>
>>>>  On the issue of scrolling the pdf, what if a special-key-and-arrow 
>>>>  in
>>>>  the notes pane  were to cause scrolling/selecting in the pdf pane?
>>>>  In playing with my notes pane just now I don't recognize any 
>>>>  function
>>>>  that control-arrow, command-arrow, or control-command-arrow are
>>>>  assigned to.  They seem to be unmodified functionally.  If one of
>>>>  those combinations were to be given the same functionality as a
>>>>  double-click on the page number in the notes pane (scrolls and
>>>>  selects the note within the pdf), it would give the effect that I'm
>>>>  suggesting.  It seems that it would be unobtrusive with respect to
>>>>  the problems you've mentioned, since you would have to intentionally
>>>>  browse with the modified arrows to have the effect.
>>>>
>>>>  Bill
>>>>
>>>>>  On 26 Feb 2008, at 10:49 PM, Bill Mohler wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>  Would it be possible or wise to add capability to group notes in 
>>>>>>  the
>>>>>>  notes pane into "collections" or "folders" with a common theme?  I
>>>>>>  do
>>>>>>  a bit of this by the tool with which I highlight and the color I
>>>>>>  choose, but in browsing the notes pane, there is no way to order 
>>>>>>  the
>>>>>>  notes other than alphabetically, by tool, or by page.  All of 
>>>>>>  these
>>>>>>  are great, but I could make quicker sense of my multi-multi-
>>>>>>  annotated
>>>>>>  pdfs if I could arrange them a bit more logically and consider 
>>>>>>  them
>>>>>>  as groups.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  No, you can search the RFEs for the more detailed answer.
>>>>>
>>>>>>  On a different tack, would it be possible for arrow-navigating of
>>>>>>  the
>>>>>>  notes pane (up and down between notes) to make the pdf pane scroll
>>>>>>  to
>>>>>>  the relavent position in the document, and possibly highlight the
>>>>>>  current note?  I love how the multifinder in the contents pane 
>>>>>>  does
>>>>>>  this for occurrences of search hits.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Thanks again for the great program.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Bill
>>>>>
>>>>>  I personally think it's not a good idea to scroll the PDF to the
>>>>>  note.
>>>>>  For one thing, you can have multiple selection. Also the selection
>>>>>  can
>>>>>  have another function, e.g. for copying. E.g. currently, you can 
>>>>>  copy
>>>>>  a note from the notes table and paste it at the page you're 
>>>>>  viewing.
>>>>>  That would be lost with your proposal.
>>>>>
>>>>>  Christiaan
>>>>>
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