In an inactive grid (ie: a grid that doesn't have the focus) the fact that the item selection visual cue persists OR  that the selected items back color doesn't change at all when focus moves from one grid to another (in a horizontal or vertical tiling of 2 or 3  different  grids) gives the wrong impression : the inactive grid(s) seem active even if not.

 

I already suggested better visual cues to make the active grid more obvious -- and I know that there are some limitations due to the grid component.

 

However, if the "item selection visual cue" could change (different colour)  when the grid is inactive, it would be much clearer -- and less easy to start typing at wrong place.

 

Could that be set in the options ? Something like "selected items of inactive grid back color" ?

 I've built a pop-up box that uses a grid for its source, as detailed here.  All the items in the box are in the order of original entry.  They are now in alphabetical order and I would like to see them in the box in the same order that they are in the grid.

Steps to reproduce:

 

Manage Grids

Data

In Auto Assign the following fields

click blank area to activate drop down menu

click drop down menu to select field via drop down menu

focus & select 1st field choice

<END> then add comma

click drop down menu to select next field of choice

click focus on 2nd field choice

first field is replaced w 2nd field

 

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Jan Rifkinson

Ridgefield CT USA

How do I display in a given grid all the items that have a certain color? Do I need to expand the grid first?

Thanks.

Jay

Can Infoqube act as a protocol handler, such that one might have a url like 'infoqube://select/item/111' (where the last number is the item ID) in some external program, clicking on which would open Infoqube with that item selected (perhaps in 'Scratch')? I'm looking for some way to get my Zotero (a Firefox extension reference/bibliography manager) and Infoqube to cooperate.

... on "OK", this will make IQ crash.

Seems like that the null=0 spec is only for certain calculations as (even when null=0) if I put a filter condition like x<100 in a grid, items with nothing (null) in a fieldwon't appear, as if they were not = 0 but really NULL. This is expected only if null=o is only true in certain cases... Like horizontal calculations.

 

Maybe a note or popup in the manage field dialog ?

"Enter" used to work to immediately display selected items (from the quick search grid), but the new dialog doesn't allow that anymore.

properties pane context menu (right click on a filed there) should propose "Show Field Management dialog" instead of... "Show Field properties" ?

 

Just to avoid confusion, I really think that  "Show Field Management dialog" should be used even if "Show field properties" is not bad per se.

 

But maybe is it just me ....

 

 

If it's not clear, I can explain.

 

When "context parents" is on, this would allow better grouping of items coming from the same or similar context.