I would like to see a feature for the navigation history implemented (like the ones in internet browsers), so that you can go back to the last viewed item. It's very usefull and I am using it constantly in Treepad.
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So some "browsing arrows" would go back and forth in the history list (for a same grid) ?
(if that's what you mean, I think it's a good idea, especially for those who use the filter text box in the source bar a lot.... but maybe that's not what you mean)
yes, well.... The history list should be build by all the items you have viewied and should be shown in the grid you have viewd them, I think.
I am astonished, that nobody is missing this feature. In your workflow you often jump through your database. First you review some notes you are writing on. Then you go to an e-mail which corresponds to that note you are writing on. Then you view some contacts.... Than after moving through these items you want to go back to the note without using search or finding it by the tabs. You just go back by the history buttons. In Treepad I couldnt live without them.
yes, well.... The history list should be build by all the items you have viewied and should be shown in the grid you have viewd them, I think.
I am astonished, that nobody is missing this feature. In your workflow you often jump through your database. First you review some notes you are writing on. Then you go to an e-mail which corresponds to that note you are writing on. Then you view some contacts.... Than after moving through these items you want to go back to the note without using search or finding it by the tabs. You just go back by the history buttons. In Treepad I couldnt live without them.
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Ok, I understood something a bit different. You really meant going back to the previous edited item, etc. I'll add this to Mantis.
The remaining question is how to define a "browse-point" ? Moving back is not so much an issue, it is keeping the "forward" list...
Browsers erase the forward list as soon as a hyperlink is clicked, if browse-points are automatic, a simple item selection change would delete the forward list...
I see a number of possibilities:
Manual browse-points
Browse-points on hyperlinks only
Instead of erasing the forward list, items could be inserted in the list
Right... I wonder how treepad or UR pro do it. I don't have any of them handy.
Some pros and cons I can quickly think of:
- performance wise, perhaps 1+2 would be more efficient.
- But 1+2 means also forgetting to enter the browse point manually, from time to time...
- #3 generally seems like a good option
- However, #3 could mean an ever growing list, even when just going back and forth between 2 items. Unless you prevent that by detecting that the penultimate and neighbour browsing point is the same as the next created one...
i.e. :
A- Browsing points are x, y, z.
B- You're on z, you go to x.
C- Browsing points are now x, y, z, x
D- you go back to z....
E- Browsing points stay as x, y, z, x because you detect that z is the penultimate value and neighbour of x
How about a history pane. That is, a small pane showing the list of previously focused items.
Users can click on an item in the list to go back to that View / Item combination.
i.e.
John Doe (AdrsBook)
Mary Smith (Calendar)
Mary Smith (AdrsBook)
Finish proposal (Project)
Links (InfoQube)
...
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It would probably be good, but a key point for me is the ability to go back and forth in less than a second between 2-3 grids, for example. Shortcut keys would be important
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Is that still on the roadmap ? Seems like an important feature.