Currently, this can be done using the Parents section of the properties pane, and works even better if an item has multiple parents, allows navigation in the inverted parent tree, etc
I can see what you mean & how that works beautifully but maybe my subject was not self explanatory.
OTOH, maybe you understood exactly what I was saying & you are showing me how it works currently.
Let me try again.
Originally, what I was contemplating is that if a user
clicks 2x on a context parent in grid 1 that IQ focus
would change to grid 2 where that parent was originally created.
Now if a context parent has more than one parent, that's ok, too
because user would see that in the grid, i.e.
user should be able to see that s/he is down to grandchild or great grandchild level.
Example:
In my address book I have an entry "Jan Rifkinson"
Under Jan Rifkinson I create a task "bother Pierre w another hair brained idea for IQ"
I assign it to GTD-pending, i.e. I click a boolean field titled "GTD-Pending"
I open a GTD-Pending grid (view) & there is the item "bother Pierre w another hair brained idea for IQ"
Assuming I have context parents selected under Grid menu, I should see
Jan Rifkinson
bother Pierre w another hair brained idea for IQ
If I click 2x on Jan RIfkinson, nothing happens
If I look @ properties pane, parents = 0
I would have liked for IQ focus to jump to Address Book grid & to item "Jan Rifkinson" because that's where it was created
Sorry for long post, hope it's clear(er)
I do understand what you described but that assumes the property pane is open (which I know is not a big deal). In fact, in my case, I work with the property pane always open.
The second time around is definitely clearer. Now I see what you mean and I can certainly see the usefulness.
The idea of the "home grid" for all items has never been implemented in IQ. Only "favorite" items have a home grid. For what you suggest, this would be a prerequisite.
One work around would be that if double-clicking on an item without a home grid, a one-time dialog would allow you setting it. This would be quite easy to implement.
If there is interest, I can certainly work on this...
You have to understand that I am now fully committed to using IQ every day for EvERYTHING in my life
It's like crack & I'm addicted so.....
Yes it is of interest to me -- obviously. Maybe others will chime in...in support.
The added starter for (Journal) homeless items that you've suggested would be extremely useful
However, in terms of priority, I am DESPERATE for the calendar module so I don't want to take away from that effort
In the same vein -- although in a different area -- here's another one of those 'little' things that could be useful:
User is working in Daily Journal grid, i.e. a grid whee user inputs everything that happens that day, i.e. a daily record or diary or journal
Let's say user also has another grid "Address Book" open, alpha filter in use "R"
Let's say user enters an item "call Jan Rifkinson tomorrow" in Daily Journal grid
User may assign a due date / reminder pop up for calendar but user doesn't have the tel # because it is not a journal column
so
User decides to copy / drag / drop journal item to address book under "J" alpha filter / tab
User selects item "call Jan Rifkinson tomorrow" & drags to "Address Book" tab which opens "Address Book" grid but the view is filtered to "R"
So user continues drag to "J" filter tab to open "Address Book" to "J" view where s/he can drop item "call Jan Rifkinson tomorrow" as a child of Jan Rifkinson
User is not able to change "Address Book" view to "J"
[quote=Pierre_Admin]The idea of the "home grid" for all items has never been implemented in IQ. Only "favorite" items have a home grid. For what you suggest, this would be a prerequisite.
One work around would be that if double-clicking on an item without a home grid, a one-time dialog would allow you setting it. This would be quite easy to implement.[/quote]
+1 for the idea, & would be happy to see the home grid idea implemented.
I'd like to point to other threads/Mantis issues reflecting on home grid usage... Because I think that some interesting things have been said on the subject:
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