Include an option to add a second indication that an item is a parent to the right of that item

Submitted by LeftEccoForIQ on 2023/12/27 11:04
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I know there are the open / close icons to the left of items already but personally, I'd appreciate a second visual indication at the other end that there are child items currently not visible. Would it be possible to add something like a '+' character or '...' at the end of the text displayed for an item when it is the parent of a folded subtree?

I think it would make outlines a good deal more readable

Many thanks!

A more powerful LOCK

Submitted by Maxbear35 on 2023/12/11 18:04
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Suggestion.

A more powerful lock option. Currently lock prevents deletion.

A more powerful lock feature would prevent an item being moved .

Sometimes I have outlines that have dependencies above and below on the outline.

I would like to be able lock them as they are  (but still allow editing)

Something akin to making a editable PDF of the outline.

return to same grid after reload from sync folder

Submitted by jimspoon on 2023/12/09 16:34
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It would be good if after reloading the latest version database from the sync folder, IQ would return to the same tab and display the same grid I was on, with the same subitem display and expansion state.  Maybe it does so for other grids, but it didn't for the Search grid.  After reloading, it went to some other tab.  The Search grid tab was still there, and after clicking it, it was displaying the same items as before, but I had to refresh the grid, and also do right-click, Sub-Items, Show All Sub-Items.

Wrapping shouldn't change when entering edit mode in grid

Submitted by lucasd on 2023/11/06 16:46
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Here is a long-standing minor issue that keeps coming up for me. Let's say I am using a grid with columns, and I have a long paragraph of text in the 'Item' field. (This often happens when importing text, for example.) I scan through the paragraph, and decide where I want to split the item. I double-click to enter edit mode, but upon doing so, the wrapping/spacing of the paragraph changes, so I have to search again for the place where I had decided to split.

behavior when exiting field edit with arrow key instead of enter key

Submitted by jimspoon on 2023/10/11 23:09
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If I add some text to a field cell (e.g. item field) by typing it into the field, and then press the down key to move down one cell, the added typed text gets saved.   Even though I did not press Enter to save the edits.

However, if I Ctrl+V paste some additional text into the field (e.g. a link), and then press the down key to exit the cell, without first pressing the Enter key, the pasted text does not get saved.  Pasted text gets saved only if I press Enter.

ctrl+up/down to select non-contiguous items/fields

Submitted by jimspoon on 2023/10/07 23:19
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Say you want to select multiple non-contiguous items in a grid to act on - to paste a value in a field(s), or to add/change a value in a field using the properties pane - would it make sense to enable the ctrl+up/down keys for such a non-contiguous selection?  I see that we can do this using Ctrl+click, but I like to have keyboard options whenever possible.

I see that Shift+up/down and Shift+left/right work to extend/contract selection.  I know that Ctrl+left/right is used for collapse/expand.

automatically create new tag from auto-assign rule?

Submitted by jimspoon on 2023/10/07 00:57
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If a field has an auto-assign rule to apply a tag to an item (e.g. "AM:#ExampleTag=1", would it be a good idea to create the tag automatically if it does not already exist, when the rule is triggered?

This might make it easier to associate existing Y/N Fields with corresponding Tags.  I could go through my existing Y/N fields, and give each one an Auto-Assign rule to assign a tag corresponding to the Y/N field.  Then I could "touch" each of the Y/N fields to assign the tags.

Surface Auto-Arrange enhancements

Submitted by lucasd on 2023/09/16 22:41
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Now that each Grid can have a Surface sub-view, InfoQube has become, in my view, the premiere concept-mapping tool. I would love to see it get even better. There are a number of ways that I think Surface view could be improved, but the main issue is Auto-Arrange. When I have lots of items and multi-directional links, Auto-Arrange often overlays items on top of each other and/or criss-crosses links in a confusing jumble. I think I remember hearing that that the software behind Auto-Arrange is a 3rd party component, so it may be hard to improve, but I'm just mentioning this here.