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Submitted by WayneK on 2016/11/04 15:11

I've been creating links to items using the Item ID number. I've noticed that if the link is to a subitem, it opens in the search grid instead of the home grid for the item.

Is that the way it's supposed to work? I want the links to open in the home grid, not the search grid.

Wayne

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I just found that this was previously discussed: http://www.sqlnotes.net/drupal5/index.php?q=node/2807 

Answer: item has to have home grid assigned, otherwise it'll open in search grid.

I do have a suggestion in addition to those in the linked thread: give us the option to automatically set the home grid to whichever grid the item is created in. This would save a lot of manual setting later.

Edit: Additional suggestion: Display the IDItem number in right-click>info. Saves having to look it up in the properties pane or having to display that column.

The more I think about it, the more I hope this can get cleaned up. Internal links are an important way to organize info. It should be made as easy as possible. Right now, the only way to make it fairly painless is to have the IDItem and ItemHomeGrid columns open in every grid, which eats up valuable real estate

Wayne

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Right, but pressing F4 to see the Iditem isn't that complicated, is it?

I think that, instead, the item context menu could offer an option to send/copy the IDItem to the clipboard. And this could be associated with a shortcut key if needed.

IQ geek

Windows 8.1

CPU: Intel i5 2.6ghz

Armando,

I presume you've customized your shortcut, which I still need to learn about. F4 on my system just switches to the properties pane, not specifically to the Item ID. From there I have to scroll to the top, then open the Item Info to see the ID. As I continue working, the Item Info closes on its own (as I noted on another thread). So it takes several steps to see the ID. I'm probably not understanding exactly what you're suggesting.

Wayne

For the itemhomegrid : any subitem could by default pick the home grid of its parent (that would solve the problem of adding subs to items while being in the scratch/search grids).

And TLIs should/could pick the current grid, except for the search and scratch grid (unless directly entered by the user)

That said : as an option...

(I think we discussed that in other threads)

IQ geek

Windows 8.1

CPU: Intel i5 2.6ghz

In v85, I've improved the item info:

New: Grid: Item Info now shows all field values

Also, to easily link to one or more items, mark these (Item > Mark item), then in the hyperlink dialog, click on the Marked items button.

If you assign a shortcut to Item > Mark item, then a couple of keystrokes is all you need to create a link

HTH !

Pierre_Admin

IQ Designer

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Right now, the only way to make it fairly painless is to have the IDItem and ItemHomeGrid columns open in every grid, which eats up valuable real estate

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Not quite, to set the Home grid to all items added to the Inbox (for example), you can

Create a y/n field, call it zInboxHG,
Set the auto-assign equation to A:[ItemHomeGrid]="Inbox"
In Grid properties of Inbox, add zInboxHG to the list of fields to auto-assign

HTH !

Pierre_Admin

IQ Designer

This should also help:

In v85:

New: Hyperlinks: If linking to a single item, can now specify the grid to show it in. ItemID | GridName (e.g. 1256 | Inbox)

Pierre_Admin

IQ Designer

[quote=Pierre_Admin]

This should also help:

In v85:

New: Hyperlinks: If linking to a single item, can now specify the grid to show it in. ItemID | GridName (e.g. 1256 | Inbox)

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amazing! :)

LOL !

Pierre_Admin

IQ Designer

Yep, wishes do come true! :D

Pierre,

Thank you for the great suggestions and options for me to work through.

Wayne