[Proposal] Re: [chandler-users] Saving Views

http://lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/chandler-users/2007-November/ 
000874.html
Moving this discussion over to the Design List.

Hi Benjamin,

Trying to summarize the proposal here. Also tweaked the verbiage of  
the menu items a bit.

1. Under the View menu, we have...

View>>
.
.
.
.
-----
Visible Hours>>
-----
Saved Views>>
+ Save View
+ Delete View
+ Switch Views>>
++ <VIEW NAME> CTRL/CMD+F1
++ <VIEW NAME> CTRL/CMD+F2
++ <VIEW NAME> CTRL/CMD+F3

===

2. Selecting "Save View" pops up the following dialog:

===
Save View
-----

View Name: [                                      ]

					[Cancel] [Save]
===

3. Saving a View would save the following view attributes:
+ Application area
+ Selected/Overlaid collections
+ Window size
+ Pane sizes
+ Column widths
+ Column sort
+ Open/Closed Triage Sections
+ Month versus Day versus Week View

4. Selecting "Delete View' pops up the following dialog:

===
Delete View
-----

Are you sure you want to delete <VIEW NAME>?

					[Cancel] [Delete]
===

Mimi


On Nov 7, 2007, at 11:56 AM, Benjamin Wilreker wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Regarding assigning function keys, I suggest the following changes to
> the view menu:
>
> View -->
> Saved Views Manager-->
> Save View
> Delete Saved View
> Switch Views-->
> [user defined name 1]: CTRL+F1
> [user defined name 2]: CTRL+F2
> [user defined name 3]: CTRL+F3
> et cetera
>
> SAVE VIEW would 1. Prompt the user to enter a name; 2. Save the
> appropriate settings together with the name, and 3. Add an item to the
> "Switch Views" submenu that included the name followed by a colon and
> the keystroke combination.
>
> SWITCH VIEWS would provide a visual reminder of all currently assigned
> keystrokes, and allow an alternate means to select views.
>
> Regards,
>
> Benjamin Wilreker
> Department of Human Behavior
> College of Southern Nevada
> [email protected]
>
> --- Mimi Yin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> We've talked in the past about implementing a 'Bookmarks Bar' across
>>
>> the top of (under the main toolbar). It would allow you to set up
>> custom views and then save them to the top for quick, one-click
>> access.
>>
>> This would then relegate the sidebar to be more of a filtering,
>> exploratory navigation device which could stay closed most of the
>> time, providing more screen real estate for the Triage Table /
>> Calendar and Item Details.
>>
>> What you're suggesting however, would be easier to implement as it
>> doesn't require additional interface work.
>>
>> We could add a menu item under View>>Save View and automatically
>> assign a keyboard shortcut for each view.
>>
>> What would get saved?
>> + Overlaid collections
>> + Application area
>>
>> Not sure about these...
>> + Column widths?
>> + Column sort?
>> + Open/Closed Triage Sections?
>> + Day versus Week view?
>>
>> Mimi
>>
>> On Nov 6, 2007, at 11:28 PM, Benjamin Wilreker wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Folks,
>>>
>>> As my number of collections has grown, I've realized that I wish
>> there
>>> were a shortcut to select particular combinations of overlays in
>> the
>>> calendar.  For example, perhaps I could use CTRL+F1 to pull up all
>>
>>> of my
>>> personal overlays, CTRL+F2 to bring up all my research projects,
>>> CTRL+F3
>>> to bring up all my classes, CTRL+F4 to bring up my medieval
>> recreation
>>> events, and so forth.
>>>
>>> Thoughts?
>>>
>>> Benjamin Wilreker
>>> Department of Human Behavior
>>> College of Southern Nevada
>>> [email protected]
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
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>>> http://lists.osafoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/chandler-users
>>
>>
>

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