On Sep 8, 2007, at 11:15, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > > On 8 Sep 2007, at 7:30 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: > >> >> On Sep 8, 2007, at 10:03, Christiaan Hofman wrote: >> >>> >>> On 8 Sep 2007, at 6:46 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> On Sep 8, 2007, at 09:26, Christiaan Hofman wrote: >>>>> >>>> I was thinking something like a toggle would be useful to switch >>>> between the user's preferred display and a file display, which >>>> might >>>> obviate the need to icons in the table column? It would be pretty >>>> handy for gathering up all files for the selected references. I've >>>> also wondered about a list view; at that point, we're basically >>>> reimplementing Finder to look at a flat directory. >>>> >>> >>> Still I think it's useful to be able to drag files from the main >>> table or open them quickly, also without selection changes. >> >> Good point...this scheme would require a selection first. That >> wouldn't have to be the case. > > > For dragging or clicking, I think it could be possible to find out > where the mouse went down, and therefore which icon to use.
I just discovered that I can override acceptsFirstMouse: and shouldDelayWindowOrderingForEvent: to get this behavior, if I understand correctly what you mean. That's cool...I was wondering how to make dragging work without activating the window. >> For the main window I also wondered >> about having a view (icons or Finder list) on the right side of the >> window, which just shows all files for the items in the current >> group. Maybe that would be more useful? > > I'm not sure about that, as the connection to the items is lost. True, although we could display the item title or something. I'm just trying to get a sense of what people might think is useful, but maybe the current setup is perfect and I'm wasting my time ;). -- adam ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
