It’s not that simple. The UI has to change, it is not just displaying some custom value. I am not convinced this is worth the significant trouble.
BTW, in your case I would recommend to use a file name for your custom header image that ends with “Template”. In that case the image is dynamically colored, e.g. for dark mode. Christiaan > On 24 Mar 2022, at 16:02, Alexander,J <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Christiaan, > > The reason I asked is that I thought it could be possible via the same > mechanism BibDesk uses to display the paperclip icon in the “Local File” > column. Since the bdsk-file-* fields are simply alphanumeric encodings of an > alias, I’m guessing that BibDesk checks to see if one or more bdsk-file-* > fields are present and, if so, then displays the paperclip icon at the > appropriate place in the row, rather than the literal contents of the > bdsk-file-* field. > > Since an “Annote” or “Abstract” field is going to have far too many > characters to display any useful information, it would be nice to find some > kind of alternative indicator to note that the field is present. > > Right now, I can certainly fake that by beginning every “Annote” or > “Abstract” entry with “*” or “•” or “X”, so that the only thing displayed is > that character, but since BibDesk already has icon-indicating capability for > the “Local File” column, it might be nice if that could be extended. Perhaps > the rule could simply be: if a column as a custom-icon, add an option (set > using “defaults write -app BibDesk” so that the user-interface doesn’t need > to be cluttered with an option most users would not need) so that if the > contents of that field are non-empty, the custom-icon is displayed rather > than the field contents at the appropriate place in the row. > > Many thanks for the reply, > > Jason > > >> On 24 Mar 2022, at 14:46, Christiaan Hofman <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> >> >>> On 24 Mar 2022, at 12:38, Alexander,J <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I would like to configure BibDesk so that entries which have an Annote >>> entry have a little notepad icon appearing in the table — similar to how >>> the paperclip icon appears if an entry has an attached file and the “Local >>> File” column shown. >>> >>> I have followed the instructions from the helpfile, and have set things up >>> so that the icon is now appearing in the header (a screenshot is shown >>> here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/g3mvs37yeoug8ui/bibdesk-header.png?dl=0 >>> <https://www.dropbox.com/s/g3mvs37yeoug8ui/bibdesk-header.png?dl=0>). >>> However, the *text* of the Annote field is shown, and really I would like >>> the notepad icon to be shown. >>> >>> Is this possible? If so, could someone please advise on how to do it? >>> >>> Many thanks, >>> >>> Jason >> >> No, that is not possible. And there would not be any way to make that >> possible. The way the content of a field is displayed in the table cells is >> determined by the type of fields, as set in the Fields preferences. And the >> app then determines how that is displayed. It would not be possible to tell >> the app to do something different, I could not even think how that could >> possibly be done. >> >> Christiaan
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