Follow up: I just noticed that this is bug #1953835 http://tinyurl.com/5hm4m2
I learned there that a quick "page up / page down" combination seems to restore the link-preview functionality. It also seems that Christiaan was working on a solution (April 29) and had found something that might work. -ivan On May 19, 2008, at 11:51 PM, Ivan Werning wrote: > Hi, > > I recently noticed an amazing feature in Skim that I was unaware of > (didn't see it explained anywhere in the manual or wiki) > > If you have a pdf file with hyperlinks (such as one created from a > LaTeX file using the hyperref package) then when you hover the > cursor over a link to another place in the file (e.g. an equation or > bibliographic reference), without clicking, then you a small window > appears showing the contents of the link (e.g. the equation or > bibliographic reference). This is a very nice feature since it can > avoid having to click and then hop back (which you could do with Cmd+ > [ say). This way you can see the relevant material without jumping > out of the context, which is very useful in some cases. > > But I have some questions regarding the way it works and its > consistency. > > Sometimes I can't get the link to pull up the little preview window. > Other times the same link just works fine. I don't know if it is > some parameter or setting in the hover detection or what. It seems > as if Skim "checks out" of the link-preview mode and then at some > point checks back into it. > > Is there any key-click combination that can substitute for it to be > able to guarantee a preview window showing? Or any other way to > guarantee getting this link-preview? I just love it and after > discovering would really want to use it intensively if I could. > > -Ivan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Skim-app-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users
