Suggestions for Manage Grids Dialogue

Submitted by WayneK on 2022/04/30 15:06
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Suggestion 1: Add hierarchy view to Manage Grids Dialogue

This is the same function presently in the "All Fields" section of the properties pane.  Fields can be shown in an alphabetical list or in an outline that you can edit.

Provides a simple way to organize and find grids.  For example, 1) group grids by topic headers; 2) hide little-used grids; 3) hide large sets of grids that would otherwise clutter the view.

How to keep "scratch pad" and "search results" grids column (etc.) settings

Submitted by Armando on 2022/04/28 21:24
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Hello Pierre, everybody,

Is there a way to have scratch/search grids columns setup stick ? I have to reconfigure them constantly as they revert to some default each time they're reopened.

This is a newish behaviour it seems -- not sure when it started.

Thanks a lot!

UI issues while using Surface

Submitted by lucasd on 2022/04/28 11:53
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I've been experimenting with making more use of Surface view, and I've been finding it very useful.

The only issue I've been having is that, when I have Surface open, IQ runs into some minor issues. Specifically, when I click on menus, the item under the mouse doesn't highlight (although it can still select items using up/down arrow keys). And sometimes, if I have more large grids open, clicking on a menu just flashes its contents and then the menu closes right away. (Could this be related to using a large monitor that makes IQ have to work too hard to create Surface layout?)

Lost items recovery

Submitted by WayneK on 2022/04/27 11:40
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Had another incident of multiple items suddenly disappearing from a grid while I was in the process of reorganizing.

I'm not worried about getting them back because I have backups.  But first I tried to recover them from within the file and ran into something I can't understand.

I found one of the items using Live Search.  It gave the grid assignment for the item, but when I go to that grid and apply a column filter, it's not found.

I'm trying to understand why it doesn't show up in its assigned grid.

Edit freeze-ups

Submitted by WayneK on 2022/04/26 10:26
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I continue to have problems editing text.

1) Item is selected but I cannot enter edit mode.  Double-clicking or space bar doesn't work.

2) Edit mode has been entered (selection color has changed to white) but cursor will not show up in the text.

3) Edit mode has been entered and cursor has appeared but I cannot type text and cannot move cursor with the arrow keys.

In all cases, the freeze-up is removed by selecting another item and returning to the first.  I cannot reproduce any of the above.

I can reproduce the following:

Editing white text

Submitted by WayneK on 2022/04/23 13:33
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Text = White

Item Back Color = [some dark color]

Can't edit white text normally because when you enter edit mode the background turns white and the text disappears.

Suggestion: have text colors switch to black during edit mode.

White text is usually a bad idea for readability but I'm finding it useful sometimes to combine it with a bold fill color to make a header stand out.

Wayne