App Browser versus Project Browser

[J. Landman Gay]

On 10/7/2015 6:20 PM, Scott Rossi wrote:
> IMO, Jacque makes a number of valid points.  In the Project Browser,
> because stacks and cards are contained in the single view, a long list of
> controls will remove any stack and card references from view, while in the
> Application Browser, stacks and cards are always visible.  It seems like
> applying an Application Browser layout to the Project Browser could make
> it more useful: move stack/card references to a left pane that is always
> visible.
>
> For myself, I also often rely on numerical references: card numbers, layer
> numbers, etc.  Filtering in the Project Browser is great, but it's not the
> same as sorting offered by the Application Browser (AFAICT the Project
> Browser doesn't offer sorting that I can see).

You can choose to sort layers from top to bottom, or bottom to top in 
Preferences, but there's no option to sort by anything other than layers.

Suppose the project browser had a slide-out left panel that listed the 
stacks and cards, like the app browser does now? Maybe it could be a 
preference, and if it's turned off, the PB works the way it currently 
does. If the panel option is turned on, it would keep its selection but 
get out of the way if you need the screen space. People could choose if 
they wanted to view by stack/card/object hierarchy with a panel, or just 
single-list as it is now.

I definitely need card numbers and object IDs.

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