Navigator 7.0.1rc1 is available -- Multi-target windows!

[Geoff Canyon]

I also got rid of all but one of the global variables Navigator has used
since the very first version. I had tried in the past to do away with them,
and failed miserably. But now they are vanquished!

On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 2:17 PM Geoff Canyon <gcanyon at gmail.com> wrote:

> As usual, you can get Navigator here
> <https://www.dropbox.com/s/kz3zqi4botzglgq/navigator.zip?dl=1>. Or grab
> it from GitHub <https://github.com/gcanyon/navigator>.
>
> Navigator now supports multiple targets per window. You can still have as
> many Navigator windows as you like, but now each window can display the
> controls for any set of cards and groups.
>
> Select multiple stacks in the stack list, then right-click and select
> browse controls, and Navigator will display all of the stacks in the same
> list.
>
> In any display, select any combination of cards and groups. Right-click
> and select browse controls, and Navigator will display all of the
> containers in the same list.
>
> In any command that sets the target for Navigator, hold down the Shift key
> to add to the target list instead of replacing it.
>
> To remove a container from the list, right-click the container and select
> Stop Browsing from the popup menu. Navigator will remove the container from
> the display while retaining the others in the list.
>
> Creating Navigator 7 required completely reworking how Navigator relayers
> controls, which resulted in several improvements. First, if you drag a
> control beneath a group, Navigator is now able to relayer the control
> properly, without forcing it into the group. You can still drag controls
> into and out of groups. And if you drag a grouped control to the bottom of
> the group, it will remain in the group.
>
> The new relayering code is smart about whether to move or duplicate
> controls. Even if there are two representations of a container in the list,
> dragging a control from one to the other will simply relayer the control
> without duplicating it. Of course dragging a control from one container to
> another will duplicate it.
>
> Holding the option key reverses this behavior: if you hold the option key
> while dragging a control within its container, the control will be
> duplicated. And if you hold the option key while dragging a control to a
> different container, the control will be moved to the new location, and
> removed from the original.
>
> I also updated the target crosshair so selecting an IDE stack will only
> work if "Show IDE Stacks" is selected in the target menu.
>
> I look forward to your feedback!
>