App Browser versus Project Browser

[Terry Judd]

Like others I find the left pane of the app browser pretty useful. I¹ve
given the project browser a number of runs but usually end up returning to
the app browser because of the way it displays (simply) stacks and cards.
I don¹t much like the right pane of the app browser when there are lots of
objects involved, particularly if they are in nested groups but I usually
find myself struggling amongst those lists rather than opening up a second
tool (project browser).

My ideal hybrid would probably take the left pane of the app browser and
place the card controls of the project browser in the right pane,
maintaining the expandable/collapsible UI of the project browser. Add in a
layer number for each control and it¹s all good. The only other thing
would be a way to collapse all the controls in the right pane (unless it¹s
already there and I¹ve missed it). Do that and I¹ll happily let go of the
app browser and never look back.

Terry...

On 8/10/2015 1:47 pm, "use-livecode on behalf of J. Landman Gay"
<use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com on behalf of
jacque at hyperactivesw.com> wrote:

>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.
>
>-- 
>Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
>HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com
>
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