Zavala - An open source outliner for Macs, iPads, and iPhones

Posted by MadaboutDana
Nov 17, 2021 at 05:08 PM

As a Zavala user, I think this is an interesting idea.

I like the focus option too, mind you, simply because it often serves to focus the mind – you don’t necessarily want to change the structure of your overall outline, you just want to zero in on a specific item/subitems.

You can see where this is going… A + B = hurrah!

;-)

Maurice Parker wrote:
On a different topic…
> >I’ve been thinking about the Focus command that lots of outliners seem
>to have. I’m hesitant to implement it in Zavala because I haven’t had
>anyone ask why I haven’t yet. Besides, my outline editor context menu is
>almost too long as it is, which is where the Focus command would
>logically go. I can see that you might find part of your outline
>something that you want to focus on, but just zooming in on that row the
>best solution these days?
> >As an alternative, I am thinking about making an Extract command. If you
>“Extracted” a row, it would create a new outline with the row as the
>title of the new outline and any decedent rows as rows in the new
>outline. In its place would be a row with the title of the new outline
>linked to the new outline.
> >I think this has more utility than the Focus command and would be useful
>for creating knowledge graphs instead of just large outlines. It would
>add to the editor context menu, but I think it might be worth adding
>another item if it packs enough punch.
> >If I implemented the Extract command, does anyone think I would still
>need the Focus command?