I frequently use CMD+’ - which is quite useful. However, I have to “Go Back” lots of times when I do some editing, rearranging, adjusting and then want to move back to the previous map. Is there an additional shortcut to do so?
I’d like to pick up this thread… like the original poster, I use Cmd+' to Go Back. I find this feature extremely useful.
Is there a shortcut for Go Forward? Imagine using Go Back and Go Forward like one flips back and forward across web pages in Safari or equivalent.
I tend to use Go Back (and Forward, if it is available) in Map View to get quick glances at notes that lie in very different, and often unpredictable, locations of a TBX file. This is typically a rapid process.
In contrast, I reserve the use of Tabs for containers in which I intend to spend a little more time. If I used Tabs where I would prefer to use Go Back/Forward, I’d end up opening a large number of Tabs, which can clutter and become unwieldy, especially for the purpose of rapidly transiting across/through containers.
Navigate will follow the first basic link from the current note, selecting its destination. From v7.5.3, for to-text links this scrolls the destination note to the link point and highlights the linked word.
Thanks, @mwra. I will add that to my toolbox. This will help in instances I’m trying to follow a basic link.
Unfortunately, my use of Go Back (and ideally, Go Forward) often comes up in a different situation in which I am not following links. Here is one scenario:
I search for a key word (Cmd+F) and see a bunch of results. Not quite sure which one I want to follow, I double-click on one of the search results (A). Map View jumps to Note A. I am able to see Note A’s context and click on neighboring Note A1, just for a quick peek. I move back with Cmd-’, and again Cmd-’ to get back to the original spot. It then occurs to me that I want to see Nota A again to take a look at another Note A2 that was right next to it. Go Forward would solve the problem in a jiffy, as opposed to redoing Cmd+F.
To broaden the request beyond one specific usage case, I guess I’m trying to emulate the act of flipping through pages in a notebook, only now our notebook is a far more complex and non-linear TBX file. I am looking to take advantage of TBX complexity, while keeping the age-old interaction of flipping pages.
It sounds like you want to emulate web-browser behaviour, whereby if you go back, the ‘forward history’ is retained in the current session.
I see a problem with that insofar as it is a different behaviour from the original hypertextual notion of ‘follow the first basic link’. I don’t know what the answer is - I’m a fellow user - but i’m just flagging up that we now have two divergent notions of forward movement. IOW, perhas a separate command is needed.