Tab Returns to "View and Text" After Switching Tabs

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Say I have a container open in “Text Only” (cmd +4 is the shortcut) windoww, in the Outline view. I find that when I jump to another tab, and then jump back, the tab’s window has gone back to “View and Text.” What must I do so it sticks to “Text” view once I’ve selected “Text” view from Window > Text Only (CMD + 4)? Thanks.

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I’m not able to replicate this (v10.0.1 on macOS 14.7), so if not running on v10.0.1 I’d try updating to that—if you able to. My test:

  • I took a new document and added several note each with some $Text.
  • I selected a different note in each and manually altered the view splitter position in each (i.e. not the default 50:50 split). Toggling the tabs worked fine.
  • I then set tab #1, a map, to ‘all text’ (Cmd+4). Toggling between tabs retained the ‘all text’ view. Note: this test is the context you report as not working.

So, it isn’t a user-wide glitch—at least not the version/OS I am using.

Meanwhile, as the hood is up so to speak, I noticed the following …

A tab’s view split ratio is saved, per tab (see here). Testing the Cmd+4/5/6/ view ratio shortcuts, these update the stored splitRatio thus:

  • Text Only (Cmd+4). splitRatio="0.997778"
  • View Only (Cmd+6). splitRatio="0.0133333"
  • Text and view (Cmd+5). splitRatio="0.5"

Because the shortcut update writes to splitRatio if you have a custom view split, using any of the above shortcuts loses it as the stored pane split value is over written. This isn’t your problem 9above) but is worth bearing in mind.

More on the pane splitter and the show all/none shortcuts: Using the pane splitter.

NOTE: the info in the aTbRef article linked above, about the default split in new docs, is wrong! Something’s changed and I missed any announcement. Anyway, the default split is 50%:50% not 2:1. Additionally:

  • , resizing the window extends the text pane only: i.e. the text pane alters and view pane ‘width’ stays the same.
  • , resizing the window holding the Cmd K extends the view pane only: i.e. the view pane alters and text pane ‘width’ stays the same.

IOW. tin the above using a Cmd+drag toggle which pane remains fixed width. there doesn’t appear to be a mode for resizing but retaining the current pane ratio.

I need to update aTbRef on this. I don’t recall when the behaviour changed, but my page ought describe the status quo and will get updated when i get a chance.

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Thanks for this. Let me first try updating to the latest version. If it persists I’ll circle back. Thank you once again.

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