Add user definable tabs that access the associated extras folder - just like
NuBackdrop (see picture)
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Why is it useful
Once Newtons are loaded with a lot of packages, the display of extras drawers
is significantly slowed. Drawers with large numbers of items take longer to
display each page which is compouned when the user has to scroll down to the
bottom of a drawer many pages long. This extension would alow the user to go
directly to the relevant page, and filter out packages from the list according
to defined parameters.
[NOTE - Extras Plus - by Stand Alone software provides letter based tabs in extras that achieves a similar result. It adds an index to Extras, speeds up extras display (with icons off), and adds other nice functions]
Description
Tabs are added above the button bar in extras and the backdrop, similar to NuBackdrop.
Two approaches are suggested
= EITHER =
Add user definable tabs that access the associated extras folder - just like
NuBackdrop (see picture)
Note the user definable extras tabs at the bottom of the backdrop
(the arrows at the right scroll this list left/right).
In this picture the button bar is absent (collapsed), but the bar normally
sits beneath the tabs.
= OR =
Add an tabbed index (similar to Freezeman) to the bottom of the backdrop &
extras to give quick access to Extras drawers.
This would
allow you to select additional parameters such as
- the drawers
to display (extensions, untitled, all icons, etc)
- the stores
to display
- optionally
limit the display to only those beginning with the chosen letter
- optionally
limit the display depending on the freeze/thaw properties of the contents
A screen mock-up is shown to illustrate the idea -
Explanation:
* All Icons
A pop-up list of
extras drawers (Untitled/extensions/All icons/etc) - used to select the desired
drawer before extras is opened.
* Index tabs
Tapping on these
opens the drawer starting at the tapped letter (remember tapping twice on "AB"
will select "B". Similarly tapping thrice on "ABC" will select C.
If the buttons
need to be bigger, space can be saved by using tabs with 3 letters in them,
rather than 2 (eg. "ABC", "DEF", etc)
* Limit button
A toggle button
that will show only the items starting with the selected letter in the drawer
(as compared to showing all items, but starting at the page with the selected
letter)
* Frozen button
A toggle button
that includes/excludes Frozen items from the display
* Internal
A pop-up list that
lets you limit the display to particular stores (eg external cards etc).
If more space is
required, this can be included at the bottom of the "All icons" list, similar
to the way that extras allows you to do it (via the pop-up list at the top of
the extras drawer).
If you want all items displayed in a drawer
(eg extras) then you woul select extras (in the "all icons" pop-up),
make sure that the "Limit" and "Frozen"
buttons were off, and "All stores" was selected in the "Internal" menu
It would be nice if the tabs stayed in place in other applications. This would be similar to the tab display in NuBackdrop.
It might be possible to hide packages that are part of a Freezeman set - only the Freezeman icon would be shown - this would allow groups of packages to be essentrially joined together.
Alternatively, it's possible to include this extras Assitance function as part
of Avis backdrop.
However, it will add to the size
of Avis, and the function is only really useful for those with a lot of storage
space and many packages
Status
These ideas are not under development
Contact person
No one