Feature Request: Include Zoom in Saved Views and Filters

[Luciano Passuello]

Zoom is, in a way, a type of filter. As such, I think it should be
included in the settings saved when creating a view.
I use this functionality all the time, and it's an extra step from
selecting the view, which is unnatural for me.
That would be an opportunity to expose zoom in the UI as well (today
is
shortcut/right click menu only). It would add consistency by keeping
all
filter-related functionality in the same pane.

As a suggestion, maybe this could be a new section in the filter pane,
called Zoom:

1. When no task is currently zoomed:
[LABEL] Outline not zoomed.
[BUTTON/LINK] Zoom on currently selected task.

2. When already zoomed:
[LABEL] Zoomed on 'task'.
[BUTTON/LINK: Zoom out]

(similar to what the zoom notice on top of outline today is)

I know this needs more thought, but just throwing out the idea...
What do fellow MLO community members think? Andrey?

Best Regards,

Luciano Passuello
http://litemind.com
~Exploring ways to use our minds efficiently.

[Andrey Tkachuk (MLO)]

Yes I thought of this when ToDo filtering was disigned.
But will it be consistant with Zoom in outline?

> Luciano Passuellohttp://litemind.com

[Luciano Passuello]

Oh. Yes, I told you it needed more thought... :)

This brings me to a much more complex topic that every now and then comes to
my mind.
That's the merging of the outline view with the to-do view.

We have "Views" in the outline for quite a while. (by start date, by due
date, by goal, etc.).
Now we have views in the to-do list, that are independent from those (and
much more powerful now).

I'm not sure how that would behave, but, for me, if the to-do view and
outline view were merged (not necessarily in the UI, but from an
implementation point of view), we could have the same standard functionality
for both.

The outline views now pale compared to the to-do filters, and I would like
to apply the same to-do filtering and define custom views to the outline,
too, and not restrict to the views pre-defined in the tool.
Now that the to-do has grouping (a primitive one-level outline, so to
speak), I'm more and more convinced that the outline and to-do are/should
get close to each other.

I know it's easy easier to ask than to implement, but why not have the same
filters and views on both modes?
In my view, the to-do is nothing else than the outline with the mode "show
active tasks in flat-mode" (of course, I know it's not that simple, but you
get the idea).

Best Regards,

Luciano Passuello

http://litemind.com
~Exploring ways to use our minds efficiently.

[Spencer Holguin]

I think that it is a very good idea.

I don't know why the standard "Inbox" view, has its "zoomed-in" characteristic intrinsically (and "magically") applied, but if you copy the Inbox view to, say, Inbox-Copy; then it looses its "Inbox zoomed-in" characteristic.  And (as far as I know) you can't just apply it.  You can, however, apply a Text filter, but it is not the same.

[Lasse Pedersen]

Looks to me the only way to achieve it is to have all views sync to the first tab (e.g. an outline) and zoom there.

But yes, I'd also love if it was possible to either

1) have a more "hard" definition for a particular view, OR

2) have an easier way to navigate between several pre-selected zooms (I think this is the ambition with the "workspace" setting in the Android app. Isn't that right?).