New Clipping Mode
Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2014 5:00 am
At the moment, there are 3 clipping modes (in "Use as Title"). I am finding that none of them are satisfactory. There are two possible clipping situations. The first is that you have some text selected in the target application window, and the second is where you do not have any text selected.
If I have "Application Title" selected:
a. No text selected: CintaNotes fills the title field (which is good), it leaves the text area empty (good), but it does not automatically complete the Link field (bad, because it is more work for me to have to manually copy and paste this into the field and considering I work exclusively with a web browser, this drives me bonkers).
b. Text selected: CintaNotes fills the title field (bad, as it is the wrong text, if I have text selected I want it to be used as the title), it adds a duplicate text to the text field (bad, because then I have to delete it manually), but it does complete the Link field (good).
The lack of CintaNotes completing the Link field is a serious issue for me, so I swap to the next mode.
If I have "First Line of Text" selected:
a. No text selected: CintaNotes creates a totally blank note, which is bad all around as I have to fill in every field manually.
b. Text selected: CintaNotes fills the title field with the selected text (good), it adds a duplicate text to the text field (bad, because then I have to delete it manually), but it does complete the Link field (good).
So far, each mode has problems that drive me mad, so I swap to the last mode.
If I have "Blank Line" selected:
a. No text selected: CintaNotes creates a totally blank note, which is bad all around as I have to fill in every field manually.
b. Text selected: CintaNotes leaves the title field blank (bad, as I have to manually add this), it adds the selected text to the text field (good), but it does complete the Link field (good).
So to summarise, there is no mode that currently does not cause me problems. So, this is what I want. A mode which:
a. If I have text selected, it completes the title field with that same text, it does not put anything into the text field (ie it does not duplicate the title field as the current modes do), and it does complete the Link field.
b. If I do not have text selected, it uses the application title as the title field, it does not put anything into the text field, and it does complete the Link field.
If I have "Application Title" selected:
a. No text selected: CintaNotes fills the title field (which is good), it leaves the text area empty (good), but it does not automatically complete the Link field (bad, because it is more work for me to have to manually copy and paste this into the field and considering I work exclusively with a web browser, this drives me bonkers).
b. Text selected: CintaNotes fills the title field (bad, as it is the wrong text, if I have text selected I want it to be used as the title), it adds a duplicate text to the text field (bad, because then I have to delete it manually), but it does complete the Link field (good).
The lack of CintaNotes completing the Link field is a serious issue for me, so I swap to the next mode.
If I have "First Line of Text" selected:
a. No text selected: CintaNotes creates a totally blank note, which is bad all around as I have to fill in every field manually.
b. Text selected: CintaNotes fills the title field with the selected text (good), it adds a duplicate text to the text field (bad, because then I have to delete it manually), but it does complete the Link field (good).
So far, each mode has problems that drive me mad, so I swap to the last mode.
If I have "Blank Line" selected:
a. No text selected: CintaNotes creates a totally blank note, which is bad all around as I have to fill in every field manually.
b. Text selected: CintaNotes leaves the title field blank (bad, as I have to manually add this), it adds the selected text to the text field (good), but it does complete the Link field (good).
So to summarise, there is no mode that currently does not cause me problems. So, this is what I want. A mode which:
a. If I have text selected, it completes the title field with that same text, it does not put anything into the text field (ie it does not duplicate the title field as the current modes do), and it does complete the Link field.
b. If I do not have text selected, it uses the application title as the title field, it does not put anything into the text field, and it does complete the Link field.