[Managing] Highlight related tags (#163) (Completed in Beta M9)
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 8:06 pm
FACT:
An increase in the number of tags results in more tag combinations.
This makes things difficult to remember. For example, do some of my notes on "computer" also have a tag name of "archive"?
To avoid a lot of trial and error guessing as to what particular tag combinations are valid, sometimes you need to see ALL the tags that may be associated with a certain category of notes.
A POSSSIBLE SOLUTION:
As a matter of convention, the "first tag" listed is to be considered the "main category", and these will show up in the sidebar in bold font.
[Thus your notes will contain one "main tag" plus one or more "sub-tags"]
Clicking on one of these bolded sidebar tags will automatically flag the sub-tags of any and all notes that contain the same main category tag.
[Examples of the type of flagging: asterisk, highlight, underline]
An added nicety would be to show a count of the number of records that have a particular tag. [The count could be set within parentheses immediately after the tag name in the sidebar].
For example, let's say you just started a CD collection and these are your notes thus far:
NOTE #1:
TEXT: Bach - Brandenburg Concerto #6
TAGS: CD baroque
NOTE #2:
TEXT: Vivaldi - The Seasons
TAGS: CD baroque
NOTE #3:
TEXT: Beethoven Sym. #2
TAGS: CD classical
NOTE #4:
TEXT: Ravel - Bolero
TAGS: CD romantic
NOTE #5:
TEXT: Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring
TAGS: CD
[Notice that in this note, I omitted the sub-tag, so there is only a main tag]
The main category tag for these notes is "CD" because it is listed first.
If you click on the "CD" sidebar tag, the tags will be flagged thusly:
CD (05)
*baroque (02)
*classical (01)
*romantic (01)
*missing sub-tag (01)
All CD notes will still be listed, and all of the sub-category tabs associated with the main CD tag are flagged as such.
You will also have a count of the notes you have for each tab, plus a grand total count shown for the main CD tab.
Since note #5 has no sub-tag, the count is place in the generated "missing sub-tag" count.
An increase in the number of tags results in more tag combinations.
This makes things difficult to remember. For example, do some of my notes on "computer" also have a tag name of "archive"?
To avoid a lot of trial and error guessing as to what particular tag combinations are valid, sometimes you need to see ALL the tags that may be associated with a certain category of notes.
A POSSSIBLE SOLUTION:
As a matter of convention, the "first tag" listed is to be considered the "main category", and these will show up in the sidebar in bold font.
[Thus your notes will contain one "main tag" plus one or more "sub-tags"]
Clicking on one of these bolded sidebar tags will automatically flag the sub-tags of any and all notes that contain the same main category tag.
[Examples of the type of flagging: asterisk, highlight, underline]
An added nicety would be to show a count of the number of records that have a particular tag. [The count could be set within parentheses immediately after the tag name in the sidebar].
For example, let's say you just started a CD collection and these are your notes thus far:
NOTE #1:
TEXT: Bach - Brandenburg Concerto #6
TAGS: CD baroque
NOTE #2:
TEXT: Vivaldi - The Seasons
TAGS: CD baroque
NOTE #3:
TEXT: Beethoven Sym. #2
TAGS: CD classical
NOTE #4:
TEXT: Ravel - Bolero
TAGS: CD romantic
NOTE #5:
TEXT: Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring
TAGS: CD
[Notice that in this note, I omitted the sub-tag, so there is only a main tag]
The main category tag for these notes is "CD" because it is listed first.
If you click on the "CD" sidebar tag, the tags will be flagged thusly:
CD (05)
*baroque (02)
*classical (01)
*romantic (01)
*missing sub-tag (01)
All CD notes will still be listed, and all of the sub-category tabs associated with the main CD tag are flagged as such.
You will also have a count of the notes you have for each tab, plus a grand total count shown for the main CD tab.
Since note #5 has no sub-tag, the count is place in the generated "missing sub-tag" count.