IdeaJam(tm) feed for Stefan Meyer

Notes Client / Other: Password dialog: make "At location" field properly react on character keystrokes again

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:51:21 +0000

Author: Stefan Meyer
Tags: location dialog
Idea: When starting Notes I am prompted for password and my current location. In Notes 7 I could simply navigate in this dialog with the TAB key, and select the location by typing in its first character.

Notes 8 forces me to use the mouse. - At least to click into the field twice. Than the selection by character works.

re: Password dialog: make "At location" field properly react on character keystrokes again

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:59:20 +0000

Author: Rob Porter
Comment: You can't use the keyboard's arrow keys in the location field to move up and down the list of locations either.

Notes Client / Other: Import of picture files as a drag & drop action

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:49:15 +0000

Author: Stefan Meyer
Tags: import picture file drag and drop
Idea:

I can attach files to a RT field by simply dropping them from the (computer's) desktop. In case of a picture file, I import it afterwards. (Knowing that's double. But doing so I have the file and a preview...)

So what about pressing a key, like <i> (= [i]mport) and the picture file is not attached but imported? - Until a <right click and 'save picture as...> is there.

Notes Client / Core/Frameworks (Incl. sidebar, rich text editor): Replacing digits in a date field should mark a document to be dirty

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 12:27:42 +0000

Author: Stefan Meyer
Tags: date field input
Idea:

I open a document in edit mode and change a date. - Nothing more.

Leaving the document with <ESC> I sometimes am not asked if the changes shall be saved.

Why?

I mark part of the date, like the month, with the mouse and replace it by just typing the new month in.

This somehow does not mark the document as dirty. -> I can leave it without saving.

Workaround: Using the <BACKSPACE> or <DELETE> keys when changing the date. (But who likes to keep this in mind? :-))

Is there any reason in it? Or could this behaviour be changed?

re: Replacing digits in a date field should mark a document to be dirty

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 10:53:55 +0000

Author: Peter Presnell
Comment: I would suggest this is a bug with the existing product rather than an idea for an enhancement.

Domino Designer / : Show a message when pasting a column would produce a duplicate $xxxx alias

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 12:51:21 +0000

Author: Stefan Meyer
Tags: column properties vview colum
Idea:

When designing a view: Columns with a computed value get a default alias starting with a "$" plus a number (e.g . "$259").

When pasting a column from a different view, I unintendedly can create columns with identical $-aliases. - This may produce side-effects like documents being shown in wrong categories or - hard to detect - date columns carrying a wrong date.

Can I have a message or popup telling me an alias is used twice? Maybe when saving the view?

... alright, I know, normally it is a good style to rename the $#### aliases. But why do I have to care about it?

Notes Client / Core/Frameworks (Incl. sidebar, rich text editor): Ability to Disable Workspace Pages per Location or User-ID

Sun, 15 May 2011 14:43:52 +0000

Author: Stefan Meyer
Tags: workspace workspace page location
Idea:

It would prevent me from clicking on inaccessible databases. (Okay: on their icons.)

A disabled workspace page should not be hidden, but its tab may be painted differently, maybe grayed out.

Why? - Some customers allow me to use my laptop at their site. I also work at different offices, at home or a university. So I can create several locations, one or more workspace pages and associate a Notes-id with it. - Notes is great for this.

The bad thing: from time to time I click on an application icon to get a message "no access": Or I have to wait until all servers have been tried out, ending up with "server is not responding". ... Does this also alert the local admins?!?

re: Replacing digits in a date field should mark a document to be dirty

Sat, 03 Sep 2011 14:21:15 +0000

Author: Kenneth Axi
Comment: I'm using 8.5.2 and I can't reproduce this bug so I guess the bug has been fixed... So because of that (and because of the fact that this is rather a bug report than an improvement request) I'm demote this.

re: Show a message when pasting a column would produce a duplicate $xxxx alias

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 03:10:41 +0000

Author: Mike Moloney
Comment: Would be better if DDE just went ahead and pasted the column, changing the programmatic name if it was going to be duplicated.

Notes Client / Other: Mail -> Preferences -> Bigger signature field?

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:29:38 +0000

Author: Stefan Meyer
Tags: Signature Mailbox
Idea:

I frequently have to change my signature, for example when a fair is over or to invite for an event.

This can be done from my mail file using "Tools" -> "Preferences..." and selecting the tab "Signature".

-> The dialog is huge and could show the "Signature:" field 4-times bigger. Why is it so small?

Notes Client / Core/Frameworks (Incl. sidebar, rich text editor): Fixed Size for Standard View Navigator?

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:06:56 +0000

Author: Stefan Meyer
Tags: navigator resize
Idea:

Is it possible to give the default navigator (which shows the views in a Notes database) a fixed width?

I know, I can do so by implementing a frameset and fix the size of the left frame. But if there is no frameset, the navigator shrinks and grows with the application window.

Working at different locations, sometimes when using a 2nd monitor, the navigator shrinks to nearly invisible. Can I get a pin symbol button?

Notes Client / Core/Frameworks (Incl. sidebar, rich text editor): Richtext Field + some Text Fields: Double click on a word should just select the word - not a trailing blank behind it

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:43:32 +0000

Author: Stefan Meyer
Tags: Text editor Richtext double click String Word
Idea:

If there is a blank behind a word, it is also selected when double-clicking the word.A <CTRL> + <C> then copies this space character as well. This may lead to errors when the string is pasted somewhere.

I would like to select the word only, like the subject field in my mail form does.

re: Richtext Field + some Text Fields: Double click on a word should just select the word - not a trailing blank behind it

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 11:12:29 +0000

Author: Vlad Sh
Comment: Yes, damn it! 1000 times yes!

re: Richtext Field + some Text Fields: Double click on a word should just select the word - not a trailing blank behind it

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:40:57 +0000

Author: Stefan Meyer
Comment: Hm, it may not be a Notes specific topic. Meanwhile I've seen that some edit fields in different apps show this behavior as well.

Anyway, I'd like to have it. At least in Notes Designer. - For example: the forms editor selects a trailing blank on double click.
Most other fields are good now. :-)