Bike 2.0 (Preview 274)

[Gorgonzola]

@complexpoint

but perhaps the semantics of ⌘A Select All are not really intended for (or logically compatible with) query / filtered views ?

This would be quite useful, actually. I hope this is still planned sometime in the near future:

@jessegrosjean

My solution for manipulating the matches is if you click on the match count in the filter bar you’ll get a popup … EXCEPT those actions are not actually implemented yet, but that’s the plan.

[Gorgonzola]

This seems to cause Bike 274 to hang consistently:

1. Filter outline by whatever (match not needed)
2. With filter still active, close document.

If document was unsaved, a save dialog pops up. If you click Delete or Save, Bike hangs. If this was an existing document, Bike will hang on Close.

[complexpoint]

@Gorgonzola

This would be quite useful, actually.

Tho I do wonder if “selection”, as in the extension-kit’s

/** Select rows to create a "block" selection. */
selectRows(anchor: Row, head?: Row): void

is quite the right metaphor, here ?

A set of (probably discontinuous) matches is perhaps a slightly different animal from a selection block defined by putting down an anchor and extending a range by some number of rows.

query.value.forEach

does seem a closer fit …

[doug]

continuing to test this. there’s a long delay before being able to add link to row. i guess Bike is reading all the rows, and I have a lot of rows.

Also, the link arrow doesn’t let me jump anywhere (either link to row or URL link)

[complexpoint]

@doug

the link arrow doesn’t let me jump anywhere

Not being able to click the link arrow may relate to something which, I understand, is fixed for the next build (z-Axis layering of the link decoration),

but you may find, meanwhille, that selecting any blue text in the link range,
and using ⇧⌘O, does work. (Bike > Go > Open Link)

[doug]

works. thanks

[doug]

if i doubleclick on elit and drag directly downwards, i only select the words elit and the words after

however, if i inadvertently drag left over one or more preceding words (here, adipiscing) after doubleclicking on elit, i end up selecting the preceding words too, which i don’t think is your intention.

[jessegrosjean]

@vinhqt

Can we show project folder name on Bike 2’s Title bar, like we can in VS Code?

Can you explain in a bit more detail? Is this on by default in VS Code? I’m not sure that I see it. Also, I think this information is already present in Bike’s breadcrumb UI?

[jessegrosjean]

Thanks for pointing out this performance regression. Should be fixed in release later today.

[jessegrosjean]

@doug

would it be possible to get a short Quickstart for the Calendar extension? I have no idea how to activate it or use it to generate a year’s worth of dates. thanks in advance.

I have added documentation to Calendar’s readme here:

src/calendar.bkext/README.md

Feedback welcome… do those docs help you? (For generating a years worth of dates use the command “Calendar: Year”.

[jessegrosjean]

@complexpoint

but perhaps the semantics of ⌘A Select All are not really intended for (or logically compatible with) query / filtered views ?

That’s correct, Select All isn’t really compatible with filter views.

@Gorgonzola

This would be quite useful, actually. I hope this is still planned sometime in the near future:

I don’t think I want to modify selection to be discontiguous. It would add complexity and also require extension API changes. Could you describe a few scenarios where you would want to use this?

One possibility:

Currently when you have a filter, and then long click on the filter (three horizontal line) leading icon you get a popup menu that allows you to “Copy Matches without Children” in addition to other actions. One option would be a new menu item along the lines of “Apply Command To Matches”, which would then open command pallet and apply selected command to only matches. Maybe useful for your cases?

[Gorgonzola]

@jessegrosjean

Currently when you have a filter, and then long click on the filter (three horizontal line) leading icon you get a popup menu

I completely missed this feature! I think it does 90% of what I need it to. I’m still unsure how to avoid duplicates if I want to include both matches + parents/ancestors AND preserve outline structure, but that’s probably a skill issue.

As for bulk operations on matches → yes, I think applying a command through command palette would be a nice solution.

[doug]

ah, it’s one of those command panel things. thanks.

[doug]

feature request for calendar (for well after v2 is published): to display the day of the week alongside the date

[jessegrosjean]

This might already be possible… do you mean in the outline row? If you go to Bike > Settings > Extensions > Calendar then you can fill in the patterns that are used when generating Year, Month, and Day rows.

[doug]

that, plus letting Claude look at core-extensions/src/calendar.bkext at main · bike-outliner/core-extensions · GitHub

gave me this to paste in:

{“weekday”:“short”,“day”:“numeric”,“month”:“long”,“year”:“numeric”}

and it works!

[vinhqt]

Sorry, I mean the window title. I use folder templates, so I have the same filenames in different directories. Being able to show the parent folder on the window title would help tell one from another.

[jessegrosjean]

@jessegrosjean

@Gorgonzola

Works with Keyboard navigation OFF in macOS system settings. With ON, it seems to advance/backtrack the day selection in calendar but without any visual feedback. If I then press Return, I’ll get a new calendar entry depending on how far I’ve shifted.

Thanks, good to know.

In that case then I think Control-Tab might work to switch focus back to editor. I’ll also investigate the behavior you describe.

Looking into this.

When I turn on Keyboard Navigation I see the change in behavior that you describe. Tab/Shift tab moves by day, and I think this is expected. When turning on keyboard navigation all tabbing becomes very granular. I also see an indicator in light/dark mode. I’m not sure why you are not seeing that… actually I see it sometimes, not other times…

Will look into that.

In any case I will also add navigation commands to the go menu for Sidebar (Command-1), Editor (Command-2), Inspector (Command-3). That will at least allow you to quickly switch to a known location without first having to consider your current location. Or as a quick way to get back to editor from calendar when Keyboard Navigation is on.

[jessegrosjean]

@vinhqt

Sorry, I mean the window title. I use folder templates, so I have the same filenames in different directories. Being able to show the parent folder on the window title would help tell one from another.

I think that starts to get too complicated, especially since I think this information is already available in breadcrumb bar. The complication is exemplified by all the options that VS code provides, everyone will want something different!

What I think I can do is provide an API so that you could set window’s subtitle yourself from an extension. Does that seem useful for your case?

[vinhqt]

@jessegrosjean

breadcrumb

Could you help with a screenshot of the breadcrumb bar showing parent folder of the active file? I couldn’t find it and google didn’t help. The Interface Manager mentions Title Bar. And yes, I’d be grateful for such API.