As I’ve been working on an outline for a part of my novel, I’ve noticed something that would be fantastic if you added. Let me explain.
I was at a point where I wanted to remove a whole section, because it needed to be moved somewhere else, but I didn’t have a place for it yet. I would have loved to drop that into another pane and just have these parts aggregate there, then drag back when a spot opened up. I could open a second document I am sure, but it would be neat to have this all in one place. That way, I can bring in and out pieces to the main outline as I am reworking the structure.
A scratchpad is the best name I could think, but maybe something else that implies it’s a spot for fragments (there is a name) that aren’t in the main outline, but you may or may not bring back in. Temporary holding.
Although Bike doesn’t currently have a dedicated feature like a “scratchpad,” I think a combination of existing features might help achieve a similar result. If you don’t mind, here’s how I usually handle this kind of situation:
In Bike, you can open the same document in multiple tabs or windows using the Duplicate Tab or Duplicate Tab to New Window options under the Window menu. Additionally, with the Focus In feature in the Go menu, you can display only specific parts of the same document in each tab or window you’ve opened.
When I need a “temporary zone” as a reference in a separate view, I usually create a new parent row named something like “temp” and place any relevant content as its child rows. Then, I use Duplicate Tab to New Window to open the same document in a new window. In this new window, I move the cursor to the “temp” row and apply Focus In. This way, it displays only the “temp” row and its children.
For even greater efficiency, you can set up keyboard shortcuts to automate this process. More information about the automation can be found in this discussion.
