Home icon

[javatseng]

Hi,

Had been a FT and TP user before. Love Bike!

Question: How and when do I use the home icon on the bottom left? Thanks, (screenshot below)

[jessegrosjean]

@javatseng

Had been a FT and TP user before. Love Bike!

Thank you!

@javatseng

Question: How and when do I use the home icon on the bottom left? Thanks, (screenshot below)

The home icon because useful when you Outline > Focus In to a second of your outline. It helps in two ways… first it becomes dark and enabled, giving you indication that you are focused. And second it allows you to focus out to a higher level…

With that said I’m now in the process of adding better focus and navigation indicators and UI. These new features will likely make the home button redundant and I’ll remove it then. You can try out the new features in the 1.12 preview release:

Bike 1.12 (135)

More license renewal process tweaks Changed order and focus rules in link editor popup Previously in Preview 1.12 Preview: Added license renewal Fixed drag and drop of files into outline creates links Added Hide guide lines setting Added Hide focus arrows setting Added additional text wrap widths of 90 and 120 chars Fixed focus arrow position in RTL text direction Added spacing before focus arrow Added setting to hide secondary controls when typing Added print setting to hide secondary cont…

[javatseng]

Thanks. Almost forgot to check the “Focus In&Out” feature. It is a useful feature.

[javatseng]

One more thing…would it be possible to trigger Focus In&Out with a mouse cursor?

It seems I can only use the shortcut to trigger.

[jessegrosjean]

@javatseng

One more thing…would it be possible to trigger Focus In&Out with a mouse cursor?

If you command-click on a disclosure triangle it will focus in/out instead of fold the row.

[javatseng]

Good to know. Thank you.