Not currently, will add it to the next version. Thanks for that!
1 Like
Encountering a bug in PaperTrail - folding buttons/relationship lines flicker when scrolling:
My outline isn’t enormous, 33kb in size so far.
Thanks for the report.
Sadly imgur is banned in my country (England) but I’ll find a way to view it and attempt to reproduce this.
If you have steps to reproduce or a minimal test or debug file (long press settings button) that would help speed up a fix.
I would love to provide a reproducible chain of actions, but it happens 100% of the time for me on IOS and IPadOS.
Here’s another link (from my personal NAS that will expire in 7 days) - check the blue buttons appearing and disappearing.
On this note, can you add a menu action to fold/unfold a line/branch (cmd+9/0 and cmd+alt+9/0 and whatever other shortcuts for folding unfolding the whole document)? Similar to Indent/outdent and focus in/out? On iPad it doesn’t matter much to me as I have keyboard attached, but aiming for those small blue dots on iPhone can sometimes be a nuisance.
1 Like
Now that I see how it behaves and thought about it - I think it has something to do with the parent node being outside of the current view is what’s causing this.
Thanks! I see the issue. If I can reproduce it in a test file I can fix it. So that’s the first task!
I won’t be able to get to it until next week, but it’s top of my PaperTrail tasks. It’s the only thing!
1 Like
Well here’s another for you. Why are PaperTrail’s Shortcuts actions so flaky? I’ve tried adding “Open document,” selecting the file to open and then adding the shortcut to the homepage. But whenever I tap on that icon, it just opens up PaperTrail. Only when I tap it a second time, does it then open up the TaskPaper file I specified. I’ve also found that even the second attempt will stop working after a while.
1 Like
Sadly, it’s an iOS thing.
As you can tell by the fact the shortcut works the second time, it does work…but only in certain situations.
iOS prevents shortcuts from doing certain things if the app is opening fresh. If the app is already open it allows those same things. It’s infuriating. Apparently they do this for security reasons.
Every time there’s an iOS update I take a look to see if things have changed or if Apple are providing any new mechanisms. I’ll take a look at iOS 27 soon.
The second attempt stopping working is new to me. If we can reproduce why, I can take a look.
Thanks for the info. Dare I say it, but from a UX perspective, it might be best to pull this action from propagating until such time as it works as expected? Avoids frustration that way.
I hear you.
To avoid frustration the easiest thing to do is not use shortcuts.
I use it myself so it will remain a feature.
I’m hopeful iOS will improve at some point.
1 Like
Thanks for the excellent video (what sharing server software are you using? very cool)
This is fixed and will be in the next release. Hopefully I’ll submit soon.
Edit: I’ve also put some more scaffold around Shortcuts features, so if there’s no an improvement there (I’m not expecting anything major) any real errors will now be reported.
1 Like
Thank you!
I’m running a ugreen nas, immich is the self-hosted solution I went with for photos/videos. Immichpublicproxy is what I share through to not have the nas be wide open for anyone to connect.
It was a bit of an involved process setting it all up through docker, but I control my own files and am not paying for any of the cloud/streaming services (music, audiobooks, tv shows etc. all on the NAS through plex/infuse).
Needless to say how I despise what the SAAS subscription hell has become.
1 Like
I’m a self-hoster too! I’ve been trying slink but I don’t love it. Will try your rec. Thanks
1 Like
Guess what!?
I found something new (to me) that I can use (UIKit’s application activation) and I am pretty sure that at least Open Recent is now more reliable.
Will be in the next version.
Thanks for the nudge!
| Previously | Improved |
|---|---|
| Attempted opening immediately | Keeps the request queued until UIKit reports the app active |
| Some opening paths lacked restored bookmark access | Restores and holds file access during opening |
| Remembered attempted URLs for the app’s lifetime | Resets that state between requests |
| Missing recent bookmark silently succeeded | Reports an error |
| Capture/import could overwrite after a failed read | Aborts without writing |
The fact that this seems to work is a bit of a WOW for me, something I will need to share with the wider iOS dev community.
1 Like
I know Shortcuts can be equal parts fantastic and maddeningly frustrating – I have one with 140 actions and had to have a lie down after getting it working:-) – so it’s great you’ve potentially found a way to make this action do what it says on the tin. Cheers.
PaperTrail 1.4.4 is released
3 Likes
was “insert date” added?
Apologies that is still on a list of a few additions I want to make. Will push an update this week!