Two window behaviors that are very non-intuitive
Posted: Sat May 18, 2019 4:30 pm
I'd like to draw attention to two behaviors of Bookends that I find very non-intuitive, and, the first especially, keep getting in the way of my using Bookends effectively.
1) The "Inspector" or "Reference Links" window looks like any other window, but it acts like a panel. It floats on top of all other windows and just gets in the way if you aren't using it. It has a normal title bar and red/-/green buttons. But if you try to close it with cmd-W, you end up closing the next window below it, which is usually your database.
I would prefer that the Inspector window would just act like any other window (for example, the Term List window, which closes with a cmd-W when on top). But it would also work that if the Inspector window looked like a panel. (See Photoshop for an example of what a panel should look like).
2) This is just strange, but doesn't get in the way: If you close your database in Bookends but leave the application open, if you click on the icon in the Dock, the last database used will open. No other application does this, AFAIK.
1) The "Inspector" or "Reference Links" window looks like any other window, but it acts like a panel. It floats on top of all other windows and just gets in the way if you aren't using it. It has a normal title bar and red/-/green buttons. But if you try to close it with cmd-W, you end up closing the next window below it, which is usually your database.
I would prefer that the Inspector window would just act like any other window (for example, the Term List window, which closes with a cmd-W when on top). But it would also work that if the Inspector window looked like a panel. (See Photoshop for an example of what a panel should look like).
2) This is just strange, but doesn't get in the way: If you close your database in Bookends but leave the application open, if you click on the icon in the Dock, the last database used will open. No other application does this, AFAIK.