Text, Data Entry "Note" behavior

Text, Data Entry "Note" behavior

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Not sure if this really constitutes a bug, or feature request or just me being picky but here goes....

First, I noticed in one of the recent versions a "Text" (Session Type -> Other -> Text) it'll show under "description" everything in the text. This is nice, but it doesn't appear to have any kind of logging of when someone highlights the Text session. They could read anything in Text and have no log trail to show they had the file open. Also, same goes for the Data Entry "Note"... you can highlight it, see everything in it, but avoid any kind of "Open Session" logs. Maybe have a check mark to force people to open to view? Or behave as it did in earlier versions than 7.0 ?

Second, when editing a "Text" session, it won't maximize the space where you can edit. It'll only show it in the bottom part of the window. I noticed that with the Data Entry "Note" it'll actually maximize the text edit to the entire screen. Is it possible to do that for the Text session as well? Or is the Data Entry -> Note going to make the "Text" session obsolete?

Third, I noticed in one of the recent versions the "Edit on open" check mark for text sessions. Is it possible to have this as an all or none kind of setting under File->Options instead of under each individual text session?


Thanks!

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Hi,
I have added a new setting to disable the preview text in the description. What do you mean by maximizing the space, could you send me a print screen?

David Hervieux

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Ok. Here you go.

It also doesn't show up in tabbed browsing if you're editing... and can't edit more than one at once. Is there a better way of keeping text notes than in a text session?

Thanks!

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Is it possible to add the "Edit on open" and "Preview text in description" to be for all text sessions instead of having to go through each individual one and unchecking them... have it controlled from a universal setting.

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Hi,
I have entered a feature request for that and this will override the setting for any session.

David Hervieux