Checkvist got true breadcrumbs

maxkir · January 7, 2019, 8:52pm

The first server update in this year, and the first topic in this forum

What do you think? Well, probably we have to invite our users to this forum first

Francisco_Barros · January 8, 2019, 4:38pm

Breadcrumbs is great! Thanks a lot!

Have you considered to show breadcrumbs even in distraction free mode (om)? Or, maybe, turn it in a configuration setting?

maxkir · January 8, 2019, 5:21pm

Thanks, glad you like it!

We thought about it and decided to hide breadcrumbs there. May be if we show them there it won’t be the true distraction free mode

You can always toggle om to see them, right?

sashka · January 8, 2019, 6:56pm

Hello, Francisco,

It was itching to try, so I tried
The ‘collapsed’ breadcrumbs are OK for the ‘zen mode’, I think

but when we expand the breadcrumbs… I’d agree with Kir, that becomes a bit too much, don’t you think?

Anyway, thanks for the idea!

Francisco_Barros · January 8, 2019, 7:38pm

Thanks for your reply.

Yeah, you are right, it isn’t a good fit for the “zen mode”. Anyway, it’s really fast to toggle via om.

Congrats for your great product! I’ve been using it for a few months now and really appreciate it a lot.

Best regards!

Ralf · January 12, 2019, 11:57am

Another use of Zen mode would be for giving presentations. Then, displaying the context via breadcrumbs would be a nice option. (E.g. when someone wants to follow the presentation again after checking the social status. )

maxkir · January 12, 2019, 3:02pm

For presentations, I have not tried that. Do you think this is a viable option we should target for? I haven’t tried making presentations directly from Checkvist, though focus/unfocus can be used for that. But I don’t quite see how breadcrumbs would help presenter in this case, besides reminding the audience the name of the talk

Ralf · January 12, 2019, 11:48pm

The use for (small) presentations could be improved. I wouldn’t stretch, though. Only what’s totally in line with Checkvist.

With the proper list structure (at least 2 levels), breadcrumbs help to show where you are. More about the presentation topic via email.

Ralf · January 14, 2019, 8:30pm

Note: Modifiers [], [1], and [*] that are prefixes to the task text and automatically hidden, are shown in the breadcrumb.

maxkir · January 15, 2019, 12:50pm

Thanks for noticing, will fix

maxkir · February 2, 2019, 11:36am

Should be fixed on https://beta.checkvist.com

Ralf · February 2, 2019, 1:34pm

Confirmed, thanks.

Side note 1: While testing the fix, I noticed for the first time that Shift + Right Arrow at the topmost task acts like Shift + Left Arrow. At first, I was confused. But it’s nice as a “quick peek” into the subtasks.

Side note 2: While exploring side note 1, I noticed a little inconsistency about the “open state” of subtasks when focussing and going back. At least I think there is. Will follow up on that.

maxkir · February 3, 2019, 8:49pm

Regarding the side note 1 - it was made intentionally, i.e. shift+right works as a toggle when the same node is selected. As you noticed, can be useful sometimes.

About inconsistency - please give some more details

Thanks for the testing, all the resent fixes are on https://checkvist.com already