Just a thought about the properties pane.
Was wondering what everyone else though.
Someone posted a comment the other day about making the properties pane like columns - right click - chose which fields you want visible.
To me it just instantly struck a chord as being the perfect solution - it's a natural thing to do for a lot of us already from columns that it seems to make perfect sense for properties - you could just add any fields you want instantly and quickly.
Right now 'Groups' aren't used anywhere in MC except for in properties - I dont find them much use here and I've seen a few other posts saying similar things. For those that do - sorry
How about just dropping them - introduce this method for chosing which properties are visible and then just introducing a way of saving groups of fields visible in the properties panel.
Right clicking on properties pane could just have something like this:
Same as Columns in Current View
Visible fields >
. - List of all the fields lilke we have for columns
Load Saved Fields Grouping >
. - List of all previous saved 'groupings'
Save Fields Grouping >
. - Save
. - Save As
Manage Field Groupings (Would allow groupings to be deleted or renamed)
This would:
- Allow fields to appear in multiple groups
- Allow users to define and configure the groups for themselves
- Be pretty straightforward and easy for everyone (new users and power users)
Comments? Thoughts? Suggestions? Improvements?