On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 6:20 PM, Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaz...@gmail.com> wrote: >> What about a HIDDEN_PROPERTIES drawer that, when folded, folds >> completely (so that its title line is hidden too), and have a key to >> reveal such drawers (the way M-tab opens archived entries)? > > This is begging for problems. At some point, an user will start to > notice weird behaviour he cannot explain from, let's say, the exporter, > because he will have completely forgotten about one totally hidden > drawer setting export options. > > I don't think anything should be made totally invisible. There should > always be visual clues for such things.
But if _every_ entry has a visible PROPERTIES drawer (because a creation and last-modification dates of the entry are stored there), then entries for which custom export options were set no longer stand out. Just as, if you BOLD every word in a document, BOLD no longer acts as a highlight. So, I agree that unique customizations should lead to a visible indicator. But for properties that aren't really customizations ( creation date, modification date, unique ID ), a visible indicator only clutters things without acting as a useful highlight. So, what about making a UNIVERSAL_PROPERTIES drawer that is normally completely hidden, unless you explicitly reveal it?
