On 08/09/2016 04:17 PM, Richard Heck wrote: > On 08/06/2016 07:42 AM, racoon wrote: > > Dear LyX devs, > > > > I find it very convenient in LyX that one can easily insert notes into > > the text while editing a document. I make heavy usage of this feature. > > > > However, at some stages in working on my documents seeing those notes > > and certain other insets seems distracting to me. Then I sometimes > > find myself typesetting (via View) the document even though I am not > > actually working with anything important of the actual typeset. > > > > Therefore, it would be nice to "hide" (not just "close") certain > > insets. So I suggest such a feature. > > > > How to set insets as "hidden"? Same as setting insets as "closed". > > > > How to see "hidden" insets? I suggest two (non-exclusive) ways: > > > > 1. From a "Hidden" list in the outline. > > 2. Have two "Document Views": one that shows Hidden insets another > > that doesn't. > > Presumably, this should be controlled via View> Hide/Show Insets. But > there's a question whose answer is not obvious: Which insets do we hide? > Some notes?All notes? Different people may answer differently.
The idea was that as for closing insets, one can hide insets individually. And as for closing insets one can hide certain groups, like all inset or all note insets. In this way one has full control over what is hidden. > So I wonder whether an "ultra-minimalist" button format might be a > better option. This would give you per-inset-type control over this sort > of thing. The idea would be that insets with this "decoration" would > appear, say, only as a thin bar, maybe 2px wide. Then you could still > open them by clicking on them. Activting and de-activating this would > then be as simple as loading or unloading a module that re-defined the > decoration for some insets (or adding/commenting out a few lines of > local layout). I am still inclined to think that fully hiding is the better option concerning readability. But I'll consider it more. Maybe one could implement the "minimizing" version more easily and then test it in real life to see whether once should go further and implement the full hide. I just found a suggestion I once made for notes (but I guess it applies to all insets) with some discussion: http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/10059. Daniel
