Views

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Bonsai Outliner for Palm OS > Main View > Views

The Bonsai application on the handheld uses Views to manage what attributes of the outlines are shown. When a new outline is created a default view is created. You can add additional views using the Views dialog.  You can then configure the views to show different attributes of the outline.  Bonsai remembers the columns and widths for each view. 

 

OutlineViewPalm

 

The columns available for display include;

Text
Note icon
Link icon
Start date
Due date
Completed date
Days until due
Category
Category icon
Contact
Contact icon
Keywords
Keyword icons
Custom

 

There are 4 ways of switching the current view;

The View command on the View menu.
Select View from the menu displayed when tapping on the column header.
Use the Views toolbar button (configured in the Settings dialog).
When switching between portrait and landscape modes on handhelds that support both orientations.

 

Tap on the outline header to display a menu of options. When adding columns to the header, the column will be inserted to the left or right of the column that was tapped depending on which side of the column was tapped.

 

OutlineHeaderMenuPalm

 

Commands available on the header menu include;

 

Command

Description

Hide Header

Collapsed the outline header to a narrow line. This increases the space available to display the outline.

Sort Ascending

Displays the Sort dialog with the current column selected and ascending as the sort option.

Sort Descending

Displays the Sort dialog with the current column selected and descending as the sort option.

Hide Column

 

Hides the column that was tapped.  No action is taken on the text column.

Show Column...

 

Displays a menu of columns that can be displayed.

View...

 

Displays the View dialog where Views can be added, deleted, of selected.