Any chance the new formatting options in the coming Agenda 15 update might also include improvements in the tables?
I was thinking the ability to use some features like checklists etc. would be handy in table format to make the most of space on a note.
Can’t wait for the new formatting features to the writing experience!
We would like to improve some formatting in tables, but probably not in the very next release, and formatting will probably still remain limited. It is not a great experience to try to pack note formatting, with images etc, all in a very small cell. That was not the intent of the tables in Agenda.
Totally fair. I appreciate that every update you make leads to people wanting that little bit more, but often simple is best. Just through I’d ask.
Really, the big one for me was the ability to add checklist or bullet points in the table to make it useful for tracking.
Thanks for all the hard work and a brilliant app.
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We’ll consider whether we should add lists in cells. Haven’t made up our mind on exactly where we should draw the line yet.
Thanks for the feedback!
Is it possible to set tags through the URL scheme ?
Thanks!
I don’t think there is a special command for that, but tags are just text in your note. So if you append to a note using the URL scheme, and you have something like “#mytag”, it should add the tag.
@drewmccormack @mekentosj are there any plans for a ‘person editor’ ? I like the tag editor and would be great to have the same functionality for the person tagging. The ability to have a master list of @ (PERSON) names that you can then edit from that list would be great. Working example would be you’ve tagged someone as JohnS then realizes that you have meetings with multiple JohnS’s. Rather than just update the tag for the 1 current meeting, there may be a need to update the tag in the editor, e.g. rename original JohnS to JohnSmith, next one to JohnSargent etc etc etc. Then having those changes in the Person Editor cascade through all notes would be fantastic rather than having to go edit notes 1 by 1.
Any plans for adding this functionality ?
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Yes. Actually, we’ve had this plan from very early on. It would indeed be like Tags, but with the added integration with the Contacts app, which adds a bit more complexity. But this is certainly on our radar.
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I was wondering how one can create tags like “#C++”, I’ve tried various methods, but they all result either in no tag at all, or a #C tag. Can it be done, if so, how?
You can click on the Tag and rename it there to C++ or write in the Note „#(C++)“ to create the C++ Tag. You can insert spaces in Tags that way too.
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I do have the premium account. But I can’t figure out how to get tags as sidebar menu option. The only thing when I click the plus in the sidebar menu is to create either a new project or New Category. I have been looking through support here, but can’t seem to find how to do this. Links certainly welcome!
I think you are referring to ‘Saved Searches’, ie, making an overview in the sidebar based on a search. These are indeed a premium feature. Purchasing unlocks this feature forever, even if you only subscribe for a single year.
All features are here: Get All Features
In Obsidian i could link to a non existing file.
So the link was there but no physical file.
After clicking the link (may be later in time) the physical file was created.
Can i do so in Agenda?
This was very handy when i was working on an idea and could say: Please take care of [[important thing]]
No, you can’t do that ATM. Will take it along.
It’s a feature I see a lot in wikis and wiki-like apps.
Is it possible to create a link in the note to refer a different section of the same note? For example, I have a table of contents, and if I click on the items in the table of contents, I would want to jump to the corresponding section.
No, we don’t support that. I also wouldn’t recommend it, because you would probably only do that in really long notes. In Agenda, my advice would be to split the long note into separate shorter notes in a Project, and then you can of course link to those shorter notes.
You are correct. I will have a long note and need to go to different sections of the note. Rather than creating the sub-category, I would like to create the separate note under the main note and it looks more organize to my need. Is it possible to do that?
You can try it, using headings. But there probably is a point at which it doesn’t perform very well anymore.
Note that if you use headings, you can collapse the sections to make it more manageable.
However, I have some sections that they are not formatted as H1, but I can collapse the sections by clicking the most leftside, and the select folding. But for some sections, I would have to format using the H1 in order to collapse it.
Also, is it a quicker way, or using short cut, to change the highlighted texts to H1 (or to shortcut to launch the style)? I will need to highlight, right click, select format > Style > headings
There are certain things that collapse. Generally, if something is like a “parent”, it can be collapsed.
Eg. headings, lists with nested sublists.
So, if you want collapsing sections, the easiest way is to use a heading. You can get a heading with a keyboard shortcut, or by typing \heading or by typing # This is my heading
Kind regards,
Drew