Corkboard - see all cards and edit them

[bodsham]

Simple question - when I look at a range of scenes on the corkboard and want to edit them all the scenes disappear except the one I'm writing the synopsis for. Is there a way of keeping all the cards in view while I write at the same time? Bit fiddly going backwards and forwards. I did try having the outline in a second window and writing there but that knocks the corkboard back into a single card view some of the time too.

 

(Update - I see you can do this if you right click on the card text area and choose edit. I was double clicking which opens the individual card. Is there a way of editing without reaching for the trackpad?)

[Steve]

Hi Bodsham,

 

To start editing a card on the cork board without reaching for the trackpad, select the card you want to edit and press Return.

 

-Steve

[Steve]

More generally, you can stay on the cork board, navigate around, and edit cards using only the keyboard as follows:

• Switching to Storyboard mode: Command+3.
  
• Selecting a card: Tab/Shift Tab or Arrow keys.
  
• Selecting multiple cards: Shift+Arrow keys
  
• Editing a card: Press return when a card is selected.
  
• Ending editing: Esc.
  
• Inserting a new card after the current selection: Command+Return.
  
• Moving to the enclosing chapter/group: Command+Up Arrow.
  
• Moving to a child chapter/group/collage: Select the child and press Command+Down Arrow.
  

With the exception of Command+3 and Command+Return, these are the same shortcuts you'd use in the Finder to move around and edit items.

 

-Steve

[bodsham]

Perfect - thanks again! I guess I just double click automatically....

[marguerite]

Thanks, Steve! You learn something new every day, as they say....

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