Saving a tab layout as a reusable view

[anima.sana]

I would like to request a feature that will improve the user experience when studying original texts:

 

Saving a tab, e.g. a bible text tab as a quickly reusable named view

 

Problem:

After opening several Greek word root searches in separate tabs,
we currently have to tediously set up text layouts for each of the tabs, each time we do such a search and want it in a new tab.

 

Situation:

After a bible text tab is configured as e.g. a user defined layout of ...
left: Interlinear Greek text
right: parallel English text

 

Example:

 

Idea:
... let us save this tab as a named view within Accordance, and not as a file.

 

Expected result:

• When e.g. several new searches for Greek word roots is made, this user defined view is recalled for each of the new search result tabs and the search results are immediately displayed using the saved bible text layout detailed above.
• This view can also be assigned as a standard view for a Greek bible text, so this text is always opened with this layout to begin with ... e.g. the mentioned parallel English text and interlinear mode.
• It should be possible to switch a tab, that currently shows a certain bible verse a different way, to such a saved view as well, so the user doesn't have to tediously enable interlinear, parallel text etc over and over again.

[MattChristianOT]

I may be misunderstanding and forgive me if I am- You should be able to save that layout as a workspace. Every time you open the workspace you save, your setup should pop up and be fully functional. I am working through Exodus and have a separate work page that opens with all the versions in parallel and whatever else I saved. I am not sure if this will help or not but it may at least be a work around?

[Λύχνις Δαν]

What Matt suggests above is what I thought first. And I think you will need one of these anyway. But I then wondered if the problem was that you wanted to start a new tab for the next search with the same configuration. If that is so, save a basic one tab setup the way you want. Then to run a new search just duplicate the tab. There is a duplicate option in the pull down menu from the tab title bar. That should set up a new tab using the existing one as a template.

 

Thx

D

[anima.sana]

Yes exactly, Ruby this is about a single tab layout, not a whole workspace.

What you are suggesting is what I'm already doing as a workaround for now.

 

I'd love to see this implemented natively for a better user experience,

similar to "Set Text Pane Display" and named "Dynamic Interlinear Display" configurations
- just: for tabs, and assignable to texts, as well as actions e.g. searches.