Dont create new outline inside the selected folder

DEVONthink Tips
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Hello,

I use more and more DEVONthink for all kind of purposes. And I would like to use it as a simple outliner. But can I change the following behavior: when I create a new outline, it is always created inside the previous selected folder (outline). It is not very convenient when you need to create a list of items.

Thanks for your help,

Christophe

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Just move the new document to the place or folder where you want it, via drag and drop.

If you are devoted to outlining, other products do a better job than DT, which is mainly a research database. I recommend Scrivener, a brainstorming, outlining, and drafting tool for writers of fiction, nonfiction, and screenplays. Several folks here in the DT forum are devoted Scrivener users. At $35.00, it’s a bargain.

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Thanks for your advice.

I already use Omni Outliner for outlining, but sometimes I just don’t want to create a new OmniOutliner document just for adding a few items or ideas. DEVONthink is always open and I use it like a GTD repository. Maybe, I will look at an applescript script to do it.

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I tried something like this below, but the show state flag doesn’t seem to work:

on run
	tell application "DEVONthink Pro"
		
		display dialog "New item : " default answer ""
		set myitem to the text returned of the result
		create record with {name:myitem, state:true, type:group} in current group
		
	end tell
end run