Is there a method to go to the document you moved last? I can’t find one, but I may have missed it.
Use case: you refile a document to another group (I usually use Cmd-Ctl-M (Move to...), but it would apply whenever a document is moved to a new group) and you want to follow it to its new home to see it’s settling in nicely.
At the moment, AFAIK, you can
try to use Cmd-[ (Go > Back) and hope that it works. IME it usually doesn’t and you get the document before the one you’re after; or
use Go > To Document (or Group) and type in the document / group name, which works but is fiddly for something which can be done several times a day.
Org-mode in Emacs has commands (org-capture-last-stored and org-refile-last-stored) which take you the document you last moved for precisely this scenario, and they are very useful.
Does DT3 have an equivalent?
If not, please could it be a feature request to add the equivalent command to the Go menu?
You might want to check this thread, in which @pete31 so kindly provided me with a solution for exactly that problem.
I think I ended up adapting the script a little bit; anyway, this is what I have used for ages (it opens a new window, partially overlaying the original one, at the location of the last moved document, with that document marked):
tell application id "DNtp"
try
set currDate to current date
set theComparisonDate to currDate - 86400
set theDatabases to databases
repeat with thisDatabase in theDatabases
set thisDatabasesResults to search "additionDate >" & theComparisonDate in (root of thisDatabase)
if thisDatabasesResults ≠ {} then
repeat with i from (count thisDatabasesResults) to 1 by -1
set theRecord to item i in thisDatabasesResults
if type of theRecord is not in {group, smart group} and type of parent 1 of theRecord is not feed then
set thisDatabasesLastAdded to theRecord
exit repeat
end if
end repeat
try
if (addition date of thisDatabasesLastAdded) ≥ theComparisonDate then
set theComparisonDate to (addition date of thisDatabasesLastAdded)
set globalLastAdded to thisDatabasesLastAdded
end if
end try
end if
end repeat
if viewer window 1 exists then
set theBounds to bounds of viewer window 1
set newWindow to open window for record parent 1 of globalLastAdded
set bounds of newWindow to {(item 1 of theBounds) + 22, (item 2 of theBounds) + 22, ((item 3 of theBounds)), (item 4 of theBounds)}
else
set newWindow to open window for record parent 1 of globalLastAdded
end if
set selection of newWindow to {globalLastAdded}
activate
on error error_message number error_number
if the error_number is not -128 and error_number is not -2753 then
display alert "DEVONthink 3" & space & error_number message error_message as warning
end if
end try
end tell
I searched on ‘Move…’, not ‘Jump…’ so didn’t find that… @pete31 really is a mine of useful scripts . And thank you for your amendment, too. I shall check it out.
Many thanks!
For DT3 support: it would nice if this could be implemented in a future release, though I realise that there’s a long list…
Thing is, it is really simple just to implement it yourself I’ve even designed a little icon for the script, so it sits (together with a number of others) in my toolbar and is used daily
True, but then you have to search for how to do it and implement it.
We already have ‘Move to [same group as last move]…’, which is the same principle. ‘Go to [same group as last move]…’ is another convenience along the same lines.
Anyway, thanks for your pointer. It’s really helpful!
That is part of the fun - and it makes it fully customisable It’s ok, I get your feedback - I’m just more for DT adding things I can’t add myself than spending their limited resources on stuff the user can do. Well, with @pete31’s aid, anyway
Just a quick thank you for having added the command to V3.8.6.
I’m always impressed by how responsive you and the team are to this sort of relatively minor (in the grand scheme of things) but useful ‘quality of life’ request. I appreciate you can’t always make changes, but it’s clear that you do it when you can, and it’s very welcome!
. And thank you for your amendment, too. I shall check it out.
I’ve even designed a little icon for the script, so it sits (together with a number of others) in my toolbar and is used daily 