Two-column view
See two columns/pages at once so more text can be seen
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I like to use editors like vim and atom to view and edit multiple parts of a project at once.
It would be great to be able to do the same thing with workflowy on the desktop or web app.
Proposed workflow would be to have a keyboard shortcut that would split the current pane either vertically or horizontally into two panes.
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You can just use Firefox Side View or two windows side-by-side. It's not hard to copy and paste between the two, I'd rather their bandwidth be saved for more expansive features.
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Cut and Paste between panes creates new bullets which means it breaks links to those bullets. Drag and drop within the list in a single pane doesn't have that problem. Also, drag and drop is not supported between browser tabs. It would actually be awesome to be able to use multiple browser tabs in whatever configuration I wanted if drag and drop between tabs worked the same as drag and drop within a single tab.
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I too would like to see this feature.
Long lists are notoriously hard to reorder.
Additionally, it would be great to do this between windows, so you could have two completely different lists.
I've thought it would be a good idea for years now, only just now looking to log it as a feature request.
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Everyone; I've created a Bookmarklet that provides a poor-man's "dual view" with two iframes.
I use it to keep focus with a "Do now" list alongside all my other tasks:
Unfortunately, you can't drag between them, but you can copy paste.Additionally, each panel remembers its location for when you load the page next time!
The script and instructions to install it are here:
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Honestly the browser option isn't bad except for one thing: I use browsers for so many workflows already, I want to be able to use CMD-tab to switch to Workflowy, not to one of the three browsers I have open already.
I don't want yet another browser window to have to CMD-~ through. I want to be able to use Alfred with "w" to get to my workflowy list. If workflowy product owners are of the opinion that browser is as good as desktop, why'd they release a desktop client at all? -
Luke, I'm working on something at the moment which sounds like would be really useful to you. Drop me a line here if you like and I'll fill you in:
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Panes might come in future https://workflowy.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360070029392-Two-instances-of-desktop-app :)
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I asked Jesse the other day when this was coming and he says they're working on it! Check my comment below the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l19R1J_wVSU -
Options for panels in WorkFlowy today:
- WorkFlowy MultiFlow – a chrome extension which uses iframes to display multiple workflowys
- Vivaldi Browser – use tab tiling
- Spectacle – window tiling for Mac (alternatives are available)
- Native OS tiling
Here's MultiFlow in action:
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Dave, this is a really cool extension, thanks a lot for creating and sharing that.
Viewing/editing multiple nodes/instances side-by-side is the one itch I've had for years of using Workflowy. It's such a natural and recurring necessity that I think it should be supported by the app itself—as they'd probably be able to do it in a compute efficient way (I work on a Mac Mini 2014, two Workflowys running together makes things a bit hot) and also support helpful UI capabilities like moving nodes between the multiple instances.
The thing I miss the most from this extension is being able to jump between the Workflowy instances/tabs with keyboard shortcuts—I never leave the keyboard when using Workflowy, which is one of the things that make it so powerful for me. Is there a workaround for that, or is that on the works by any chance?
Thanks if you've read this.
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Hey Juan,
I'd love to be able to build the "ultimate" multi-panel view but the truth is, complexity is kinda exponential. For every feature I add, it's more to go wrong, more to integrate with the rest of the extension, as well as more to fix and track down when things go wrong, or it causes bugs with WF itself, or other extensions (this is already happening)Adding a shortcut sounds cool, but I would have to decide what shortcut, does it work on all platforms, what if it overrides something, maybe I should make it customisable, what's caret support like on all platforms, and before you know it, it's a chunky amount of work I have to do to create and then support it.
And because it's already a (horrible!) hack on top of WorkFlowy, it's really in my interest to keep it as simple as possible, or else I spend my days going down rabbit holes, or feeling guilty for not responding to pleas to fix bugs I don't have time to fix!
I am sure that multi-panes will come eventually though.
PS. Thanks for the kind words!
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I completely get it, as I also work on the technical side of things. We have to be very careful and selective to what we engage in, as everything is a deep rabbit hole, an endless nest like Workflowy haha (and that's why it's so useful).
Thanks a lot for a kind and thorough explanation! 🙏
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If you've ever used Moo.do (now Legend) it's REALLY REALLY HARD to work on complex documents without this feature. And yes, it's pretty much all about drag&drop, so multiple browser window solutions just aren't the same... not even close. There's a lot of stuff in Legend that I don't like as much as with Workflowy but boy, split-pane is a HUGE advantage for it.
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