A sign that a node has been mirrored!

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Max Yakin Bozek

• July 29, 2020 10:28

Would be super helpful to have some kind of subtle sign or mark indicating that a node is mirrored in some other places.

Sometimes I might delete an original node because it doesn't seem to be relevant anymore, but it might be relevant in their mirrored instance in other parts of the tree structure.

So, before deleting an original node that is mirrored it should be essential to:

1. know that the node is mirrored in other places!
2. Know where those mirrors are, so we can decide if we delete the original node (which will automatically delete all its instances of the node, or if instead we just better move the original node where it was mirrored.
   This would delete the node from its original place but will allow us to keep the content where the mirror was.

Hope the explanation is not too confusing and makes sense!

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  Frank (Workflowy Support)

  • July 29, 2020 17:09

  Hi @Max!

  We actually discussed this in our last meeting. It's on the way in due course!

   

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  Max Yakin Bozek

  • July 30, 2020 10:35

  Hi Frank,
  Nice to hear!
  Thanks!

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  Alfred Peters

  • July 30, 2020 12:47

  Is there any reason why there has to be a "master node"? It seems arbitrary to me. What if ALL mirrored nodes had the same icon even if they were the "master". Then each can simply be deleted individually by default with WorkFlowy automatically doing whatever it needed to in the background to move the master status around (if that's even necessary). Then put "delete all mirrors" as a special delete option, thus making deleting a lot of data not the default option.

  It's simple, clean, effective, and naturally protects data.

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  Max Yakin Bozek

  • July 31, 2020 10:24

  Hi Alfred,

  I think you have a very good point there, and that might bring the proper solution to this issue.

  I would only add the ability to see where all the mirrors are located in our tree structure.

  This could be a small text under the 3-dots menu* of each of the mirrors.

   

   

  * As where the "mirrored node - view original" is right now.

   

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  Max Yakin Bozek

  • September 07, 2020 13:53

  Hi Alfred,
  So, as seen on just another WorkFlowy forum, if you go now to https://beta.workflowy.com/ and in the settings menu toggle on the switch to enable the function "Equal Mirrors", it will make the original look and behave the same as mirrors!
  I think this is exactly what you suggested it should be :)
  Hopefully, this behaviour should be coming soon as a standard in the non-beta app and the Mac OS desktop, too.
  Cheers!

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  HarryPotter

  • December 21, 2020 19:06

  has this been done?

   

  right now i can see there are '2 mirro nodes'

   

  and when i click see them, i just see a number list and no other info

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