Andre Tries Out the New “Independent Detail View”
May 16th, 2008 at 9:58 am (1 month, 2 weeks ago) by Mimi Yin under Chandler Product News, How I Use ChandlerChandler 0.7.6 features the ability to keep multiple items open in separate windows. You can access this feature by clicking on the 
icon in the upper right hand corner of the item details pane or by going to View>>Separate Item Details. (You can also select an item and hit Ctrl-I on Windows/Linux or Apple-I on Mac.)
User Andre Mueninghoff has already been making use of this new feature for a few weeks now, helping us track down bugs and providing feedback. Here are 2 uses he’s found so far:
Andre keeps two items open all the time in separate windows:
The first is something he calls a “Bucket” item:
…to capture those random thoughts and bits of information that appear during the day.
The second is a GTD Projects List. Andre consults this list repeatedly throughout the day. In his words:
This saves me the trouble of having to leave the Chandler item I’m working with, find the GTD Projects List item, and then find my way back to the original item.
May 16th, 2008 at 10:34 am
I’ve just upgraded to 0.7.6 and have been playing around with the new detached detail view. One thing I’ve found it useful for is writing up notes while looking at other documents (side-by-side), something I haven’t been able to use Chandler for before. Thanks for the new feature!