Show HN: Gingko, a tree-document editor

Re:Show HN: Gingko, a tree-document editor by andrewfong on Friday August 30, 2013 @04:15PM (#6303953)

Nice. The inadvertent jump to another branch can be disorienting though.

Suppose my tree structure is as so:

  * a
  ** b
  *** c
  * d
  ** e
  *** f
  *** g
  *** h

Gingko lays it out like this:

  a b c
  d e f
      g
      h

If I'm in the far right column, let's say I've highlighted item g and go up to item f. However, I hold the arrow key down a little too long and overshoot to item c. This causes everything to the left to suddenly jump around and disorient me.

A related issue, the layout suggests that c-f-g-h is an intended list when it isn't. It can cause readers to become confused if they're reading normally in one column and don't fully realize they've jumped to a different branch in between c and f.

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Re:Show HN: Gingko, a tree-document editor by adriano_f on Friday August 30, 2013 @05:20PM (#6304286)

Yes we could definitely improve the way you interact with the tree.

For one thing, the looping back when holding the arrow key is annoying to me too, and a simple fix we will get to.

As for the branch jumping, we tried other approaches, but haven't found one that works well in all cases.

The core of Gingko, navigating tree structures, is something we are constantly trying to improve.

Thanks for your feedback!

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