History pane
In addition to the Goto previous node and Goto next node toolbuttons on the Navigate toolbar which only allow you to traverse the node history list sequentially, TreePad also provides a History pane to allow you to view a list of the nodes you most recently selected and jump to any of them. The list holds a maximum of fifty nodes.
To open the History pane
- Click Menu: View⁄Accessory pane⁄History or
- Click the History button in the Article Button Bar; or
- Press Ctrl+Alt+O (for HistOry).
To close the History pane
- Click Menu: View⁄Accessory pane⁄History or
- Click the Article button in the Article Button Bar , or
- Press Ctrl+Alt+O again; or
- Press Ctrl+F9; or
- Press Esc if the History pane has focus.
The History pane uses the Accessory pane, so can be adjusted in height by dragging the horizontal divider between it and the Article pane up or down. The topmost node is always the current node, and the bottom node is always the Root node, unless the list has been cleared.
By default, when you open a TreePad file, the focus is on its Root node, so opening the History pane shows the Root node as the only entry.
To change the node selected on the History list
- Click Menu: Navigate⁄Previous node or Menu: Navigate⁄Next node or
- Click the Goto previous node on history list or Goto next node on history list toolbuttons successively; or
- Press the corresponding keyboard shortcuts Alt+Left or Alt+Right respectively; or
- Use the Down or Up cursor keys when the History pane has focus; or
- Scroll down or up the History list using the vertical scrollbars and click the desired node.
If you have set hyperlinks to be activated by double-clicking in hyperlink options (this is the default), single-clicking a node in the History list will highlight that node, and double-clicking or pressing Enter it will make it the current node.
If you have set hyperlinks to be activated by single-clicking, single-clicking a node in the History list will make it the current node, so you cannot use single-clicking to select a a node without activating it. Right-click it instead.
Saving the History list as hyperlinks
To insert a list of hyperlinks to the nodes on the History list at the current Article cursor position
- Click Menu: Insert⁄Link(s) to⁄History.
Note: The History pane does not have to be visible. See also Insert menu.