I have all my documents numbered with a series of 4 numbers before the title (something like this: ‘4.3.1.4: Master’) and I’ve noticed that, when I type these numbers (either for a reference or whatever), if I select it and right click, in the drop down menu I get the option to directly open the document that has that series of numbers at the beginning. It’s a very cool option, but I wish it would also do the same for ‘linking documents’. I mean, that the option to link those numbers that I have put with the document that has that numbering directly appears in the drop-down menu, because currently I have to hit ‘link document’ and then manually select the document that I want. I have a lot of documents (lots and lots) and doing it manually wastes a lot of time. I know I can look it up in the binder and drag the link to the document for an automatic link, but looking it up in the binder manually also takes me a lot of time.
I think this behavior already exists? If I type the name (or part of the name) of a document in text, then select and right-click, the “Link to Document” command offers the named document as a suggestion.
For future reference, we don’t recommend using position-dependent numbers (like sub-section numbers) for documents in the Binder. It makes it harder to move them around, which sort of defeats the purpose.
In Windows it offers to open it in the editor, but it is not suggested as a link to destination :
If it does so in the Mac version, it’ll most likely end up part of the Windows version too, some undetermined time in the future…
Hmph.
One alternative would be to split the editor and use one pane for looking things up. Another, if you reference the same documents frequently would be to bookmark them.
I can imagine it, but my project is structured in such a way that it needs those numbers. Just the title alone is not enough, because the numbers indicate which saga it belongs to, which chapter it is, which part of the chapter it is (beginning, climax, dénouement, etc.) and which scene within there it is. There are so many documents (and many very long ones) and I make so many references that I cannot do without these numbers, because otherwise it would be crazy (at least in this project, which is the biggest one). I need to know immediately where each document is, because blindly looking for it every time would be a huge waste of time (it would be like <wait, this scene called ‘master’ where is it? Hmmm there are 18 scenes named the same which one will I be referring to?>), numbers help me a lot with this. Also, I guess I’m too used to this system hehe.
Thanks for the advice anyway, I’m sure I’ll apply it to more manageable projects 
I hope so 
I already have to split the editor to multitask, but the bookmarks thing I hadn’t thought of, I’ll definitely give it a try.
Thank you for your replies 
If need be, know that you can split the editor in up to four sections/splits, using the copyholders.
There is also the Quick reference panel(s) that offers an unlimited number of open documents. (They’re like mini standalone versions of Scrivener.)
True. I hadn’t thought of that. Thanks