Hey everyone, Scrivener is glitching and it’s interfering with my work quite a bit. Within the “Manuscript” folder, I’ve created chapter folders containing documents full of text - however, when I click on the “Manuscript” folder or a chapter folder , the text does not appear and the window remains blank. Clicking the arrow beside any of these folders and highlighting the text document causes the text to display perfectly well. I’m not sure what’s causing the folders to appear completely blank.
Hello.
If you select a folder, give the editor focus, and then press CMD 1, does the text appear?
Slàinte mhòr.
To see the text in documents when the parent folder is selected, use Scrivenings view.
Ray
That worked! Thank you!
Yup, just figured that out. Thanks!
Glad to hear that you have a resolution.
Slàinte mhòr.
I wanted to reserect this question as I’m having the same issue. Both of those techniques work to view the full folder contents but doesn’t explain why - in some of my folders (chapters) the text (from sub folder: scenes) appears when I click on it, and on others (as discussed above) it doesn’t.
After using CMD 1, if I navigate away from that folder and go back. I have to CMD 1 again.
Inquiring minds want to know.
KSM
“Scrivenings” view is Scrivener’s multi-document mode. Showing the full folder contents is its entire purpose. So if you aren’t in Scrivenings mode, you won’t see the subdocuments.
Are the sections that don’t automatically open in Scrivenings mode really folders? By default, a text document with documents underneath it will not automatically use Scrivenings mode. (You can change the setting in the Scrivener → Settings → Behaviors → Files and Folders pane)
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Those settings resolved it. Thank you.
I’ll have to watch how I’m inconsistenlty creating sub folders (maybe not as folders as you suggest)
Appreciate your help.
K