How should Scratchpad work?

[thomas.neuburger]

I’m not sure of the intended functionality of the Scratchpad.

This is from the rc9 draft manual:

9.3 Scratchpad Panel
The scratchpad is a simple tool for jotting down notes from anywhere on your
computer. It is not tied to any specific project and floats above all other windows,
even other applications, so it never gets lost. It is useful as an inbox for ideas, a
note-taking tool while doing research in other software or simply as a place to
jot down your grocery list in a pinch.

You can access it from the Window ▸ Show Scratchpad menu command
(Ctrl Shift 0). The shortcut is universal, meaning you can use it to toggle the
window even while working in other programs, so long as Scrivener is running
in the background.

What’s the intention? Launchable from outside Scrivener if Scrivener is running the the BG? Launchable within Scrivener then toggleable from outside Scrivener?

IOW, what was it indended to do/be?

(BTW, the shortcut now seems to be Alt-Shift-Enter, but that seems to work only from within Scrivener. And it sometimes, but not always, brings the Scratchpad to the front. With the Scratchpad open and hidden, it took three keypresses to bring it forward. The first did nothing. The second closed it. The third relaunched it and brought it to the front.)

Thanks,

Thomas

[lunk]

The Scratchpad is available from all projects. So if you get an idea anout another project, jot it down in the Scratchpad.

I can use it from outside with Drafts 4, because I have it on Dropbox.
I srite somdthing and then send it to the Scratchpad folder.
Each entry is its own file.