Re the Number of unique screens in Scrivener:
My reason for asking is to find out the scope of an issue that I have wrestled with over these last few years: Is there a native, built-in, method (not a separate app) within Scrivener to know what the names are for the hundreds of screens and screen objects in Scrivener, such as the 4 screen objects displayed in my original posting.
Often when communicating a specific issue on this platform and elsewhere, (absent rummaging through the hefty, 904 pages of the well-written documentation) I am at a loss how to refer to the hundreds of screen objects, not to mention the thousands of other screen objects (text fields, checkboxes, popups, etc.), that exist in Scrivener.
I would expect that there are unique identifiers within the underlying Scrivener code that identifies each and every unique object that appears on a Scrivener screen. One possible solution would be to have a lookup table operating in the back-ground within Scrivener that would translate the unique source code identifier to the English (or other appropriate language) name for each unique object, and to make that English (or other appropriate language) name available via to the user.
It would be forever helpful if there existed a way, perhaps via a keystroke sequence within Scrivener, or some other approach, to natively (not via a separate app) reveal the linguistic name (or other unique linguistic identifier) of a particular object within Scrivener.
For those who have worked with Scrivener for the decade-and-a-half or so since it’s inception, who know every nick-and-cranny of the application and the names for every screen object, this request may come as a surprise.
For those of us who more recently have struggled with the immense power and flexibility that Scrivener provides, and who come to work with Scrivener with a plethora of learning skills, types, and methodologies (or deficits thereof) the simple task to identify a Scrivener object can be a mysterious undertaking.
What do I call … ? How do I refer to … ?
Scrivener is an ecosystem, and for any ecosystem there needs to be a lexicon of terms and objects, as well as a native, straightforward way to search and link those lexicographic terms and objects to what we see each day we work with Scrivener.
Thanks for reading,
scrive
