Numbering cards and draft items

Would there be any chance of a Preference to alter the behaviour of card numbering on the Corkboard, and extend this to the binder? I have the files in my Draft folder arranged by folders, which is useful for planning. What I’m finding in Scrivener 2 is that on the Corkboard all these files appear numbered, and that the numbering restarts in each folder. In principle, numbering is great. My problem is that I want the numbers to run consecutively across all the folders, not discretely within folders.

Also, I find I need to number the files in the binder also. The main reason for this, apart from clarity, is that sometimes I catch a file by accident with the cursor in the Binder and it gets moved unintentionally. As Undo doesn’t work with this, it is sometimes a hassle to find where the file belongs - numbering obviously solves this. However, as the cards add their own numbers, I now find there are two numbers in the card title, which is additionally confusing. The default number added by the app doesn’t solve the moving problem, as it changes when the file order changes.

The ideal would be able to choose: (a) whether you want the cards numbered; (b) whether they should be numbered in a flat sequence or by folder; © whether you want numbers to appear in the binder as well as on the card; (d) to have numbers stick so that misordering is apparent.

A lot to ask, I know! But the situation at the moment is very limiting.

No plans for this, no, sorry, not at the moment anyway. Numbering in the binder would be a lot more problematic seeing as things can be opened and closed, and there would need to be a ton of preferences to choose which items get numbered and which don’t.
Thanks!
Keith

Ok, I can see all that, certainly. But what about an option to turn off numbering on the cards…?

Oh, sorry, missed that - trying to answer several things at once! You can already do that via the View > Corkboard options. Hmm, that should proboably be off by default, actually.

Bah, what a moron! I missed that. Apologies for wasting your time. It’s all great.

Not a problem - I do think they should be off by default, not sure why I chose to put them “on” - I probably just wanted people to see you could do it. :slight_smile:

There is a certain logic to that.