okay, so i’ll try to keep this concise even tho i’ve got so much caffeine in me, i’m shaky lol.
anyway. whenever i make a table (which i mostly use to keep track of timelines, characters and their roles, etc.), i like to colour-code them - ie, lilac for x and dates for them, blue for y and dates/events regarding them, and so on. this enables me to be able to just glance at the table and see which events involve character x but not character y.
unfortunately, scrivener likes to freeze up and crash whenever i try to fill the table cell with the colour, and it’s quite honestly getting on my nerves.
i enjoy how neat and tidy my files look when i use tables to keep them organised. i don’t enjoy having to fight with my writing program whenever it decides to get a bug up its butt.
does this happen to anyone else? and if so, is there a way i can fix it?
OK. As I said, I don’t have any concrete suggestions, since I’ve never tried to do this. Actually, just to test I did try it, creating a small table and putting in background colors using the table properties dialog. It didn’t crash for me, so not helpful for you.
You could report this in the bug report forum; there’s a 9-year-old report there of something that might be similar, but surely ought to have been fixed by now. Honestly, though, since v. 3 is so far along and they’re fully engaged in it, I doubt that it would get fixed. Hopefully v. 3 will have it sorted.
Wish I had more (or any) help to offer. Can you give more detail about how you create the tables and work with them? Perhaps someone more experienced with tables could give a suggestion.
i usually start with 2-4 columns (depending on the information i’m using the table for) and anywhere from 3-15 rows (depending on how many characters/events i plan on having). once the information is put in, then i try to fill in the cells with the colours that correspond to the pieces of information. but yeah, i’ll try the bug report forum. thanks!