Surprised by Tinderbox Again

It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of Tinderbox. I’m always finding some new trick or useful feature. Today, I discovered “$NameStrike.”

Crossing out words on paper is not only satisfying, it serves a purpose. For me, it means “I’m done with this” or sometimes “This is no longer valid.” Not long ago, Eastgate added a Strikethrough format to note text. That may seem trivial, but I use it all the time. It may not be as enjoyable as the pen and paper version, but still.

What I didn’t know is that I could also strike out a note’s name in map views. I manage projects using Tinderbox and discovering the $NameStrike attribute was immediately useful. As an example, here is what a new project map looks like…

See those notes in the Tasks area? Those are based on the built-in “Task” prototype. However, the built-in prototype doesn’t do anything fancy with the text, so I added the following Rule:

if($Checked==true){$NameStrike=true}else{$NameStrike=false}

Like so…

This Rule then applies to every note that is based on the Task prototype. If the “$Checked” attribute of a note is true (checked), the note’s name in the map is displayed nicely crossed out. Now all of my completed tasks instantly and automatically look completed. And I’m happy.