Screenshots of the first implementation

This is outdated! Please see the later comments for updated screenshots!

Default view:

... after clicking on "Categories" (collapsible):

... after clicking on the category "Test":

Oh, and please note: currently, only the first level of categories is shown in the navigation. E.g., if there are notes in the folders Test/A/, Test/B/ and Moin, then the list of categories in the navigation is Test, Moin.

Hmm, the 2-level navigation is a bit confusing, and not fully necessary:

• recent is the default sorting
  -favorites should be sorted up top anyway
• so the categories are the only thing left to display

I would prefer to see mockups or sketches, no matter how quick and dirty, before we rush into implementation. :) That way we can see how stuff works, and don't waste work on things which don't.

If you prefer to talk about mockups, then imagine that my implementation is a mockup ;-)

In order to make the list slim, we could remove the favorites item, of course. And note, that the search will be (re)moved, too (see #43). But we cannot remove the recent item, since otherwise, you cannot go back from a specific category to the whole list of notes. We can rename this item though.

However, the list of categories can be quite long (I'm using 11 first-level categories + uncategorized, in my personal notes). This would take much space from the screen (especially on mobile screens) and would require scrolling down in order to see the first notes items.

We would have to go with a second navigation then, like in the contacts app. In my personal opinion, this would be too distracting when writing notes. But if you prefer this, we could go this way.

I still think that my approach (showing categories on demand, using official Nextcloud design approaches) is best in giving access to categories and being not distracting when not using categories.

What's your proposal?

updated screenshots

Default view:

... after clicking on "Categories" (collapsible):

... after clicking on the category "Receipes":

@jancborchardt Please have a look at the updated screenshots/mockups! I think this is a good solution, now!

Looks really great!

absolutely, looks great!

How do you set categories in the new method? Drag and drop, or right click on the note, or what?

Also, since this is the last item for the 2.5.0 milestone, any chance we could get this wrapped up and usable please? :DDD

See the screenshots in #228 for the current implementation of editing.

We have to do some testing and fixing the last bugs before releasing.

You can help in testing the latest state from master. Or you can increase the bounty on #8 in order to speed this up ;-)