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Outline view of headings for quick navigation (table of contents) #107

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@jancborchardt

Here’s some examples of how other apps use headings to automatically create an outline for quick navigation. This is always shown on the left and we could do that too.

Dropbox Paper

Very nicely designed, non-obtrusive by default, with h1 and h2 levels highlighted on the left:
https://blog.dropbox.com/topics/product-tips/paper-hidden-gems
dropbox


Google Drive

h1 and h2 are shown normally, and it seems starting with h3 they are indented:
google docs outline


FoldingText

foldingtext outline

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  1. added this to the 2.0 📋 milestone on Jun 27, 2019
  2. thopanX commented on Jun 28, 2019

    @thopanX

    I was just looking around for an issue mentioning a better overview of headlines and stumbled over this. Great idea!

  3. feutl commented on Jul 1, 2019

    @feutl

    like this too!

  4. deleted a comment from stale on Aug 22, 2019
  5. removed this from the 2.0 📋 (Nextcloud 18) milestone on Dec 6, 2019
  6. changed the title [-]Outline view of headings for quick navigation[/-] [+]Outline view of headings for quick navigation (table of contents)[/+] on Sep 10, 2020
  7. b3 commented on Mar 3, 2021

    @b3

    Any idea if this still considered and how one can try to help?

  8. biva commented on Sep 8, 2021

    @biva

    This idea is great and would make the Collectives app even better!

    As a complement (or maybe it would be a workaround?), it would be great to make sections collapsible (#1841)

  9. rinurinu commented on Nov 11, 2021

    @rinurinu

    I would love seeing this feature implemented. I use nextcloud text a lot and this would help declutter long notes.

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  12. Repository owner moved this from 🏗️ In progress to ☑️ Done in 📝 Productivity teamon Aug 18, 2022
  13. ElaineCBaker commented on Apr 29, 2025

    @ElaineCBaker

    Was this implemented? It would be such a useful feature to have an outline view to be able to easily navigate through long documents using the headings, as you can do in MS Word and Google Docs. I see it was marked done but I can't seem to find the option to display the outline view anywhere?

  14. mejo- commented on Apr 30, 2025

    @mejo-
    Member

    @ElaineCBaker yes it was implemented. You find the toggle to turn it on and off in the headings menu in the editor menubar.

  15. ElaineCBaker commented on Apr 30, 2025

    @ElaineCBaker

    Thanks, I don't seem to see a "headings" menu and not sure what the editor menu bar is? This is what I see
    Image

    Sorry I am new to Next Cloud just finding my way around.

  16. b3 commented on Apr 30, 2025

    @b3

    @ElaineCBaker what you show is not the Text application which this issue is about but rather Nextcloud Office.

    In Text toggling the table of contents is done as @mejo writes in one step :

    Image

    After that you get something like that:

    Image

  17. ElaineCBaker commented on Apr 30, 2025

    @ElaineCBaker

    Oh sorry I didn't realise I am in the wrong place so. Do you know if this feature is in NextCloud office - RichDocuments app? I can't seem to find this feature there, and I also can't seem to find a github issue for it?

  18. ElaineCBaker commented on May 21, 2025

    @ElaineCBaker

    It's ok I found it with help from someone with Next Cloud experience. Posting here in case others also have trouble finding it. You click sidebar icon

    Image and then navigator icon

    Image

  19. Dan-Sun commented on Jul 26, 2025

    @Dan-Sun

    Is it possible to show the outline mode (TOC) all the time?

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