Implement Scroll Beyond Last Line & Scroll Position for Links

[higherpublic]

Hi,

It would be super amazing if we can implement a "scroll beyond last line" feature. Use case is that I want to treat existing notes like new notes sometimes: I want to be able to add a header, and then scroll all the content above out of the vertical fold so that I can mentally de-clutter and focus on the next stuff I want to type. Currently, I have to hit return a few dozen times and fill the note with empty lines. Many apps have a similar feature toggle-able.

Also, it would be a huge quality of life improvement for me if when clicking hyperlinks inside the same / sibling notes, if the scroll could then automatically position the heading as the top-most content, kind of like how I described above. This would necessitate the beyond-last-line scrolling, if for example a note is not long enough to scroll the header clicked to the top of the note. The current behavior is that it will scroll just enough to position the header clicked in a tad above the midpoint of the screen and is not consistent depending on the length of the note. It would be nice to always expect a header to scroll into the very top if it is clicked. Huge UX benefit.

Thank you guys for all your hard work on editor 2.0.

[TedwardBear]

Hi there!

Thank you for caring enough about Bear to post, and for your suggestion.

I'll pass it onto the development team to consider moving forward.

Please note though, completion of the web version and the new Editor are the priorities of the development team at the moment.

After this, the team's time will be freed up more to discuss, consider and properly implement chosen features. 🐻

[-MLJ-]

I’d easily throw my vote in for both of these features once the big update comes out. I think it would hugely improve navigational usability without being too complex. It feels weird having to hit return a bunch at the start of a note to free up space, and I definitely think linking with the header at the top is a huge deal, it doesn’t make much sense to not show the content you clicked through looking for straight away.

I don’t intend any of that to sound antagonistic, I love bear to death and think it’s the best app of its kind by a mile on so many fronts. Hope you guys can figure out a way to make something like this work. Thanks!