Visited records

From version 3.2.0 (beta) onwards.

The Visited records button, shaped like footprints, opens the list of the records you have recently visited, and reopens them with one click. It is offered to all users of the database, not only to administrators.

It sits in Ninox's top bar, just to the left of Ninox's icons. Do not confuse it with the Ninext panel's navigation history, which has the same icon but sits at the top of the panel: reserved for administrators, that one lists the fields, global functions and reports visited through Ninext (see Fields & Formulas).

When a record enters the list

A record enters the list after a real visit:

• it stayed on screen for 8 seconds;
• you typed some data in it — it is then marked with a pencil ✎;
• you clicked a button of its form, or changed tabs.

A row that is merely selected in a view does not count. A record already in the list moves to the bottom, with no duplicates.

The 8-second delay can be adjusted in the Ninext Settings, "UI Enhancements" section: Viewing threshold (seconds), from 3 to 60 seconds. Only an administrator can save this setting, which applies to all users of the database; this is also where they can switch the history off, with the Visited records history (all users) setting. See Ninext Settings.

What each line shows

• In bold, the record's summary: the first three columns of the first view of its table, rendered as in the view (photos, color chips, conditional formatting).
• Below, the table's name, then the time of the last visit.
• On hover, the full path through which the record was opened.

The most recent record is at the bottom of the list.

Reopening a record

A click reopens the record through the same path, window after window, even deep inside subtables. If a record along the path can no longer be displayed — hidden by a filter, or deleted in the meantime — a message says so and offers what to do next: open the target record directly, or remove the line from the list.

Capacity and privacy

• The list keeps 30 records; beyond that, the oldest one drops out.
• It is kept in each person's browser, per database and per user: nothing is sent to a server. It therefore does not follow you from one computer to another, and clearing the browser's data erases it.
• The trash can at the top of the list, Clear the whole history, empties the list at once, without asking for confirmation.