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When the user is editing a scene in the screenplay and scrolls to the first line, pressing the up arrow key should take the user to the scene before. Similarly when on the last line, pressing the down key should take the user to the scene below.

Reordering scenes in screenplay view doesn't seem to be working.

Notice here that while the sequence in structure is 1,2,3,4,5,1; the sequence in timeline below is 1,2,3,1,4,5

Its a good idea to show recently opened files in a menu, so that users don't have to locate their files each and every time.

Currently transliteration works only in scene text. It should work everywhere, including scene headings and scene headings also.

When the user resizes the workspace area in the main window to split the space into structure canvas, screenplay editor and screenplay timeline view; that split in size should be saved across sessions. Otherwise the user is forced to resize and create space for each document.

Character names have to always in in CAPS.

Many screenwriters prefer to simply add a new scene to the screenplay, rather than add it to structure and then to screenplay. It would be useful to be able to add scenes to screenplay directly via a keyboard shortcut.

Almost every screenplay editor provides auto-complete mechanisms to complete the current character name. Scrite should also provide this feature.

Currently the app prints page numbers on the bottom right corner. Standard screenplays show them on the top right. Additionally it must be possible for users to print their own name, contact info on the headers and footers.

One of our users reported that he uses Celtx and likes that it can import & export Fountain files (https://fountain.io/syntax). It would be nice to have import & export from Fountain file format as well.

Whenever a new version of Scrite is available, existing users should be notified of the same.

Currently the location type and time-of-the-day fields are fixed. They could be editable combo-boxes or even plain text boxes

Celtx is among the most popular screenwriting software in the world. It is up there with Final Draft. A lot of directors I know use Celtx. It would be great if we can provide a way to import from Celtx.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Open a project with lot of elements in a screenplay
2. Ensure that the structure canvas has scenes and connector lines
3. Click on the new button in the toolbar to open a new project
4. Notice dangling connectors in the canvas.

This feature was requested by a Screenplay Writer from San Diego via the Feedback form.

"As a writer, I would prefer a blank page where I can type scene and content without the clutter of the timeline and structure board. If you can add that feature and index cards, I think this will be closer to being a better writing package. For now, I like it but I may only use it for Initial Outlining. "

Once the export of a project is complete, it would be useful if the exported file is revealed in Finder or Windows Explorer.

Suppose we are writing an 'Action' paragraph and hit the Enter button. Tab should now shift to 'Character' style. From then on, I type Character, Dialogue, Character, Dialogue and so on. At the end when I reach another character style, hitting tab should now take me back to Action.

Most laptops have a trackpad. Panning using trackpad already works. PinchZoom doesn't work. It should be possible to pinch zoom the structure canvas using the trackpad, just like we can pan using the trackpad.

This issue was reported by a user of Scrite, Mr. Karthik Rao. Steps to reproduce

1. Create a scene in English
2. Change language to Kannada
3. Type some text in Kannada
4. Undo (Ctrl+Z)
5. The entire scene text transliterates to Kannada and the text appears jumbled up.

It should be possible to customize paragraph styles distinctly for print and on-screen use. Currently we use the same style for both.

Undo & redo seems to partially work only in text editor areas. Changes made to blocks in structure view cannot be undone or redone. Nor can we undo/redo changes made to screenplay-timeline. Everything needs to be undone / redone.

At the most fundamental level, scrite is a text-editor. It must support find & replace feature.

Unless the app is used on a laptop with trackpad, panning using mouse is not possible. Its not always easy to scroll the canvas using the scrollbars.

If dialogues are broken into segments using parentheticals, then they don't get included in the character report.

Scene editor must support transliteration to atleast a few Indic languages.

Steps

1. Create some scenes on the structure
2. Drag the scenes from structure to canvas such that atleast one of the scenes shows up twice on the screenplay.

3. Delete a scene on structure that shows up multiple times on the screenplay.
   4 Application crashes.

Settings, About and Character Report dialogues must be discardable by pressing the Escape button.

It should be possible to customize the color of the canvas in structure tab. Would be useful to customize colors of the grid lines also, maybe even turn off the grid.

Users typically use two or three active languages in a screenplay. It would be useful to capture active languages and cycle through them using a simple keyboard shortcut.

It should be possible to save paragraph styles using user-specific template names. The user should be able to apply his/her custom styles or select a custom style as default across all screenplays.

It would be good to have the document auto-save every once in 60 seconds. Even better if this can be configured in settings.

Version: 0.1.1
Steps To Reproduce

1. Start Scrite
2. Create some scenes in structure, add them to timeline, edit the story.
3. Click on Save button
4. Everything is wiped clean before presenting the save dialog.

When a screenplay is structured like this, the connector arrows
a) Look inspiring and ugly.
b) It is not clear if the story first branches from "Opening Scene" to "Confrontation" or "Grand Climax"

This feature was requested by a Screenplay Writer from San Diego via the Feedback form.

"As a writer, I would prefer a blank page where I can type scene and content without the clutter of the timeline and structure board. If you can add that feature and index cards, I think this will be closer to being a better writing package. For now, I like it but I may only use it for Initial Outlining."

While editing a scene, if the user wants to click on any button in the toolbar, the button becomes disabled.

It should be possible for users to tag notes against each scene, in addition to the entire screenplay and characters.