How do I make a Brain open its linked workspace tab?
In Codus 0.2.183 or later, right-click a Brain, open Project settings…, link its quadrants, tick Open a linked tab and click Save changes. Clicking that Brain then reveals the workspace containing its linked quadrant, including when the Brain was already selected. Open a linked tab is off by default.
Before you start
These controls require Codus 0.2.183 or later. If Project settings… is absent, check your installed version and available updates. At least one workspace tab must exist so there is a quadrant to link.
Link the work and enable navigation
- Right-click the Brain's name and choose Project settings….
- Under Linked quadrants, find the workspace tab and tick the intended project. Quadrants are grouped by their workspace tab; the same Q1 to Q4 positions appear in different workspaces.
- Leave Include quadrants this Brain delegates to checked to include new work that the Brain hands to quadrants. It is on by default. Earlier work can be selected manually; untick a particular quadrant to leave it out.
- Under When I select this Brain, tick Open a linked tab.
- If several tabs are linked, use Tab to open to choose a preferred tab. Automatic · keep the current tab when linked keeps a linked tab already visible in this window, otherwise chooses a linked tab in this window before one in another window.
- Click Save changes. Saving does not switch tabs immediately; clicking the Brain does.
A linked tab in another window brings that window forward, restoring it if minimised. This reveals the existing tab; it does not move the quadrant to a different workspace or stop its agent.
How do I know it worked?
Select an unrelated workspace tab, then click the Brain's name. The intended linked workspace becomes visible. You do not need to select a different Brain first.
Common problems
I linked the quadrant, but nothing switches. Confirm Open a linked tab is checked and click Save changes. Linking alone leaves navigation off.
The wrong linked tab opens. Select the intended tab under Tab to open and save. A preferred tab takes priority over Automatic, including a linked tab that is already visible.
A new delegation changed the links but did not move my view. That is expected. Delegating work does not switch your visible workspace. Click the Brain when you want to return to its work.
My chosen tab was closed. Closed quadrants are removed from links. Select a surviving project in Linked quadrants and save again.