Scrivener’s Inspector has always been one of my favorite features. I usually keep it open because I often use Document Notes when I’m working on an article or scene. In version three, Literature and Latte decided to make some design and functionality changes for the Inspector. They’ve streamlined it and made it less clunky.
Let’s take a tour of the new Inspector and look at some before and after images so my sloppy explanation is clearer. NOTE: To see the images larger, click on them.
Previously, the Inspector’s header in Scrivener 2 looked like this:
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Scrivener 2
From left to right you have: notes, references, keywords, metadata, snapshots, footnotes and comments, and the padlock.
In Scrivener 3, the header’s icons have a cleaner minimalist look:
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Scrivener 3
From left to right you have: notes, references is now bookmarks, metadata, snapshots, and comments and footnotes. Keyword and the padlock icons have been ditched.
The footer in Scrivener 3 is where you can now find Label and Status.
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When you clicked on Notes in Scrivener 2, the Inspector was divided into three panes–Synopsis, General, and Document Notes:
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In Scrivener 3, we see a few changes:
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First, the center pane is gone. General has been folded into Metadata. Label and Status, as I showed above, are now located at the footer. And here’s the cool part: you can expand Synopsis. It’s no longer fixed. If you’re wordy, like me, simply go to the edge of the index card and drag down the border, or click on the arrow on the notes pane to close it, and you’ll have a larger space to write on the index card.
Click on the bookmark icon and the third pane in Scrivener 2 changes to Document References The top two panes remain the same (Synopsis and General). In this version, you can close the these top two panes to have more room in the third pane.
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In Scrivener 3, References has had a name change: Bookmarks. Instead of three panes, you have two. In the top pane, you can drag documents or external files. In the bottom pane, you’ll see the selected item.
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In Scrivener 2, Keywords had a dedicated icon in the Inspector. The third pane changes to accommodate keywords.
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Whereas in Scrivener 3, Keywords and General Metadata and Custom Metadata are included.Image may be NSFW.
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Note the difference in Scrivener 2:
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Snapshots in Scrivener 3 has had a tiny facelift. The major difference in Scrivener 3 is that it has the title of the document and the pane below is shaded. See the differences below:
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Scrivener 3
Comments & Footnotes in Scrivener 3 has a small design change the plus sign to add comment in Scrivener 2 has been replaced with a comment icon and the +fn has been relaced with cf.
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Scrivener 3
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Scrivener 2
And there you have it! Overall the changes are not that dramatic. I was slightly thrown off with the location change for Status and Label, but I like that it remains static when the Inspector is open.
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