#1094 link note type

[Anonymous]

One of the things I always do when I'm marking up a book I'm reading in print is to add cross references in the margins, such as "see pages 102, 234". At the moment, I can do the same using skim notes. But I think it would be convenient to have a note type that was actually a jump button, hyperlink, or whatever the right term is - a little box with a page number in it, which when clicked on would send you to that page. THis would make it easy to hop around large PDFs - right now I'm reading a 600+ page book, and think I would find this useful. Or is there a better way to do this right now (or a reason not to have this feature)?

[Christiaan Hofman]

There are many problems with adding links. One is the selection of the target, which requires non-trivial UI. Another is editing the link, you need yet another tool mode to be able to edit them (and there also is no shortcut for that available anymore). So a (very) big reason for this is interface pollution.

[Miguel de Benito Delgado]

Preview.app handles selection of the target quite nicely with almost no interface pollution. I'd also like to have this feature (or rather: I'd like to be have access to it via AppleScript).

[Martin Op 't Land]

please, increase priority 3 > 5 (I understand that 5 is the highest); since Preview.app lost its ability to add hyperlinks (in the document, as well as outside) I sincerely would love this option coming available in Skim

[Sati]

I think the present Skim bookmark functions quite similary to what the creator of this RFE is requesting. Only difference is that bookmarks sit in the bookmark folder rather than within a pdf document.

Notes via the Notes Pane actually function as a special kind of bookmark which are anchored in specific locations within specified pages. Rather than having a new note type, or some kind of a link editor that could pollute the interface, a very simple solution could simply be to create a function that can relate existing notes with one another.

This would make cross-referencing very easy without complicating the issue. (To simplify matters, we can limit to one link per note. ) To avoid polluting the UI, links can be implemented using drag and drop - from either the Notes Pane or the bookmark folder.

[Nicholas Sloan]

Since Skim is one of the few PDF readers that supports deep links with Hookmark, wouldn't it be relatively simple to add the ability to Make Link with selected text within a note, just as you can by invoking Command-K in TextEdit. That way you could locate the target beforehand, copy the Hook link, then select any text in a Skim note…and Make Link. I do this all the time with Nisus and Numbers and other apps.
To be clear, Skim is already great for outbound links; it would be great if there was a way to incorporate inbound (within the document or elsewhere).