Add a sub-indented topic list to the Photoshop User Guide.

[Wienke]

Adobe's technical writers are excellent, but I often have trouble finding the topic I want because the table of contents at the left of the User Guide offers only one level of indent. In order to find a sub topic, I must scroll through the entire text. That text is always clearly divided into subtopics, so it would be easy for Adobe to put them into a sub-indented list. Then I could identify and jump to the subtopic instantly.

As it is, the Guide feels like a giant sea of info, with no easy way of bouncing around in it, so I usually resort to a general web search for every single simple thing I need to know. As an example for how inefficient this is, try finding how to use the video group's "pan & zoom" feature. All the search hits, even within Adobe Support, are for other apps, not Photoshop. Yes, there are YouTube results for this, and I watched one, but it took quite a bit of time to find out that "pan & zoom" is a simplified version of a keyframed transform. With a list of sub topics and some text, I would have known this within a few seconds.

[EuanWilliamson]

Two things: make a feature request rather than just asking here in the forums. There's not a lot of Adobe developers here.

Also, I use Google advanced search to constrain my query to the user guide.

https://www.google.co.uk/advanced_search?

[Wienke]

Hi Euan,

Thanks for taking a look at this.

I thought this, "Ideas," was the forum for a feature request. I thought the hope was that a request would be upvoted and then the developers might cast a harassed glance hither. I guess what you're saying is that  "forum" and "feature request" just don't go together.

As for the Google advanced search, the "site:" flag is also available on DuckDuckGo, which is my less-invasive choice. You were right to mention this, because although Adobe does offer its own internal search on the user guide pages, the big search engines are often more powerful. The problem is that it's difficult to build a good search for generic terms, which are likely to appear throughout the guides. If they're listed in an expanded table of contents, they will appear in the relevant context, and I'll find them instantly.

[jane-e]

I thought this, "Ideas," was the forum for a feature request.

By @Wienke

You posted to Ideas and are correct that this is where to make a feature request. The Photoshop team used to use a different website for feature requests and bug reports, but moved both of those to the community forum a couple of years ago.

The product developers will see your request here and others can upvote it and comment.

Jane