Backpack TOC
I’ve been using Backpack for several years now to manage my personal & business info. It’s pretty handy indeed.
As some of my backpack pages have grown, it has become difficult to keep track of all the items on each page. I found myself wishing for an automated table of contents, like the one in MediaWiki wikis. Unfortuately, no such feature exists in Backpack. Bummer!
So, I whipped up a small Greasemonkey script to do this for me. Here’s how it works:
- Install the Greasemonkey Firefox extension if you don’t already have it
- Click on this link — Backpack TOC Greasemonkey script — and click “Install”
- Update: OR grab the script directly from userscripts.org (Thanks, Whit!)
- Now, when you are viewing any backpack page, you’ll see an automated table of contents at the top of each page that contains four or more items. Each item in the TOC provides an anchor link to the corresponding element.
This is just my first pass, so it’s not perfect — one known limitation is that the TOC doesn’t update dynamically as you add or remove items from the page; you’ll need to reload the page to see the updated TOC. I am not sure how to hook into the add/delete events — if anyone wants to help with that please drop me a line.
Enjoy!
