How do I use the Tags Navigator?

If the Navigator is not onscreen, go to Tools > Show Navigator.

Script tabs -- the default tab type in the Navigator -- have the Tags icon at the upper left corner:

Click this icon to display the Tags table in the lower part of the tab.

To enter Tags mode, click the Tags Mode button on the right side of the panel.  To exit Tags mode, click the button again.  This is the same as toggling Tags mode on and off under Production > Tags Mode.

The Scenes Table

If a Script tab in the Navigator is displayed and the Tags icon...

...has been clicked, the lower part of the table shows the tagging panels:

When a scene row in the upper section of the table is selected, the Tags section will display the tags in that scene.  The first section (the left-most section) shows the default list of tags, the middle section shows the tags in the selected scene by category, and the third section (the right-most section) shows all the tags in the script, all the tags in the selected scene, or all the tags in the category selected in the first section.

 

More detailed information can be displayed when additional columns to the table.  Each individual tag, category, list of tags and list of categories may be added to the table as a column by selecting it from the expandable sections in the column picker:

      

Tags

In the following example, the Gold Key is tagged as a Prop.

From the Tags list, the Gold Key tag column has been added to the table; the number of times it is mentioned in each scene is in this column (red);

From the Tags Categories list, the Props column has been added; "GOLD KEY" is indicated in the appropriate scenes (green).

The Categories Window

The first of the three windows in the lower section of the Navigator, this window displays the categories of tags available in this script.  The standard production categories from a leading scheduling program are duplicated here.

Any category on the list may be removed except for All. To remove a category, select it and click the minus sign at the bottom left of the window.  A confirmation window will be displayed that contains all of the tags that will be removed from the script if their parent category is deleted.  Click Delete to confirm the deletion or Cancel to cancel this operation. 

To edit a category, double-click it to display its properties window.  Here the name may be edited and the text color, highlight and style may be changed:

To rearrange the list order, select a category and click the up- or down-pointing arrow at the lower right of the panel to reposition it:

The list can be customized by adding, removing and re-ordering categories.

To add a new category:

1. Click the plus sign at the bottom left of the window:

1. In the Category Name field enter the name (in this example, “Aerial Unit”);
2. Optionally choose text color, text highlight and / or text styling (bold / italic / underline) (in this example, underlined text and cyan background);
3. Click Add.

The new category is visible at the bottom of the list.

Importing Categories from Another Script

If an already-tagged script (or template) contains a set of categories that the currently-open script should have as well, this set of categories may be imported in order to eliminate the need to re-create them.

1. Click the left-pointing arrow next to the Categories label;

2. Click OK to continue the import (or Cancel to return to the Tags Navigator);
3. A standard Mac Open dialogue opens;
4. Navigate to the script (or template) whose categories are to be imported and double-click it (or single-click it and click Import).

All categories from that script (or template) will overwrite all categories in the currently-open script. This cannot be undone.

The Tags in Scene with Category Window

This second window lists the tags present in the scene currently selected in the Tags Navigator table and in the category selected in the Categories window to the left.  For example, if in the Categories window Props is the selected category, all props that have been tagged in the currently-selected scene will be listed in the Tags in Scene window.  To display all tags assigned to the currently-selected scene, choose All.

For details on adding a new tag to a scene (the plus sign at the bottom left of this window). See Tagging in the Navigator.

To remove a tag from a scene, select the tag and click the minus sign at the bottom left of the window.  A confirmation window will be displayed that offers to delete the tag from the entire script or this scene only and the option to cancel this operation.

The All Tags / Tags in Scene / Tags with Category Window

This third window displays three lists, which are selected by clicking the dropdown arrow next to the box label:     

All Tags contains all tags in use in the currently open script.

Tags in Scene contains all tags in the scene currently selected in the Tags Navigator table above.  If Tags in Scene is selected and the Categories windows is set to display All, the lists in the two windows are identical.

Tags with Category contains all tags in the category selected in the Category window.

To remove a tag from the script, select it and click the minus sign at the bottom left of the window.  A confirmation window will be displayed that allows the user to confirm deletion of the tag from the script or to cancel the operation.

Tagging Character Attributes

Tagger can be used to display data in a graphical way. In this example, we will plot several characters’ relationship to the main character.

1. If it is not already open, go to Tools > Show Navigator;
2. Use an existing Script tab or create a new Script tab by clicking the plus-sign icon (1, below) and choosing Script from the menu; optionally label it Tags:

1. At the upper left of the tag window, click the Tags icon (2, above);
2. The Tags panel will be displayed in the lower half of the table;
3. Click the plus sign at the bottom left of the Categories window;
4. In the Category name field, type in “ENEMY” (without quotes):

1. Click Add;
2. Click the plus sign again and add a “FRIEND” category;
3. Click the plus sign again and add a “NEUTRAL” category;
4. In the script, go to Page 2 and tag all instances of HEAD MAID as ENEMY;

5. Tag all instances of UNCLE as NEUTRAL;
6. Tag all instances of MOSSY as FRIEND.

To view the characters in their scenes by disposition:

1. Open the Column picker at the upper right of the table;
2. Expand the Tag Categories section and select Enemy, Friend and Neutral:

The three columns will be displayed and indicate whether Tangle has an enemy, a friendly or a neutral relationship in that scene:

To learn more about tagging in the Navigator read "How do I tag in the Navigator?"