Hi Michael.

I think the problem here is in the tab label.

>> What about later on with Groups, would you expect under the groups listing to see an entry for a
>> group that was named "not a group"?

Regarding Groups. No I would not expect that. Because the tab title tells me it is going to show the groups, but if I haven't made any groups then I don't expect there to be anything in there.


>> The "Objects" label is intended to be short for "Named objects"...

But it isn't a list of objects at all, is it? It is really a list of names as there can be many, many objects in the file that don't show up in this tab. So, if it is a list of names that can be used as shortcuts for hiding and selecting objects then would not a more appropriate label of the tab be 'Object Names', or simply 'Names', not 'Objects'.

If the tab label was Names or Object Names and I haven't made any names then I wouldn't expect to see anything there.


>> I can understand that in some particular scenario...
I don't see this as a particular, personal scenario, but a regular one if you use the hide and isolate commands.

To see what I mean, please try this.
. Make some objects. The more the better.
. Name half of them with a few different names so you have something in the objects list.
. Now select everything and use the hide icon to hide them.
. Now make a few new objects. Imagine you are now working on this for some time.
. Now use the objects tab to show all your objects.
. Some are missing! Where are they? Did I accidentally delete them? All my objects are visible in the objects tab!

No, the answer is they are still hidden, even though everything is turned on in the objects tab. It seemed to me that the point of the objects tab was to list all the objects and that's what I was using it for. It never really occurred to me that it wasn't listing all the objects and unless you hide things using the normal hide command then you don't notice it. When it happens objects seem to have disappeared.

This is what happened to me. If your intention is to list names then I think you should consider changing the title of the tab to Names instead of Objects.