[curt.clifton]

Originally Posted by macula

Now, how do we make sure that the developers are aware of this suggestion?

Use Help → Send Feedback to submit the suggestion. I sent my long post in that way, with a link to this thread as well.

And can we hope that it will say the light of day before 1.9 ?

Your guess is as good as mine. My sense is that the underlying architecture could probably support a Parents bin in the Context View sidebar, so that makes the change more likely. On the other hand, plates are full at OmniGroup these days. But on the third hand, showing parents in context mode is a significant change. Such changes are a big reason for doing sneaky peek releases, so I suspect ears are open for feedback on this issue.

(Disclaimer: I know nothing about the actual implementation of OF beyond what's been posted on the forums.)