SITREP 1815 Thu 9 Apr 20115
Hi all,
Just thought I would let you know what the state of play was right now. I have been very busy this last week addressing the concerns that a fair number of users have mentioned about the management of the dialogs.
Gone is the Main dialog. I have instead incorporated the dialog buttons into the Display toolbar at the bottom of the screen. These now include buttons for every dialog including the first force data dialog, the first task edit dialog and the first task view dialog. Additional force and task dialogs don't get a dedicated button, I'm afraid.
The dialog buttons work as a toggle. If the dialog is not active, it activates it. If it is active it dismisses it. There is also an "All" button. It too works on a toggle. If there are active dialogs it will hide them all. If there are hidden dialogs it will activate those hidden. All dialog positions are remembered. So now a single click hides all the dialogs on the screen and another click brings them all back where they were. It ignores any dismissed dialogs.
I have all this working with the exception of the force and task data dialogs. I hope to finish off these tomorrow.
I intend addressing the following issues next:
- Icon Selection issue
- Facing issue
- Group Selection issue
- Intel issue
- HQ Holdout issue
- Out of Sync issue
- Estab Compile issue
Once I have these done I will declare this final. If there are genuine bugs still remaining I'll fix these over time. But my main focus will then be on getting out the Westwall and KOAD modules. After that we can start work on the next update. I am happy to have a conversation about what that should entail. I know some want to spend more time on other UI features. If there is enough demand for this then perhaps we can do a minor update addressing a small selection of UI changes. If not, then I will proceed to focus on Sequential Tasking and Triggers. I will need these to model Mounted Ops and mounted ops is needed for the East front modules.
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