Map Editor Beautification, fixes #2825

[Mailaender]

I experimented a bit with Visual Studio and WinForms to start a series of usability improvements because @xanax said in #2805 it is not very accessible for beginners. This addresses #2825 specifically which requested a toolbar. Here you go:

But I did not stop there. As you can see the full mod name and version is now displayed in the title bar (instead of just the ID) and every button has a descriptive tooltip for in-line help on mouse-over. Some functions are not obvious. Plus everyone likes Icons so I added them everywhere.

As I revamped the wiki one by one in the last months and because only few people might not know about the awesome http://content.open-ra.org website I added a collection of useful links in the help menu:

This should get you started. :)

[ScottNZ]

I feel like those links deserve more visibility than just being in the help menu of the editor and in random assorted readme documents.

[Mailaender]

@ScottNZ I agree, see OpenRA/OpenRAWeb#11 and the other pulls I submitted today.

[xan2622]

Mailaender : what about the other icons :

• pan map (even with New Map Editor : horizontal & vertical scrollbars around the map #2830 it would be cool to have it)
• zoom (even if users have a mousewheel, it could be interesting to have a very small drop-down menu next to the icon to set the zoom size. Or at least "Zoom in" and "Zoom out" icons)
• undo/redo icons ? New Map Editor : History (undo/redo) #2832
• eraser tool (to get rid of specific tiles and only display the background behind)

[Mailaender]

You asked for compiled version to test it so I merged it for a playtest.

• Pan map is middle mouse button. This and the Zooming need improvement though: Map Editor Zoom #2335
• Undo/Redo is difficult (at least for me) and a separate issue New Map Editor : History (undo/redo) #2832
• Eraser is right-click although it should be easy to create a toggle-button that puts it on left-click, too. Also found some nice eraser/precision mouse cursor while browsing http://code.google.com/p/paint-mono Might add that later if I don't forget.

[xan2622]

I know that it is possible to pan the map with the middle mouse button, but frankly, I dislike using my mousewheel button (and I am sure other people do too).

It's not easy to move the map with it beacause, you can easily make the mousewheel roll (and so.. zoom the map) at the same time. :-/

Many 3D modeling softwares or 2D Photo Editing softwares have this "pan" icon and I think the Editor should have it too. It's handy.

Still hoping to see the Zoom and Eraser icons too.

PS : I am really hoping to see a new Playtest because compiling the source code under linux gives a LOT of errors (and it simply doesn't work with Visual Studio 2012 : I notice no change in the UI).

[chrisforbes]

You can hold the spacebar and use the left mouse button, same as DCC tools.

On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 7:13 PM, xanax notifications@github.com wrote:

I know that it is possible to pan the map with the middle mouse button,
but frankly, I dislike using my mousewheel button (and I am sure other
people do too).

It's not easy to move the map with it beacause, you can easily make the
mousewheel roll (and so.. zoom the map) at the same time. :-/

Many 3D modeling softwares or 2D Photo Editing softwares have this "pan"
icon and I think the Editor should have it too. It's handy.

I am longing to be able to test this toolbar in the upcoming new Playtest.

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