📋 Guidelines
✨ Feature Description
Per discussion on Issue #37 from @Data-Spirit:
Enhancement to the Item Details / Item Picker panel with a dual state for picked and selected items and a truncation of item descriptions into a tooltip/popup/pane/whatever.
Truncated discussion below.
@Data-Spirit :
To add the “Add Item” button, which clearly distinguishes the selected slot (and its “active” item) from the chosen item that will replace the one already present
The “Add Item” button will also allow, on empty slots, to add the same TECH or selected item quickly (which can currently also be done with a right-click)
@vectorcmdr :
Section [1]: current Slot Details
Section [2]: the Item Picker with a new "add item" section with icon and add item button
Slot Details [1] would allow you to see the current item in that slot and modify it (but also reference it while surfing for items in the picker)
Item Picker [2] would allow you to see the picked item and apply overwrites via the values and the "add item" button into the slot, mutually exclusive of Slot Details [1] (i.e. [1] and [2] would never interact)
If I'm understanding, it stems from the issue that when you select an item in the picker, click an occupied slot, and then the item details change to that item, while the picker shows the previouslly selected item - but to get that item so you can apply it as the change, you need to reselect it from the picker through the full filter chain of drop down lists (or at very least, the Item: one (last one)?
@Data-Spirit :
Yes, that's exactly right—you've understood perfectly and grasped the intent behind this suggestion (as well as the solution to the problem of having to reselect the item after clicking on a different slot). 👍
Actually, you’ve raised a very interesting point (regarding the size if we add a description to the section below). Couldn’t a “details” or “info” button—to view all the details of a part—be a solution, both to “save” space in the section and to provide users who want it with the details of the part they’re adding or selecting? (This is just a suggestion, of course, but it’s a solution I’ve seen in quite a few other editors, and it seems to work well)
In any case, you’ve perfectly understood the intent of my proposal: (to recap) -Section 1 = Only for the selected slot => displays the slot (if it’s empty) or the selected item/TECH. We could change its procedural generation #Number (if it’s a tech) or view its properties (name/value/quantity... etc.)
-Section 2 = Only for the item selector => displays the selected/chosen item after a search. This will be applied to the slot after confirming the addition via the “add item” button.
Additionally, regarding the element you mentioned, adding an “ℹ️” icon or an info/details button to avoid cluttering the panel. (Should this be added to Panel 2 only, or to both panels ?? Both solutions seem viable to me.)
🎯 Goal
Solves a need to re-select the bottom level combobox in the picker when changing slots.
Enhances panel neatness and clarity.
🧩 Proposed Solution (Optional)
Rework Inventory Grid logic flow for item selections (API level), rework panel to suit (Frontend).
💬 Additional Information
N/A
✅ Acceptance Criteria
🙏 Thank you for helping make NMSE better!
📋 Guidelines
✨ Feature Description
Per discussion on Issue #37 from @Data-Spirit:
Enhancement to the Item Details / Item Picker panel with a dual state for picked and selected items and a truncation of item descriptions into a tooltip/popup/pane/whatever.
Truncated discussion below.
@Data-Spirit :
@vectorcmdr :
@Data-Spirit :
🎯 Goal
Solves a need to re-select the bottom level combobox in the picker when changing slots.
Enhances panel neatness and clarity.
🧩 Proposed Solution (Optional)
Rework Inventory Grid logic flow for item selections (API level), rework panel to suit (Frontend).
💬 Additional Information
N/A
✅ Acceptance Criteria
🙏 Thank you for helping make NMSE better!