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Title: AH2 Clipboard Suggestion
Post by: NHawk on July 23, 2004, 05:33:40 AM

I'm not sure if this has been suggested before or not, and it should be a relatively small change.

When you bring up E6B, strat, etc. the side flips open and moves the clipboard to the center of the screen. When you close E6B, the clipboard remains in the center.

I know the immediate solution is to place the clipboard on the right side of the screen. But, personally I favor having the clipboard on the left.

Could you please program the clipboard to slide back to it's original position?

Title: AH2 Clipboard Suggestion
Post by: SC-Sp00k on July 23, 2004, 06:20:02 AM

Another suggestion.

If the clipboard must remain in the centre of the screen or take up so much space, can a transparency slider be implemented much the same as the gunsight slider that strengthens or weakens the image of a gunsight.

ie; Slide the slider, clipboard remains in place but fades into the background transparently to let us see whats behind it.

Title: AH2 Clipboard Suggestion
Post by: Xargos on July 23, 2004, 07:25:22 AM

I like the clipboard on the left myself. Should be a dot command on your preferance for the way your clipboard to opens ".clipboard left" or ".clipboard right"

Title: AH2 Clipboard Suggestion
Post by: JB73 on July 23, 2004, 09:29:09 AM

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Originally posted by Xargos
I like the clipboard on the left myself. Should be a dot command on your preferance for the way your clipboard to opens ".clipboard left" or ".clipboard right"

i suggested exactly that (well a checkbox) to Hitech online one day.

HiTech himself said that it would be a Major re-write of the code to change the side the clipboard opens. (this was back in beta in the 30's somewhere)

sad to say it is going to the left only as far as what Dale said.

Title: AH2 Clipboard Suggestion
Post by: kevykev56 on July 23, 2004, 01:41:41 PM

Ok so leave it on the left...just let the clipboard snap back to where it was before you click E6B when you close it out. Not a programmer but seems there could be ways to work around this without making a major re-write.

Id put this on the back burner though. Lots of other things that should be worked out first.  This is minor IMHO.

RHIN0

Title: AH2 Clipboard Suggestion
Post by: Krusty on July 23, 2004, 03:58:55 PM

I actually liked the AH1 clipboard better. It was easier to move around and do things in it. This whole new system with all the menus changing near the bottom is REALLY annoying. Not to mention way too layered... you can navigate through 3-4 different levels in these tiny text-based menus. Not fun.


And the flip outs can be annoying as well. I'd rather have JUST the main clipboard, but with the flipout info on the main screen.

Maybe have a button to move the foldout data to the main clipboard??

Title: AH2 Clipboard Suggestion
Post by: ET on July 24, 2004, 04:16:39 AM

I keep clipbord on the left too. Wish they could program it to retrurn to original position when you close it. It's one of those constant minor irritants/

Title: AH2 Clipboard Suggestion
Post by: Rompa on July 24, 2004, 02:59:52 PM

Great idea with clipboad going back to origin place after the flipout

I like the option to make it flip right or left or not flip at all
And wile we are on the clipboard why cant the top section be put out of window (the anoying clip that sticks out over the top).