Opened 8 years ago

Last modified 6 years ago

#3842 closed enhancement

Open/close ingame summary screen with an icon or hotkey — at Initial Version

Reported by: elexis Owned by:
Priority: Should Have Milestone: Alpha 23
Component: UI & Simulation Keywords:
Cc: fraizy@… Patch:

Description

Why the current GUI is unfit:

The summary screen is accessible to observers / in replays, but it is very uncomfortable to use it.

  • If one wants to track one statistical change over time, one needs to open and close the screen many times.
  • In order to open it, one has to
    • move the mouse to the menu button and click it
    • wait for the menu to dropdown
    • find the summary screen button, move the mouse there and click
    • Read the list of available tabs / tables and recall where the particular value is shown
    • Read the list of available columns to find the desired one
    • Read the list of available rows, to find the focused player
  • In order to close it again, one needs to move the mouse all the way to the bottom of the screen again and click a small "close" button.
    • To open it again the mouse must be moved to the top of the screen again.

The summary screen for observers was originally implemented using a somewhat ugly icon (see r17423), but was later replaced by a main menu entry (see r17434).

With #3841, players would also use the summary screen ingame.

Solution(TM):

  • Opening and closing the summary screen with the same icon (like diplomacy manager)
  • Reduce the size of the summary screen (similar to tech tree) so that the icon is accessible
  • Closing the summary screen with hotkey.cancel
  • Likely an improved icon
  • When opening the summary screen again, the last opened tab should be restored.
  • The most recently clicked table cell could be highlighted (selection rectangle) and be restored when opening the screen again
  • ffm suggested making the dialog a bit transparent

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