02-11-2016, 07:44 PM
I did a comprehensive test run. Switching manually went as expected, no problem at all with the lower table counts, a little annoyed every time I had to switch to and from the 12-table layout.
One thing I should not is that I was a little bothered that every time I switched layouts, the numbers on my previous grid got (seemingly) randomized for the new one. When I made my layouts, I put "1" in generally the same position for all of my layouts so it would have been great if the "1" from my earlier layout stayed in the same spot for the new one. I know nothing about coding but if you use the name of the tables then perhaps SaT can memorize the table list and keep track of it and put the same table in the same spot as it was the last time "Start" was pressed on SaT. From your side, this might conflict with how others are using the tool, so I'm not sure if there's anything you should do about it. If you close the table and open it back up again, I'm sure others would prefer that the same table went into where it's supposed to go on their grid, not necessarily "1".
Originally, I didn't think at all about how to implement my request into the interface. That type of thinking gets lost between the consumer-developer barrier. Played around with SaT and I couldn't think of anything. Putting it among the hotkeys doesn't seem too bad and won't overly clutter anything. With my fresh perspective, even that seems difficult enough now. The "Action" drop-down in the "Hotkeys" tab will have to be dynamic, in the sense that it would have to read user input on all the various layouts. Or you would have to use a rigid system that layouts can't be named and are "Layout 1", "Layout 2" etc, which would create problems with current users. Guess the dynamic would be the way to go.
But all of this is moot, at least for me personally. Tiling with a large resolution just strains my eyes too much so I'll have to try out other options(stacking and tiling surely being one of them).
One thing I should not is that I was a little bothered that every time I switched layouts, the numbers on my previous grid got (seemingly) randomized for the new one. When I made my layouts, I put "1" in generally the same position for all of my layouts so it would have been great if the "1" from my earlier layout stayed in the same spot for the new one. I know nothing about coding but if you use the name of the tables then perhaps SaT can memorize the table list and keep track of it and put the same table in the same spot as it was the last time "Start" was pressed on SaT. From your side, this might conflict with how others are using the tool, so I'm not sure if there's anything you should do about it. If you close the table and open it back up again, I'm sure others would prefer that the same table went into where it's supposed to go on their grid, not necessarily "1".
Originally, I didn't think at all about how to implement my request into the interface. That type of thinking gets lost between the consumer-developer barrier. Played around with SaT and I couldn't think of anything. Putting it among the hotkeys doesn't seem too bad and won't overly clutter anything. With my fresh perspective, even that seems difficult enough now. The "Action" drop-down in the "Hotkeys" tab will have to be dynamic, in the sense that it would have to read user input on all the various layouts. Or you would have to use a rigid system that layouts can't be named and are "Layout 1", "Layout 2" etc, which would create problems with current users. Guess the dynamic would be the way to go.
But all of this is moot, at least for me personally. Tiling with a large resolution just strains my eyes too much so I'll have to try out other options(stacking and tiling surely being one of them).
