Zugg Software :: View topic - A suggestion about how to display IDs in the Package Editor

Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 6:53 am

When an ID is blank the name displayed in the editor is the trigger text or the event name, etc. If an ID is defined it becomes the ID in the editor. Since I like to see what the event is triggering on or what the trigger text is, I find this mildly annoying that I have to select the trigger/event to see what it triggers on.

A small enhancement for usability would be to put the ID in parens () right after the normal name if an ID is supplied. That way you can see the ID if it has one and you can always see the trigger/event info as well.

Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 5:39 pm

I'll add that to the wish list. The reason it shows the ID is that usually people have given a name to a complex trigger where the name is more recognizable than the complex trigger pattern.

Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:37 pm

For me I only add an ID so I can enable/disable it via a script. I guess I'm more utilitarian, having the ID replace the trigger text just obscures it for me, causing me to have to click on them to remember what the trigger matches. With a decent folder structure I never have a problem recognizing what my patterns do. Your explanation comes as a bit of a surprise, as it would never have occurred to me to start assigning IDs just so it looked prettier.

Beginner Joined: 06 Nov 2006 Posts: 26

im with Reed on this, i only have IDs so i can #T+/- them... weird to hear people use them to make things pretty.

Could the replace not be an option?

Morgal

Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:57 pm

There are a number of aesthetically pleasing combinations, such as:

This one makes the assumption that ID_Name is shorter and thus should be first:
(ID_Name) Normal_Trigger_Text

Or this one which gives preference to normal trigger text over the ID.
Normal_Trigger_Text (ID_Name)

Wizard Joined: 03 Mar 2001 Posts: 1127 Location: London

I'd prefer the former since the ID is almost always going to be much shorter than the trigger text. If the text goes first you'll likely have the id pushed out of view

Sorcerer Joined: 13 Jan 2006 Posts: 715

I also vote for the former.

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 9:22 pm

I'll add this to the wish list. Of course, with the former (placing the ID first), the sort order of the trigger in the tree view will be determined by the ID instead of the trigger pattern.