Officer Toolbar Proposal

[RebBugler]

I opened this for discussion before, but that topic died on the vine. This time I'm presenting a visual of this same idea, maybe it can draw more interest.

This picture represents a basic idea for the officers' toolbar. This is brigade level represented, so using your imagination, division level would show brigades, corps level showing divisions and army showing corps.

Presently, this area of the toolbar on the officers' level is totally wasted space. This proposal would fill that dead space with at least information, and possibly function. I have tried both with various modding schemes and have come up empty. Possibly other folks here might get interested and help me complete this mission. The info part is quite obvious here, you see your units and their data. The function part would involve selection the unit from the list to GO TO THE SELECTED UNIT.

Finally, my question for ADukes...Is any of this modifiable regarding getting the unit names on the toolbar? And, if so, is the GO TO THE SELECTED UNIT also possible? I know all the text stuff plus the compass, weather, etc. is easily moved around, I just can't get the units and their status data there.

So, ADukes, modifiable or Mantis request? If modifiable, a few words of help would be nice, as I'm presently stumped.

And folks, is this worth the quest for you all? The more support for this, the closer it can come to reality as we begin building the next SOW engine, or, modding this one.

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[ADukes]

Not modifiable.

[Davinci]

Interesting idea there Reb .

I like the idea of viewing the information about the regiments on the toolbar. That would probably cause a problem if the information exceeded the allotted space.

I'm not speaking about the scrolling down, but if the information had to scroll across.

Is there a way of using the toolbar to cycle-through the brigade commanders, or does that have to be done with the arrow keys?

davinci

[RebBugler]

Cool D, we're on the same page here. Yeah, after I posted this I realized that a scroll across is needed. It would start at the status columns, the unit names staying put for the horizontal scroll. The vertical scroll would in turn scroll everything to accommodate large numbers of sub units. Not sure if these kind of split scroll functions are even possible though. :unsure:

Regardless, thanks for the backing, this is something I've been thinking about ever since I first started modding the toolbar. Glad ADukes responded, now I know it's gotta happen upstairs, and more support on this thread certainly would help the cause. Just gotta convince folks to look at that unused space and like us, ask WHY. Almost a third of the stock officers' toolbar is flat WASTED SPACE that's just blocking the screen. Maybe at least that can be addressed and eliminated with the next engine if we can't get some functions there.

[4thMissInf.Co.F]

I wish I could offer more than this, but I think it is a fantastic idea and I would love to have this as a mod.

[RebBugler]

Is there a way of using the toolbar to cycle-through the brigade commanders, or does that have to be done with the arrow keys?

davinci

What do you think those pointy things are on my toolbar? :huh:

[Davinci]

What do you think those pointy things are on my toolbar? :huh:

Great, I'll take a look at your Toolbar Mod as soon as I have some spare time. I sort of hate using the keyboard for anything that can be done with a click of the mouse.

davinci