dsent's Forum Posts

• • dsent
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  • • Joined 10 Dec, 2015
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    • 2 topics • 2 posts
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  • 21 Jan, 2016
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  There is an inconsistency in the way variable deletion and scope change are handled.

  When I move some variable from one place to another, there is no confirmation, but if that action caused any side effects, I get feedback on this (Scope change removed items).

  On the other hand, if I delete a variable, there is a confirmation, but there is no feedback whatsoever if the deletion have caused changes.

  This is not really helpful. In a large project I may have hundreds of variables and I don't really remember if any particular variable is used or not. So the confirmation is essentially useless.

  What I would really like is get rid of the confirmation and get exactly the same feedback I get now with scope changes instead.

  The workaround is to delete variables by creating an empty event and moving the variable there to see if that affects the event sheet, then deleting that event if there is no feedback of items being removed. This is sub-optimal.

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• • dsent
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  • • Joined 10 Dec, 2015
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    • 2 topics • 2 posts
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  • 21 Jan, 2016
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  I prefer to keep complex event sheets collapsed and navigate mostly by searching to avoid going insane.

  However, when I find something relevant and want to see its context, I have to remember where it is, clear the search and then manually expand everything on the path to the line I need. This takes time and I just keep forgetting where exactly the line was and have to repeat searching sometimes.

  Much better scenario would be:

  1. Search.

  2. Select the relevant line.

  3. Clear search.

  The expected result:

  1. The relevant line is still selected and scrolled into view.

  2. Everything higher in the event tree is expanded.