interface idea (for building purposes)

[Ironllama]

Hello fellow builders!

How about an option where the interface at the bottom of the screen, where you choose your building tools, disappears when you are using shift to adjust the height. I have gotten a piece in the right position on many occasions but the interface at the bottom was in the way, so when I left clicked, it choose a different piece.

Let me know your thoughts! [big grin]

Ironllama

 

[jamesviago]

Hello fellow builders!

How about an option where the interface at the bottom of the screen, where you choose your building tools, disappears when you are using shift to adjust the height. I have gotten a piece in the right position on many occasions but the interface at the bottom was in the way, so when I left clicked, it choose a different piece.

Let me know your thoughts! [big grin]

Ironllama

This happens quite a lot i find. It is a good suggest that Ctrl- or Shift- movement temporary hides the pieces menu.

 

[LightFreeze1]

or an option to autohide if the mouse isn't over it

 

[MrCow]

you know you can use RMB when having shift and crtl keys active? you can still move around and look around. i'd still +1 this for easyness but its a little tip for you

 

[Curlyriff]

Yes an auto-hide menu when not in use would be a great option, it is used a lot in graphic/design software for this exact reason and would work well here also. +1 to the idea

 

[Abletudu]

Yes an auto-hide menu when not in use would be a great option, it is used a lot in graphic/design software for this exact reason and would work well here also. +1 to the idea

I agree whole heartedly as it gets frustrating to take the amount of time to perfectly align a piece only to be selecting something else when you click to place it.

 

[Thokari]

you know you can use RMB when having shift and crtl keys active? you can still move around and look around. i'd still +1 this for easyness but its a little tip for you

It's true you can still move around, but there is literally NO use for the button UI while you're SHIFT-CTRL-ing something into place.

I agree, on it disappearing while holding CTRL orSHIFT, and maybe even start moving the camera accoringly when you hit the edge of the screen while doing that.

 

[breezerHOG1]

I would really like to see this implemented. I am having a very difficult time simply placing paths because it keeps re-centering my screen when I don't want it to, causing the UI to block my vision of where I want to click, and it has been very frustrating (I'm hoping the finished product isn't like that)

 

[Rarewave]

I wanted to give this thread a bump because autohide is a seriously amazing thing. Considering the amount of items already in Alpha 3 and not always knowing what to filter for, it's nice to be able to expand the UI to see lots of objects. Having it slide out of the way to free up screen space when not needed would be fantastic!