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Author Topic: [Interface] Burrows are too easy to delete by accident  (Read 2429 times)

zilpin

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[Interface] Burrows are too easy to delete by accident
« on: April 28, 2010, 02:02:18 pm »

Simple change, make the burrow delete key capital 'D' instead of lower case 'd'.
It's too easy to accidentally delete a burrow when dancing across the keyboard, adding ground to it then trying to go to the Designate menu, or typing a name for a burrow but the previous keystrokes were ignored by DF.

I'm not asking for a confirmation message or anything fancy.
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Re: [Interface] Burrows are too easy to delete by accident
« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2010, 03:35:27 pm »

Confirm message would be best. But until then, "D" (capital D) would certainly help protect us from such a simple slip up that deletes a burrow that covers all of our fortress.
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Re: [Interface] Burrows are too easy to delete by accident
« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2010, 03:23:48 am »

Good suggestion, happened to me several times also.
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Re: [Interface] Burrows are too easy to delete by accident
« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2010, 03:42:51 am »

vvv This is a very good idea I wish I'd thought of myself.
« Last Edit: April 29, 2010, 04:49:48 pm by darkflagrance »
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Re: [Interface] Burrows are too easy to delete by accident
« Reply #4 on: April 29, 2010, 01:25:05 pm »

Change [D_BURROWS_DELETE:D] in /data/init/interface.txt to [D_BURROWS_DELETE:SHIFT+D] (or whatever you like).
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Re: [Interface] Burrows are too easy to delete by accident
« Reply #5 on: April 30, 2010, 01:57:45 pm »

Change [D_BURROWS_DELETE:D] in /data/init/interface.txt to [D_BURROWS_DELETE:SHIFT+D] (or whatever you like).

Fantastic suggestion!

Would be good to have this as the default so we won't have to mod it in future releases.
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Re: [Interface] Burrows are too easy to delete by accident
« Reply #6 on: May 19, 2010, 09:11:49 am »

@Sizik:
great! thanks!  I had no clue that all the hotkeys were in a config file like that, thought only some were there.

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