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How would you prefer to select all / select part of a stack?

Enter to select all; Shift-Enter to give a precise number
- 43 (81.1%)
Enter to give a precise number; Shift-Enter to select all
- 9 (17%)
Other (elaborate)
- 1 (1.9%)

Total Members Voted: 53


Author Topic: How should stacks get split in trading?  (Read 980 times)

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How should stacks get split in trading?
« on: March 30, 2012, 12:25:55 am »
There has been active discussion of this question in the Future of the Fortress. It is time to resolve this scientifically. Please refer to the FoF thread, and the discussions below, and select your preferred option.

Disclaimer: This is merely a poll of the current views of the very select subgroup of the userbase that uses the forum. The final decision is, as always, firmly in the hands of Toady One and Three Toe*.

The first option is: Enter to select all; Shift-Enter to give a precise number of the items in the stack. This replicates the earlier, pre-stack-splitting behavior.

The second option is: Enter to give a precise number; Shift-Enter to select all. This maintains the current user interface and adds the functionality of quickly selecting all items in the stack.

More detailed examination of both options will no doubt be expounded below.

*With advisory duties handled by Scamps.
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Re: How should stacks get split in trading?
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2012, 12:30:09 am »
Related thread on suggestion forums: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=105779.0
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Re: How should stacks get split in trading?
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2012, 12:37:23 am »
Choice 1.

Split piles and opening bins, should share the same interface.  I trust Scamps will find a catfriendly interface, in the end.  Way it is now, requires too many key pounces.  MEOW!  MEOW!  The popup interface is a nice addition to the game, I really like its other use, in picking a trainer, it works good there.  Sincerely, Knutor
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Re: How should stacks get split in trading?
« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2012, 03:47:59 am »
As I said in http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=105779.0 you should not need to worry about stacks at all, but be able to say "buy X/all of category [e.g. food]/type [e.g plants]/item [e.g. strawberries]", similarly to how the stockpile interface comes up.  Though with perhaps another grouping, such as "above ground plants" and "underground plants"; or better yet, user configurable groups with a few defaults.
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Re: How should stacks get split in trading?
« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2012, 08:41:26 am »
Choice 1. Not used to the specifications, and it gets a little interruptive.
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