Button to sync Production/Consumption graphs

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Button to sync Production/Consumption graphs

Post by qwesz9090 »

TL;DR
Add a button in the Production Window that copies filters from the Production/Consumption graphs to each other.

What ?
I suggest adding an extra "Copy filter" button to the production and consumption graphs, next to the "reset filter" buttons (shown in red in the first screenshot).
This "Copy filter" button will copy the filters used for the other graph. Meaning if you press the Consumption "Copy filter" button in the first screenshot, the filters from the production graph will be copied onto the consumption graph. (Like shown in the second screenshot)
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Bonus thoughts: The button could also be "grayed out" when the graphs have the same filters or if the other graph is unfiltered, showing that there is no filter to copy.
Bonus Bonus thought: Please make the colors of the items graphs match if the two graphs have the same filters.
Why ?
I like to use the production window to visualize both the production and the consumption of specific item(s) like in the second screenshot to see if I am overproducing or underproducing something. But this can sometimes be very annoying since you have to find the specific items and click on them in both graphs which is difficult when you are producing >100 different kinds of items. Yes the search function does also help with this, but I would prefer it if I could just click the icons in one graph and then just copy the filters over to the other graph.
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Hotkey for selecting same item in both production & consumption

Post by snippycarcass »

I find that often the most practical thing I do with the production and consumption graphs is to compare the same item in both graphs to see if I generally have a surplus or deficit. I think it would be a really nice touch if you could shift or control click an item to immediately have both graphs single that item out as if you had found and left clicked it on both. AFAIK this doesn't exist in game and I couldn't find other suggestion threads about it with some cursory searching but there's 0% chance I'm the only one that thought of this.
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Re: Button to sync Production/Consumption graphs

Post by Koub »

[Koub] Merged into an older thread with a similar suggestion.
See also viewtopic.php?f=6&t=50655, very closely related (add a production-consumption graph).
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