Improve the "replace blueprint contents" user interface
Posted: Mon May 02, 2022 6:44 pm
In response to yet another complaint that blueprint replacement/upgrade deletes the previous blueprint without warning, I have the following suggestions.
Since the engine cannot be made to do what the user interface implies (that cancelling is still an option after selecting a new area), then changing the user interface would seem to be the solution.
For example, make it a two-step process. First click to clear the blueprint (caption: "Clear blueprint - cannot be undone"), then click to select the new contents for the now-empty blueprint. Also have the Cancel button be disabled when there are no changes that can be undone by pressing it.
Reference reports:
viewtopic.php?f=47&t=102319
viewtopic.php?f=23&t=87343
Since the engine cannot be made to do what the user interface implies (that cancelling is still an option after selecting a new area), then changing the user interface would seem to be the solution.
For example, make it a two-step process. First click to clear the blueprint (caption: "Clear blueprint - cannot be undone"), then click to select the new contents for the now-empty blueprint. Also have the Cancel button be disabled when there are no changes that can be undone by pressing it.
Reference reports:
viewtopic.php?f=47&t=102319
viewtopic.php?f=23&t=87343