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TL;DR

Please resize or make adjustable the right hand UI element

What ?

The right hand UI normally shows all the things that you have in the logistic network, when hovering over a LN-chest.
Since there is more and more information from version to version, that no longer works (at least at my screen size), because there's too less vertical space to fit in all icons (See image).


I think there are three ways to make it work again:
- increase horizontal size
- put scrollbar to the list of items if exceeding the vertical size or
- make the whole UI element adjustable in size by user

Why ?

Well, one important thing when looking at the items in a logistic network is to get an idea what is missing (the -x items) and they're at the end of the list.
If you have various different items in your network (as at homebase), it's impossible to see what's low or missing because the information is just not readable.
The change I mentioned would give the players back the information.

I know I can change UI-scale for the whole game, but below 100% it nearly unplayable (for me, 15" screen 1920x1080)

Mods:

allowing to hotkey-toggle minimap and other UIs
0.16 had this one Minimap Autohide
https://mods.factorio.com/mod/minimap-autohide
which is now this (1.1)
https://mods.factorio.com/mod/more-minimap-autohide-017
also c.f. this (1.1) by optera
https://mods.factorio.com/mod/UI_Hotkeys

also there's a common idea of hide-when-over-log-chest for example this(1.0)
https://mods.factorio.com/mod/expandtooltip
but also should work with the omnitooling of picker extended but not sure since it branched to modules anymore

KeepResearchinSpoons wrote: Fri Dec 04, 2020 4:16 am

Mods:

Thank you for the suggestions, but I think the GUI of a game should be working without needing a MOD... somehow
I also don't want to hide the mini-map, just have enough space for ALL the information, which would be possible with the suggestions I made, I think...

Guenni7 wrote: Fri Dec 04, 2020 3:30 am to get an idea what is missing (the -x items)

Is it easier to give this job to combinators? I think so.

Guenni7 wrote: Fri Dec 04, 2020 4:36 am just have enough space for ALL the information, which would be possible with the suggestions I made, I think...

The problem is known, the devs are aware of it. And if they knew a solution it would probably have been already implemented.

Guenni7 wrote: Fri Dec 04, 2020 3:30 am - increase horizontal size

By how much? Large mod packs have thousands of different items. For the largest packs even a full-screen panels might be too small.

Guenni7 wrote: Fri Dec 04, 2020 3:30 am - put scrollbar to the list of items if exceeding the vertical size or

How do you scroll something that you can't even put your mouse over?

Btw, do you know you can press L to see the content of every network?

eradicator wrote: Sat Dec 05, 2020 11:25 am Btw, do you know you can press L to see the content of every network?

Nope, I didn't know this hotkey, thank you