Community Suggestion: Make Building Type/Settlement Type a Free Form field with the enumerated value set as suggestions
Make Building Type/Settlement Type a Free Form field with the enumerated value set as suggestions
User Interface (UI) / User Experience (UX) · Articles & templates · Created by BackworldTraveller
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Buildings
What functionality is missing? What is unsatisfying with the current situation?
If you have a type of building that is not present in the list of types thought of by the World-Anvil team, either you must select an approximation or you have to pester the developers to extend the list through a request for an amendment. Yet if you look at the list of missing items just in (say) craft buildings, that process is likely to be never ending.How does this feature request address the current situation?
By making the list of enumerated types a list of suggestions this allows an infinite variety of buildings. Not just Street but Lane, Alley, Track, Road, Way, Avenue, Via, etc. Not only Blacksmiths, Leatherworkers and Tanners could be craftsmen.What are other uses for this feature request?
While specifically directed at Buildings, this could be usefully directed at other article types.The Team's Response
Hello there! So, first of all, you can already create a "custom" entry.
Now, regarding WHY we have the dropdown and how easy it is to be updated
This list has been for tens of thousands of users a source of inspiration and a way discover and create things they would have never thought of the same goes for all types of the website. If you have ideas about things that should be there and they are not I will be very happy to add them to any of the type boxes
The other reason that these are there, is a secret. As in we have plans to create something for you that will really excite you and it DOES need a comprehensive and set list of types for locations.
You do not have to put a suggestion for something simple like that, it takes 10 seconds to be added globally, all you need to do is come to #developement-discussion and @-me with a list of things you want to be added. 95% of them are added immediately, the other 5% might need to go to a quick vote by the guild to get it there. it is that simple.
So please, if you DO have a long or short list of things you are missing, do give them to me and I will add them
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by ecl1psed
on 2021-11-01 16:02 -
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by DiscardedStatue
on 2021-11-01 11:26 -
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by TheSolitaryGamer
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by Papervolcano
on 2021-10-30 16:58 -
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by Sygrda
on 2021-10-30 15:09 -
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by SirCobalt
on 2021-10-29 14:23 -
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by Kitashi
on 2021-10-28 20:58 -
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by hdewendt
on 2021-10-28 20:11 -
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by Amancham
on 2021-10-28 18:00 -
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by SpencerH23
on 2021-10-26 22:39 -
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by Djinn
on 2021-10-26 02:17 -
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by Jarl
on 2021-10-25 18:25 -
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by Sirenfox
on 2021-10-25 16:46 -
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by Yawarakai
on 2021-10-25 14:08 -
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on 2021-10-25 10:02 -
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on 2021-10-24 23:22 -
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on 2021-10-24 15:12 -
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on 2021-10-24 07:34 -
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by A Fierce Unicorn
on 2021-10-24 05:37 -
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by Ratha
on 2021-10-23 21:46 -
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by RosieFox
on 2021-10-23 17:47I echo what scholarmage commented, it would be great to have an option of an "other" field that opens a user-filled text box.
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by lengna
on 2021-10-23 14:43 -
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on 2021-10-23 06:36 -
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by A Uncontrollable Dragon
on 2021-10-22 02:49 -
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by CristalViper
on 2021-10-21 12:24 -
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by scholarmage
on 2021-10-21 10:48I could go either way on this - having the pre-existing list has been very useful to scroll through for ideas, but there has already been several occasions when I've had to settle for 'close enough'. Having an 'Other' type which, if selected, reveals a free-text field which is otherwise hidden, would be very useful and allow the best of both worlds, I think.
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by gnjcksn
on 2021-10-21 01:46 -
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by Giabralter
on 2021-10-20 01:12 -
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by ano19920
on 2021-10-19 20:54 -
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by Cinerator
on 2021-10-19 19:04 -
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by WonkyH
on 2021-10-19 16:17 -
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on 2021-10-19 15:19 -
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on 2021-10-19 13:40 -
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by Soutti
on 2021-10-19 11:53 -
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by arthenius
on 2021-10-19 09:03ho yeah for this small tables would be so cool to be able to add our own attributes, and yes it could be added for any article where you have a type of column :)
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by FenDawnchild
on 2021-10-19 07:49 -
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by oliverrook
on 2021-10-19 05:00 -
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by Cat24
on 2021-10-18 21:38 -
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by Coocooforyou
on 2021-10-18 15:12 -
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by Timekeepers
on 2021-10-18 14:02I feel like this would be a very useful feature, I personally have had trouble in the past with none of the things fitting, Some things can be generalized but a lot of things can get confusing when they are. For example, i might be misunderstanding this but, I have to connect parts of a multiverse, and its a bit akward when An entire Universe is classified the same as like a hill.
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by Racaster
on 2021-10-18 11:21 -
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by Michael Chandra
on 2021-10-18 08:35Honestly, I like having a list of default suggestions for types. You can always write your own with key-value pairs instead.
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by Drahauk
on 2021-10-17 18:04 -
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by Nekith
on 2021-10-17 11:46 -
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by guvatara
on 2021-10-17 10:55 -
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by SeeleyOne
on 2021-10-17 06:01 -
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on 2021-10-17 05:11 -
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by Blueparox
on 2021-10-16 19:18 -
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by A Rambunctious Orc
on 2021-10-16 16:08 -
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by StoryTellerCrow
on 2021-10-16 15:13 -
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by xSpazztic
on 2021-10-16 11:40 -
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by Grizzly
on 2021-10-15 17:12 -
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on 2021-10-15 12:05 -
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on 2021-10-15 08:11 -
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by ShadowWalker368
on 2021-10-14 19:46 -
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by AJWithall
on 2021-10-14 19:08 -
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by yatenari
on 2021-10-14 18:32 -
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by ss2020
on 2021-10-14 17:38I think this eases the work load on the staff to keep updating this field. It is a great idea.
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by A Filthy Kobold
on 2021-10-14 14:53 -
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on 2021-10-14 11:37 -
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by JebGodofJebs
on 2021-10-14 10:54 -
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by A Beloved Mlem
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by facelessturtle
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by A Glamorous Mlem
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by lord_hyperion
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by dthdncr
on 2021-10-13 20:41 -
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by A Fierce Dragon
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by StardustScrapper
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by Rayna Fairbell
on 2021-10-13 13:33 -
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by EleKTriiK
on 2021-10-13 12:02 -
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by BackworldTraveller
on 2021-10-13 08:33
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