Slide events around with mouse on timeline
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Slide events around with mouse on timeline
User Interface (UI) / User Experience (UX) · Timelines · Created by Vivian Sayan
accepted
What functionality is missing? What is unsatisfying with the current situation?
The ability to move events around on the timeline. As it stands now you gotta click in, change the date and go back to the timeline and reload to see it. If you have a lot of events you wish to have an overview of their relation in time it gets tedious if you want to change them around and see how it lines up. On top of this having the timeline be to scale would assist here rather than unscaled as it is nowHow does this feature request address the current situation?
By being able to slide them around more seamlessly where it shows the date where you drop it off, it is easier to move events around relative to each other and thus getting an easier control over the timeline.What are other uses for this feature request?
It could easily be adapted to do more work, expanding it could move it to several timelines, you could have visuals with all timelines nad move on one and see it on all of them at the same time and so on.
Current score
71/300 Votes · +15608 points
Votes Cast
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+100
by mgjemi
on 2022-12-30 23:50 -
+300
by DarthGaymer
on 2022-12-30 20:39 -
+100
by kaibrightwing
on 2022-12-30 15:00 -
+300
by dsreeves777
on 2022-12-30 12:58 -
+300
by Ironbadger9
on 2022-12-30 02:57 -
+1
by Dungeon_builder14
on 2022-12-29 23:47I like the idea, but this would be difficult in timelines with wildly varying gaps between events. Like, the creation of most worlds is a LONG time away from most other events. If the timeline is now made to scale, you’d also need a feature to squish things closer if they’re too far apart. Also, yeah, you’d need an undo button. This is nice in theory, but it may prove problematic in practice.
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+300
by lkmorris
on 2022-12-29 15:11 -
+300
by J. I. Rogers
on 2022-12-29 07:52 -
+300
by Chairman Goodchild
on 2022-12-29 05:31 -
+300
by A Adorable Dryad
on 2022-12-26 17:52 -
+300
by Nilo Cortex
on 2022-12-25 03:05 -
+300
by Agent 6
on 2022-12-24 22:00 -
+100
by Tansa
on 2022-12-23 22:36 -
+1
by Aria Nicest Reynard
on 2022-12-22 02:03 -
+300
by Nelana
on 2022-12-21 19:10 -
+300
by Krawczyk & Weaver
on 2022-12-21 18:07 -
+300
by NeoBlanks
on 2022-12-21 16:31 -
+1
by SebGreg732
on 2022-12-21 12:07Completely agree with Michael Chandra's concerns. But good idea nonetheless.
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+300
by Matlink
on 2022-12-21 00:39 -
+300
by Arkanasis
on 2022-12-20 20:33 -
+100
by A Wild Elf
on 2022-12-20 19:54 -
+300
by Zarthen
on 2022-12-20 05:35 -
+100
by MandoMc
on 2022-12-20 05:17 -
+300
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+100
by LesMiserabby
on 2022-12-19 05:30 -
+100
by EmuishereDM
on 2022-12-18 20:24 -
+300
by Rylytics
on 2022-12-18 17:34 -
+100
by Mirchea
on 2022-12-18 14:43Sometimes even changing the date doesn't actually even get things in the proper order. Click-and-drag would be a lot nicer and easier - maybe the dates can just be 'flavor' and not impact placement, or it could be a toggle? either click-and-drag or place-by-date?
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+300
by EridaVanIsle
on 2022-12-18 12:28 -
+300
by DSGTell
on 2022-12-18 05:06 -
+300
by LiaFelis
on 2022-12-17 21:24 -
+300
by Kalaraja
on 2022-12-16 08:35 -
+300
by EBJ
on 2022-12-16 05:34 -
+1
by A Mischievous Kobold
on 2022-12-15 19:16 -
+300
by Airwolf1221
on 2022-12-15 03:01 -
+300
by Aonadharcach
on 2022-12-14 20:29 -
+100
by Qjarzynski
on 2022-12-13 19:39 -
+100
by Hogshead
on 2022-12-13 15:54 -
+300
by Rayna Fairbell
on 2022-12-13 14:53 -
+300
by WindySkykicker
on 2022-12-13 10:46 -
+1
by TheNamesJonas
on 2022-12-13 01:47 -
+300
by PrinceofMorgoth
on 2022-12-12 17:08 -
+100
by Sir Kiken
on 2022-12-11 19:46 -
+300
by A Goodhearted Mimic
on 2022-12-11 15:28 -
+1
by Arlatius
on 2022-12-11 05:15 -
+300
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+300
by A Goodhearted Mlem
on 2022-12-10 08:25 -
+300
by EternalScholar
on 2022-12-10 01:05 -
+300
by _Quoth_
on 2022-12-09 15:19 -
+300
by PhntmDrgn
on 2022-12-09 04:20This would be very useful during early stages of story/campaign development. You could shift and reorder events around while in the early phases of development, then use the normal method to adjust dates if needed.
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+100
by blurrito
on 2022-12-08 21:33 -
+300
by Bipedal_Narwhal
on 2022-12-08 01:37 -
+100
by terioncalling
on 2022-12-07 21:38 -
+300
by NicOfTheRocks
on 2022-12-07 12:45 -
+300
by finaldraftrpg
on 2022-12-06 18:19 -
+100
by Michael Chandra
on 2022-12-06 10:39Just make sure it's optional / toggleable. I hate it when I accidentally move map markers and can't properly undo that, would hate to accidentally mess up my timeline.
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+300
by amelianite
on 2022-12-04 18:30 -
+100
by toffepajja
on 2022-12-04 17:49 -
+300
by A Cute Dwarf
on 2022-12-04 11:16 -
+300
by Tijmuhn
on 2022-12-04 09:34 -
+300
by Emperor.Nero
on 2022-12-04 00:26 -
+100
by A Frightened Mimic
on 2022-12-03 23:36 -
+300
by ddaniel
on 2022-12-03 22:50 -
+1
by that_guy04
on 2022-12-03 21:59 -
+300
by Jason West
on 2022-12-03 20:56 -
+300
by ArcaneSpellbook
on 2022-12-03 18:46As someone who's messy with time IRL, let alone fantasy worlds, this would be a huge help.
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+1
by Vibeca
on 2022-12-03 18:26 -
+300
by Bambam57
on 2022-12-03 17:13 -
+300
by Cormanthor
on 2022-12-03 16:59 -
+100
by DramaticDragons
on 2022-12-03 15:41 -
+100
by Willow H.R. Harper
on 2022-12-03 08:12 -
+300
by Vivian Sayan
on 2022-12-03 08:09
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