Community Suggestion: Make dictionaries browseable
Make dictionaries browseable
User Interface (UI) / User Experience (UX) · Articles & templates · Created by spookyskellyton
accepted
dictionary language search ux
What functionality is missing? What is unsatisfying with the current situation?
At the moment it is not possible for users to browse through the contents of a language's dictionary making it very difficult to use for most languages and impossible to use for languages that don't follow the same structure as English. I understand the issue with dictionaries being that they can get big, but you don't have to load everything in at once, just display 50 entries per page or something like that.How does this feature request address the current situation?
It will make the tool more user friendly, especially beginner-friendly, and will allow users to search more easily since they'll have a clearer image of how the dictionary is structured. At the moment the tool essentially expects you to guess.What are other uses for this feature request?
The tool could be repurposed for magic systems by listing possible ingredients that may not need full page entries.The Team's Response
Thanks for the suggestion! The Dictionary that appears in the Language template is already searchable. Making the embedded version of the dictionary browsable is planned, so this suggestion is accepted!
Current score
46/300 Votes · +10506 points
Votes Cast
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+100
by MrShiny
on 2024-08-13 04:09 -
+300
by Teancumson
on 2024-08-12 16:44 -
+1
by Eoldir
on 2024-08-11 20:35 -
+300
by MKirk17
on 2024-08-09 18:55 -
+300
by SH4D0WST4LK3R
on 2024-08-06 23:50 -
+1
by Chrispy_0
on 2024-08-06 14:21Unless I am missing something, this is already possible. If you go to the Dictionary section in the Language template, there is a little clipboard icon on the top left, to copy the dictionary code. You can then paste this in any article and it will load the entire dictionary. At that point, it's on you to be able to browse the entries in the way you want. The World Anvil Team could do a few things to make this feature a little better and easier to navigate when you have many hundreds of words (like creating a header for every starting letter used), but that's a different suggestion entirely.
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+300
by A Adorable Dimensional Horror
on 2024-08-05 16:19 -
+300
by PoppaeaSabina
on 2024-08-02 05:28 -
+1
by A Rambunctious Elf
on 2024-08-02 00:26I'm a little confused. Is this not already possible by copying the dictionary into an article, where it displays all the words included in alphabetical order? Or is the request asking for something else?
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+300
by ReginaCaeli
on 2024-08-01 23:28 -
+100
by KainsRache
on 2024-08-01 18:18 -
+100
by RandomD&DNerd
on 2024-08-01 16:54 -
+300
by LisaGrimm
on 2024-08-01 14:04 -
+300
by Zbiczak
on 2024-07-31 10:21 -
+300
by Alyvins
on 2024-07-26 18:03 -
+100
by Gaëlle S.
on 2024-07-25 12:19 -
+1
by Ring_Wraith05
on 2024-07-24 23:53 -
+300
by cow2face
on 2024-07-24 17:43 -
+100
by Charlotte and Clara
on 2024-07-24 11:02 -
+300
by ryaol
on 2024-07-23 10:02 -
+300
by A Thundering Devil
on 2024-07-23 06:22 -
+300
by erevainsgirl
on 2024-07-22 04:59 -
+300
by BCGR_Wurth
on 2024-07-21 23:28 -
+300
by Scalenex
on 2024-07-21 16:12 -
+300
by tabbyykatt
on 2024-07-21 01:46This could be useful for things like spell books or cook books. Or even listing different plants or animals native to a region. Right now, I make charts for that but I could see a browseable dictionary feature pairing nicely for that. Also would be nice for dictionaries
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+300
by Achilles Tiger
on 2024-07-20 08:56 -
+100
by pfeffermin
on 2024-07-20 00:59 -
+300
by grinningsatyr
on 2024-07-19 14:58 -
+300
by Viridi Venatrix
on 2024-07-19 14:05 -
+300
by Pete Nelson
on 2024-07-19 03:49 -
+300
by Bernana
on 2024-07-19 03:40 -
+300
by eerashwood
on 2024-07-19 02:12 -
+300
by Elven Obsidian Arts
on 2024-07-18 21:48 -
+300
by The Big G
on 2024-07-18 16:16I like this idea especially for small dictionaries, where it's harder to guess what words might be included. If it were possible to embed a dictionary in other articles, it could also be used to create a recipe book, bestiary, character directory...any document that is a list of brief descriptions.
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+300
by BenScerri
on 2024-07-18 13:57 -
+1
by A Thundering Goblin
on 2024-07-18 10:35 -
+300
by GM Ryu
on 2024-07-18 10:07 -
+1
by LittleSister
on 2024-07-18 05:24 -
+300
by PhntmDrgn
on 2024-07-18 01:01 -
+300
by JoellaKay
on 2024-07-17 22:31 -
+300
by Ratha
on 2024-07-17 22:20 -
+100
by Maz_Cat
on 2024-07-17 18:01 -
+300
by DramaticDragons
on 2024-07-17 17:22 -
+100
by DMFW
on 2024-07-17 14:46 -
+100
by Rilameth
on 2024-07-17 14:38Even displaying only 10 entries per page would be helpful, if 50 still has too much lag or is too cumbersome.
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+300
by JetpackMonkey
on 2024-07-17 14:26 -
+300
by spookyskellyton
on 2024-07-17 13:58
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