What functionality is missing? What is unsatisfying with the current situation?

First off, I'm aware this has been broached before ... in fact this is a rehash of an email conversation from 4 years ago, and there was even another subject that seemed to be on the same subject ... BUT I wasn't sure that the response to that really addressed the concerns, and I thought I'd post this if only to include the old reference images I made, and to reinforce how much I want it lol AND project Chronos may completely invalidate the existing timeline system ... who knows ... ... I've also never made a suggestion before so I thought it would be worth a try.   Currently, even on a high res monitor, because the timline is vertical instead of horizontal, and because the entries are so large and so widely spaced, you can only see a couple at a time.   Half the point of a timeline is to show the broader context of one event amongst many ... the current implementation prevents this.   My suggested change would make each event "collapsed" by default to only show title and icon, then clicking on it would expand that event to it's current size (bumping everything down below it), providing all the features of the current timeline boxes.   Though this would be a "bonus", they could also be a relative distance from each other (with distance exponentially curved, not linearly, since massive time jumps would create mile long timelines lol).  

How does this feature request address the current situation?

It would dramatically improve the overall density of events, overall readability, show the context, and still provide click through to all the same level of details and content.  

What are other uses for this feature request?

No idea ... it is fairly localized to the improvement of Timeline. I have not seen the Chronos beta and I am not fully aware of it's functions, but perhaps there will be some overlap.   ... also I have no idea if these images I'm trying to attach will work ... lol ... fingers crossed.      

Follow up

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  by ClarissaGosling
  on 2022-06-22 06:58

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  by DaCoSaNa
  on 2022-06-20 20:19

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  by thatoneboiuknow
  on 2022-06-14 17:51

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  by Bladeswillfall
  on 2022-06-13 16:37

  Really like this idea, personally haven't used timelines yet as I'm not happy with how they function - a great feature, but not yet one I want to utilise just yet. Melior (TJ) has managed to create an amazing timeline, but even then... I'm hoping with future updates, Chronicles will nail exactly what I'm looking for.   +1 to SpecterN7's point about a hover/on-click event to have details expand

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  by hcraven
  on 2022-06-13 16:12

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  by Ben Mobley
  on 2022-06-11 21:34

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  by SpecterN7
  on 2022-06-11 17:07

  Personally, I would like having the collapsed events spread apart relative to the time gaps between events. I think a hover/on click event over the events would be the best way to have full details displayed.

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  by BethSea13
  on 2022-06-11 02:15

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  by A Lusty Mlem
  on 2022-06-10 15:54

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  by Unier
  on 2022-06-10 11:18

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  by scholarmage
  on 2022-06-08 11:20

  Being able to limit timeline displays to headings which drop open when clicked would be superb for visibility, and quickly finding events in long timelines.

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  by Mara Jaena
  on 2022-06-08 04:25

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  by PrincessESH
  on 2022-06-08 03:20

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  by Cloudcitytopia
  on 2022-06-08 00:08

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  by danieln
  on 2022-06-08 00:04

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  by zalzabar
  on 2022-06-07 12:23

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  by sclark99
  on 2022-06-07 11:30

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  by Exnil
  on 2022-06-07 09:15

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  by mastergentleman
  on 2022-06-07 03:15

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  by maintolomeo
  on 2022-06-06 22:45

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  by Red5Phil
  on 2022-06-06 22:01

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  by Squanto
  on 2022-06-06 14:45

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  by kaiohon
  on 2022-06-05 19:09

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  by Ononomad
  on 2022-06-05 17:48

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  by NovaTerra
  on 2022-06-05 17:27

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  by A Enfeebled Goblin
  on 2022-06-05 13:56

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  by Soigims
  on 2022-06-05 04:57

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  by A Goodhearted Unicorn
  on 2022-06-04 20:14

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  by Infected Magic
  on 2022-06-04 19:50

  I like the idea of collapsible timeline entries, but the spacing between entries relative to each other by years I think will make timelines bigger then 5000+ years really bloated.

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  by Starlocke
  on 2022-06-04 08:50

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  by A Fierce Skeleton
  on 2022-06-04 05:42

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  by Scalenex
  on 2022-06-03 22:47

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  by tjtrewin
  on 2022-06-03 14:28

  +1 I'd love the ability to embed mini, condensed timelines into articles much like how your mockup looks, or even a simple list.   I'll be using chronos for all of my large timelines but this would be a nice addition for article presentations.

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  by Tijmuhn
  on 2022-06-03 12:34

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  by A Cute Unicorn
  on 2022-06-03 11:52

  Though the mock-up looks great I'm not sure how well scaling works on a larger timeline of thousands, tens of thousands, or even millions of years, especially if a timeline has gaps of a few years and several centuries. But the collapsed events look nice, I think, and definitely makes the timeline more... uh. readable, I guess is the English word? Being able to see more of it in one look is nice. But admittedly I also haven't seen anything from Chronos so that may well be implemented or planned already.

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  by ss2020
  on 2022-06-03 05:35

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  by A Fierce Elf
  on 2022-06-03 04:21

  That might work for a timeline with 5000 years but that is pretty much it. Any actually long timeline will become impossible.

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  by Ratha
  on 2022-06-03 03:38

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  by Logan Mountain
  on 2022-06-02 17:47