Community Suggestion: Add a sidebar toggle for Article Sections
Add a sidebar toggle for Article Sections
User Interface (UI) / User Experience (UX) · Articles & templates · Created by Dungeon_builder14
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What functionality is missing? What is unsatisfying with the current situation?
As you know, article templates have set sections for information. For example, the character template has sections such as “Physical Description” and “Known Languages”. Each of these sections are either part of the main article, or on the sidebar, depending on the section. The problem is, each section is locked into the article or sidebar. So “Known Languages” will always be placed on the sidebar, no matter what. This can be problematic if you wanted to go into further detail on the person’s languages, like how they learned it, as such information would become cumbersome in the small sidebar.How does this feature request address the current situation?
My proposed solution to this is to add a toggle to chose whether these sections go on the main text or on the sidebar. These toggles will default to how they currently are, so any articles already made will not be affected, but people will be able to put any of the sections on either part of the article.What are other uses for this feature request?
Users will be able to be more flexible with how much or how little information they put for each category without it looking awkward. For example, small amounts of information can be put into the side bar, so you don’t just have, say a “Physical Description” section that just says “Strong and muscular” sitting in the middle of the article.Follow up
Someone has mentioned custom templates. I appreciate the comment, but would like to point out two problems: First, custom templates are Grandmaster only. And second, that would require making an entire template for something that may be an individual case. I'd much rather just be able to pick and choose what to put where right there in the article, rather than having to open a new tab, make a template, and use it just once for this particular article.
Aye, we got a dev response! Thanks Dimitri for looking over this, but I would like to point out that I made a follow-up explaining why custom templates aren’t quite what I’m looking for. You see, for custom templates, you must make the full template beforehand to use on the article. So if you decide that you want a particular part to be on the sidebar while making it, you’d have to create a new template. (From my understanding, I don’t have access to custom templates.) The issue is, you can’t decide if something should go in the sidebar while editing the article itself. You’d have to go and make a new custom template if you decide that you want a single thing in the sidebar that is normally in the main section. What I’m proposing is a toggle switch by all of an article’s sections where you can choose if that section goes in the main area or sidebar. (For example, if you wanted to put Mental Trauma in the sidebar, as all you put down was “Has PTSD”. Or if you wanted to put down Known Languages in the main area, as you go over how and where the character learned each language.) I say this with respect, and understand if this is too minor of a feature to spend time on. If you would like me to explain more, say so and I will. Happy worldbuilding, everyone.
The Team's Response
Custom Templates can allow you to modify how and where sections appear :)
Current score
27/300 Votes · +4301 points
Votes Cast
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+300
by Writing Bishop
on 2022-06-18 02:03 -
+300
by Foxyowlet
on 2022-06-17 18:17 -
+1
by JetpackMonkey
on 2022-06-17 11:46 -
+100
by A Goodhearted Elf
on 2022-06-17 07:22 -
+100
by M. A. E. Krawczyk
on 2022-06-12 11:58 -
+300
by SpecterN7
on 2022-06-11 17:14I tend to avoid the template prompts since it doesn't give you control of placement/organization. Not just on if it is in the sidebar or not, but the ordering of each prompt. If we had more control over template prompt layout, I would appreciate it.
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+100
by AaLion
on 2022-06-10 12:34 -
+300
by Joculari87
on 2022-06-09 13:06 -
+100
by PrincessESH
on 2022-06-08 03:21 -
+1
by Cloudcitytopia
on 2022-06-08 00:05 -
+300
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+100
by LordLithca
on 2022-06-07 14:58 -
+300
by BlueytheGinger
on 2022-06-07 08:45 -
+100
by 13Leagues
on 2022-06-06 14:47 -
+300
by kaiohon
on 2022-06-05 19:11 -
+100
by dwparish
on 2022-06-04 15:49 -
+300
by PhntmDrgn
on 2022-06-03 18:36 -
+1
by A Frightened Devil
on 2022-06-03 05:24 -
+300
by swngrrl
on 2022-06-02 21:44 -
+100
by Arlatius
on 2022-06-02 01:37 -
+300
by A Fierce Dimensional Horror
on 2022-06-01 02:56 -
+300
by illumiinae
on 2022-05-31 19:09 -
-1
by ClarissaGosling
on 2022-05-31 08:13 -
-1
by Michael Chandra
on 2022-05-30 17:03Isn't that the whole idea of custom templates, changing the order + location of prompts? And for more fine granularity, you can manually insert values, such as - -Physical Description:: Strong and muscular- -, --Physical Description--Strong and muscular--
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-300
by UnknownWriter88
on 2022-05-30 02:02 -
+100
by kalvorp
on 2022-05-30 01:27 -
+100
by ddaniel
on 2022-05-29 17:22 -
+300
by Dungeon_builder14
on 2022-05-29 16:36
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