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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0001351 | Dwarf Fortress | General | public | 2010-04-19 19:01 | 2010-06-09 06:46 |
| Reporter | lotu | Assigned To | |||
| Priority | normal | Severity | tweak | Reproducibility | always |
| Status | closed | Resolution | no change required | ||
| Summary | 0001351: Use of +- keys to scroll links in help is inconsistent | ||||
| Description | From the start of the game all menus use the 8239 to select various options. However the help menu use +- to select options and 8239 to scroll. This is surprising to the user because the game has been training him the 8 to go up and 2 to go down. Even though this is documented it still causes frustration when the user cannot scroll, he may assume the game is broken. This can be fixed either by changing all menus to use +- to scroll or by changing the help section to use 28 to select links. However changing the embarking menu to use +- would be confusing because it also uses 46 to go side to side. I suggest that the help menu use 28 to select links and +- to scroll the text. This will make the help menu more intuitive and reduce user frustration. | ||||
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The games been like that for a while. Took me a while to figure out the first time I hit it as well. Could be a suggestion? All this said I use + and - to scroll options in buildings menu's. |
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This is expected behavior -- the game uses different keys in different places. It sucks but it's not a bug. Interface consistency is very frequently requested in the Suggestions forum, here are a few such threads: http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=33743.0 http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=5456.0 http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=28062.0 |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
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| 2010-04-19 19:01 | lotu | New Issue | |
| 2010-04-19 20:00 | Cryten | Note Added: 0004298 | |
| 2010-04-19 20:05 |
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Note Added: 0004300 | |
| 2010-04-19 20:05 |
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Status | new => resolved |
| 2010-04-19 20:05 |
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Resolution | open => no change required |
| 2010-04-19 20:05 |
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Assigned To | => user6 |
| 2010-06-09 06:46 | Toady One | Status | resolved => closed |
