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Could we get wheel-zoom functionality on the Timeline tab?

January 17, 2008 6:36:58 PM from GalCiv II ForumsGalCiv II Forums
This just struck me, and at a terribly late date for someone who makes a habit of looking for "ergonomic weaknesses" in software.

The tech tree has wheel-zoom functionality, but the Timeline tab of the Civilization Manager does not. Long-game players create Timeline curves that can look very different short-term vs. long-term, and after a few game years it takes many clicks to change persepctive between the full game and the last few months.

So I have two questions: 1) Would other folks find a change like this handy? and 2) If so, any idea whether this is a fairly simple code request or a big hairy mess not worth the bother?
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Reply #1 January 17, 2008 7:12:22 PM
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I think it's a good idea, and I agree the current UI is clumsy when moving between extremes of short vs. long timeframes. However, one reason it's a pain, is that there is usually some lag on my computer before each new timeline is displayed as I click the arrow. It varies depending on the size of the map, number of opponents, and probably other factors. I have a mid-level CPU with 2 gigs RAM. I'm wondering if the timeline could be calculated fast enough on a slow to mid-level machine to keep up with a mouse-wheel roll?

If that's a limitation, then maybe we could get a pull-down list of several different default times with a right-click of the mouse, for quickly selecting a short or long timeframe. Then it could be fine-tuned to taste with the arrows. But I like the mouse wheel idea better, if the number crunching and display could be optimized to keep up with it.
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Reply #2 May 15, 2008 5:21:37 PM
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Bumping in hopes of getting this humble detail on the 2.0 list.
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Reply #3 June 15, 2008 6:13:55 AM
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It's already there, scroll your mouse wheel over the right arrow....if you scroll slowly it will change weekly, if you scroll quickly it will jump 3 weeks.
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Reply #4 June 15, 2008 9:29:41 AM
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Thanks very much, slider609.

That's a bit less tedious than a click for every week, but I'd still like to see the graph itself be the hotspot and have a bit more zoom-to-spin. I play long games, and by the middle I usually like to compare the last six months or so to the full graph.

Maybe the mouse wheel isn't the best way to get what I want--perhaps making the "Show Min" button restore your last non-all view?
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