Hide MV/SL by default? Shortcuts to min/max Detailed Map?

[Grotius]

1. Is there any way to hide the Map View and Screen Layout lists by default? I rarely need them, and they take up valuable real estate.

2. Also, is there a shortcut for minimizing and maximizing the Detailed Map? I like playing with it full screen, but it'd be nice to "restore" it with a single keyboard shortcut. Yes, clicking on it works, but my aging hands find mousing more tiring than keyboard hotkeys.

3. Finally, is there a shortcut for the end phase button? I thought it was enter or ctl-enter, but neither seems to work.

Thanks!

[paulderynck]

1. You can edit them so they have very few entries and you can use the Screen Layout function to create a customized presentation with them off in some unused corner. But I think to get all the map views done, you have to do that for every major power which is 9 times, counting Vichy France.

2. I have had endless trouble trying to do that with a single monitor. Seems like it's very hard to get it back to the dimensions you had to start with, so I leave it alone and am content with giving up the thin strip at the top for the Main Form. (Or I would be content if I only had one monitor! With two, you solve a lot of issues both with respect to this and #1 - see tm.asp?m=4393722 post #11.)

3. I don't know of one.

[hazmaxed]

I am not one that ever uses the MV and SL windows either. It would be nice if there were a toggle setting in the View drop-down menu to turn these on and off, just as there is for the Global Map (which I use constantly, on my second monitor). However, coding such a feature is probably not a trivial job.

[Grotius]

Thanks for your replies. I tried MWIF with 2 monitors a few years back, and I had trouble with it. Maybe it's improved? I normally keep the 2nd monitor off, but I'll try it later today.

Yeah, I almost never use either MV or SL. If I need to jump somewhere, I prefer the Global map; it's more intuitive. MV and SL just take up screen space, and so I click "x" on them every time they reappear, which is quite often.

[Shannon V. OKeets]

ORIGINAL: Grotius

Thanks for your replies. I tried MWIF with 2 monitors a few years back, and I had trouble with it. Maybe it's improved? I normally keep the 2nd monitor off, but I'll try it later today.

Yeah, I almost never use either MV or SL. If I need to jump somewhere, I prefer the Global map; it's more intuitive. MV and SL just take up screen space, and so I click "x" on them every time they reappear, which is quite often.

You can "roll them up" using the button in the top left of the form.

[Grotius]

Thanks, Steve. That's helpful. I've rolled them up and that does seem to persist for the same major power. I hope it persists from one impulse to the next, etc.

Alas, my graphics card (GTX 980) has only one DVI monitor output; I see other versions of the 980 with lots of other outputs, but mine has just the one. (How did I manage that?) I'm not sure how to split it to two monitors. Is attempting to splits its signal a bad idea? My main monitor is a 30-inch Dell 3007 (DVI interface); I have a cheaper 20-something-inch ViewSonic monitor with a DVI interface sitting around unused. (Not sure if this is the right forum for asking these questions! Should I switch over to tech support?)

[paulderynck]

I have not seen a graphics card that did not have VGA in addition to either DVI or HDMI (or both - mine has all 3). So I run one screen on HDMI and one on VGA. Tried one on each of the digital outputs --> that did not work.

[Grotius]

I'm going to have to dig out the manual for my card. I see only the one DVI port. I do see a few very small plastic bumps, but they don't look large enough to be covering other sorts of outputs. Truth be told, my system is now 7-plus years old, and it's time to build or buy a new one. Maybe after the cashflow crunch from the holiday season subsides...

[Grotius]

ORIGINAL: Shannon V. OKeets
You can "roll them up" using the button in the top left of the form.

I can indeed "roll them up," but the rolled-up state does not persist. The next impulse, I have to roll them up again; I do this a lot. I prefer the "x" to remove the MV/SL altogether, but this doesn't persist either. Is there a way to make it persist? If not, I suppose it's a low-priority "wish list" item; it doesn't seem to bother anyone but me.

On the subject of UI: is there a hotkey for "show/hide units in hex"? I use that function all the time, and I often hide the main form with the Detailed Map. It'd be nice to show/hide units without having to "restore" the Main Form. Again, a low-priority "wish-list" item.