While WitP editors are fully functional and can do the work they are not very user friendly and they require long long time (and many many mouse clicks) in order for work to be done.
IMHO there are 2 main areas in which WitP editors can be vastly improved!
Leo's Suggestions for WitP Editors Enhancements
#1 Filtering
Right now in WitP Database editor you can edit all or nothing.
IMHO the addition of filters would _GREATLY_ improve user friendliness of program and enable _HUGE_ time gains...
For each main choice editing (when you press on the corresponding button):
- Devices
- Classes
- Ships
- Aircraft
- Air Groups
- Locations
- Pilots
- Leaders
There should be additional option to filter its contents.
For example, if you press the "Devices" button "Device" data is displayed but since there is no filtering all devices are listed in left area (from 001 to 999) and that is cumbersome.
Here is picture of how things look now:
If there is new additional user selectable filter choice many things would be _MUCH_ easier to do!
Here is picture of how things could be improved with user selectable filter choice (in our example to sort devices by type):
Similar filters should exist for all other main choice editing:
- Classes
- Ships
- Aircraft
- Air Groups
- Locations
- Pilots
- Leaders
#2 "En Masse" Editing
Right now in WitP Database editor you can edit data only one by one.
IMHO the addition of "En Masse" editing _GREATLY_ improve user friendliness of program and enable _HUGE_ time gains...
For each main choice editing (when you press on the corresponding button):
- Devices
- Classes
- Ships
- Aircraft
- Air Groups
- Locations
- Pilots
- Leaders
There should be additional possibility to select multiple objects.
For example, if you press the "Classes" button "Classes" data is displayed but you can edit just one by one (from 001 to 1999) and that is cumbersome.
Here is picture of how things look now:
New enhancement is that user can select one or more objects (usual MS Windows style: Left Mouse + Shift for several in a column, Left Mouse + CTRL for specific one, CRTL+A for select all)!
Here is picture of how things could be improved with user ability to select several objects and change data for just some of the fields (and copy data from one of the selected objects):
Similar ability should exist for all other main choice editing:
- Classes
- Ships
- Aircraft
- Air Groups
- Locations
- Pilots
- Leaders
Example
Imagine that you want to change location of every single "Air Group" using WitP Database editor.
Using Scen#15 as template there are "Air Groups" from 0001 to 2399.
If you want to alter each and every one of them from their current location to "0000 - None" you would have to click each and every one of them and manually change the data in each and every one of them.
Now... think how easy this would be if my enhancements to WitP editors are existing?
So... what do you think gentleman?
Matrix/2By3 is this something we, possibly, can expect from future WitP editors?
Leo "Apollo11"
