TMPE icon indicating copy to clipboard operation
TMPE copied to clipboard

Enhancement: Clarify need to switch to undeground mode

Open originalfoo opened this issue 4 years ago • 4 comments

This is mainly for lane connector tool, but probably other tools too...

image

See also: #1330

Just showing a 🚫 cursor isn't enough to explain to user that they need to be in underground mode to customise that node/segment etc. From user perspective it's "There's a node here but you're not allowed to change it" - and it doesn't explain why?

For node-specific tools, it might be better not to show the node circle and, instead, show a down arrow - similar to what's planned for speed limits tool:

image

The down arrow could become the consistent way across all tools to indicate something underground.

In this case, the 🚫 cursor would no longer be required because we wouldn't be showing a tempting node to user any more; we'd be showing an indicator that something lurks underground. We could potentially show mouse tooltip when they hover down arrow with text explaining what it is (maybe only if tutorials are enabled?) etc.

originalfoo avatar Jan 29 '22 18:01 originalfoo

ok. so how does one "go underground"?

aTadnMad avatar May 29 '22 10:05 aTadnMad

just like in vanilla, with PageDown key, it's configurable since v11.6.5.1

krzychu124 avatar May 29 '22 16:05 krzychu124

just like in vanilla, with PageDown key, it's configurable since v11.6.5.1

no, no - for lane connecting :p

aTadnMad avatar Jun 03 '22 12:06 aTadnMad

Ok, so you didn't try.

krzychu124 avatar Jun 03 '22 13:06 krzychu124