Key bindings for "Inspect Creature" and "CharSheet" Tabs

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Key bindings for "Inspect Creature" and "CharSheet" Tabs

#1 Post by rexorcorum »

This doubles in a way lukep's previous suggestion and Hachem_Muche's Plenum ToolTip mechanics, but the basic idea is to have easier and more precise access to the important (and most likely lifesaving) info of "Inspect Creature" command.
The reason for the suggestion is the tedium for inspecting the "Talents" tab of an npc, which at present involves:

a. Mouse: Placing the mouse cursor on it's tile --> right click --> left click on the drop down menu --> left click on the "Talents" tab;
or
b. Keyboard: Hitting "l"ook --> navigating to the npc (arrow keys or mouse) --> hitting "Enter" --> hitting twice the down arrow --> triple "Tab" hit.

The suggestion is to bind the 4 tabs of the "Creature Info" screen so that upon hovering with the mouse or selecting with "l"ook the respective tabs can be displayed immediately:

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["v"] - displays the "General" tab;
[S+"v"] - displays the "Attack" tab;
[C+"v"] - displays the "Defence" tab; 
[A+"v"] - displays the "Talents" tab.
(* The "v" key can be replaced by any other unused one)

And in extrapolating, the same can be done for the player's "Character" screen:

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["c"] - displays the "General" tab;
[S+"c"] - displays the "Attack" tab;
[C+"c"] - displays the "Defence" tab; 
[A+"c"] - displays the "Talents" tab.
Thoughts?
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Re: Key bindings for "Inspect Creature" and "CharSheet" Tabs

#2 Post by fuzzynord »

I like it. I'm not sure how the hover+hotkey will work. I don't think many or any hotkeys work that way so far.

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Re: Key bindings for "Inspect Creature" and "CharSheet" Tabs

#3 Post by rexorcorum »

Hover +[shift] works well with the Plenum tooltip addon, though it changes the info displayed on the tooltip of course (this is where I borrowed the idea :mrgreen: ).
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